Carey Wilson (screenwriter)

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Carey Wilson (* 19th May 1889 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ; † 1. February 1962 in Hollywood , California ) was an American screenwriter and film producer , who at the Academy Awards in 1936 for the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) for the Oscar was nominated for the best adapted screenplay .

Life

Carey Wilson began his career in the Hollywood film industry in 1920 as a screenwriter for the film A Woman's Business and by 1946 wrote the templates for over seventy films, such as Ben Hur (1925), Die Fahrt ins Feuer (1928) and Mister Gardenia Jones (1942) ). On May 4, 1927, he was one of the 36 co-founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which has been awarding the Oscar every year since 1929 . He also worked as a film producer from 1927 and, after his debut film Spanish Blood, produced thirty films by 1958 such as The Love Life of Beautiful Helena (1927), More About Nostradamus (1940), In the Net of Passions (1946), Taifun (1947) or Scaramouche, the gallant marquis

At the Academy Awards in 1936 he was nominated for the Oscar for best adapted screenplay along with Jules Furthman and Talbot Jennings for the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).

Wilson's distinctive voice contributed to the fact that between 1936 and 1955 he also worked as a narrator on another forty films, including The Great Heart (1938) and Prophet Without Honor (1939).

For his services to the Hollywood film industry, he received a "star" on February 8, 1960 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , which can be found at 6301 Hollywood Blvd. is located.

From 1934 until his death he was married to the actress Carmelita Geraghty (1901–1966). There are two children from a previous marriage.

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SURNAME Wilson, Carey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1962
Place of death Hollywood , California, United States