Carmelita Geraghty

Carmelita Geraghty

Carmelita Geraghty (born March 21, 1901 in Rushville , Indiana , † July 7, 1966 in New York City ) was an American film actress of the silent film - and early sound film era .

Live and act

She was the daughter of screenwriter Thomas J. Geraghty (1883-1945) and Ethel Geraghty (1884-1932). Her siblings were Sheila Gladys (1904–1968), Gerald (1906–1954) and Maurice (1908–1987).

In her early days in Hollywood, she worked as a script girl at Paramount Pictures until she turned to acting. At the beginning of her film career, she starred in various boxer films, such as High Speed (1924) with Herbert Rawlinson and in Winning His Way (1924), Fight and Win (1924), All's Swell on the Ocean (1924) and The Title Holder ( 1924) alongside heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey . In 1924 she was selected as a promising young star among the WAMPAS Baby Stars of the Year. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock , she filmed Maze of Passion in 1925 in which she took on the role of Jill Cheyne. Other films followed until she made her last film, Phantom of Santa Fe , in 1936 .

On May 6, 1934, she married the screenwriter and producer Carey Wilson . Her bridesmaid was the film actress Jean Harlow . She was married to Wilson until his death in 1962. In later years she devoted herself increasingly to painting.

She died after a heart attack at the Lombardy Hotel in New York City and was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery .

Filmography

• 1923: Bag and Baggage
• 1923: Jealous Husbands
• 1923: Black Oxen
• 1924: Discontented Husbands
• 1924: Through the Dark
• 1924: Larry the Flaschentöter (Trouble Brewing) (short film)
• 1924: high speed
• 1924: Winning His Way (short film)
• 1924: Fight and Win
• 1924: All's Swell on the Ocean (short film)
• 1924: The Title Holder (short film)
• 1924: Geared to Go
• 1925: Passionate Youth
• 1925: Brand of Cowardice
• 1925: The Mysterious Stranger
• 1925: Under the Rouge
• 1925: Cyclone Cavalier
• 1925: The Pleasure Garden (The Pleasure Garden)
• 1925: My Lady of Whims
• 1926: The Canyon of Light
• 1926: Josselyn's Wife
• 1926: Smith's Uncle (short film)
• 1926: The Lily
• 1926: The Flying Mail
• 1926: The Great Gatsby
• 1927: The Girl from Everywhere (short film)
• 1927: The Slaver
• 1927: The Small Bachelor
• 1927: My Best Girl
• 1927: The Venus of Venice
• 1927: What Every Girl Should Know
• 1927: The Last Trail
• 1928: Courageous Fool
• 1928: Object: Alimony
• 1928: South of Panama
• 1928: A Jim Jam Janitor (short film)
• 1928: Hubby's Weekend Trip (short film)
• 1928: The Bargain Hunt (short film)
• 1928: Motorboat Mamas (short film)
• 1928: The Campus Carmen (short film)
• 1928: His Unlucky Night (short film)
• 1928: The Good-Bye Kiss
• 1929: After the Fog
• 1929: This Thing Called Love
• 1929: The Mississippi Gambler
• 1929: Paris Bound
• 1929: A Close Shave (short film)
• 1929: Don't Get Jealous (short film)
• 1929: Foolish Husbands (short film)
• 1929: Button My Back (short film)
• 1929: Calling Hubby's Bluff (short film)
• 1929: Uncle Tom (short film)
• 1929: Clunked on the Corner (short film)
• 1930: Fighting Thru
• 1930: Rogue of the Rio Grande
• 1930: Brothers
• 1930: Men Without Law
• 1930: What Men Want
• 1930: Pick 'Em Young (short film)
• 1931: The Devil Plays
• 1931: Forgotten Women
• 1931: Night Life in Reno
• 1931: Graft
• 1931: The Texas Ranger
• 1931: Daybreak
• 1931: 50 million Frenchmen
• 1931: Millie
• 1932: Prestige
• 1932: Escapade
• 1932: The Jungle Mystery
• 1932: Malay Nights
• 1933: Broadway Bath
• 1933: The Flaming Signal
• 1935: Manhattan Butterfly
• 1936: Phantom of Santa Fe

Web links

Commons : Carmelita Geraghty  - Collection of Images

• Carmelita Geraghty in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Carmelita Geraghty in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Geraghty's of Hollywood. b-westerns.com, accessed March 24, 2017 .