Daniel Mainwaring

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Daniel Mainwaring (born February 27, 1902 in Oakland , † January 31, 1977 in Los Angeles ) was an American writer and screenwriter .

life and career

Mainwaring initially worked as a journalist before establishing himself as a writer. Except for his debut novel One Against the Earth , he published all literary works under the pseudonym Geoffrey Homes. Build My Gallows High is considered his best work . Its filming, Golden Poison , directed by Jacques Tourneur , based on a script written by Mainwaring himself, is one of the most important representatives of film noir .

Other well-known directors for whom Mainwaring worked as a screenwriter were Joseph Losey and Don Siegel . For Siegel he wrote the screenplay for The Demonic (based on a novel by Jack Finney ), which is now considered a classic of science fiction films .

Mainwaring represented an openly left-liberal stance and at least once made his name available to an author who was not allowed to be named as the author because of his inclusion in the " black list " of the committee for un-American activities . In contrast, the information, which can be traced back to an interview with Joseph Losey, among other things, that Mainwaring itself was on the "black list" was described by Mainwaring's widow as incorrect. Mainwaring appeared in the 1950s by name in the titles of films based on his scripts; the first author of the "Black List", which was again officially called in a film leader, was Dalton Trumbo in the 1960 resulting exodus .

In the last few years of his professional life, Mainwaring wrote scripts for television series.

Filmography

script
  • 1947: Goldenes Poison (Out of the Past)
  • 1949: The Lawless
  • 1949: The red loop (The Big Steal)
  • 1950: The Eagle and the Hawk
  • 1951: His Last Outpost (The Last Outpost)
  • 1951: Conspiracy in the Night Express (The Tall Target)
  • 1952: The Black Riders of Dakota (Bugles in the Afternoon)
  • 1953: The New Sheriff (Powder River)
  • 1953: White Death in Alaska (Alaska Seas)
  • 1953: Caravan westward (Southwest Passage)
  • 1954: The Blue Mustang (Black Horse Canyon)
  • 1954: The Desperado
  • 1955: File XP 15 (A Bullet for Joey)
  • 1955: A City Goes Through Hell (The Phoenix City Story)
  • 1955: The Storm of Passion (Thunderstorm)
  • 1956: The Demonic (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
  • 1957: How They All End (Baby Face Nelson)
  • 1958: The Daredevils of San Fernando (Cole Younger, Gunfighter)
  • 1958: Space Rocket X 7 (Space Master X-7)
  • 1958: Dashed the bill (The Gun Runners)
  • 1960: Atlantis , the Lost Continent
  • 1960: I bought a Chinese girl (Walk like a dragon)
  • 1960: Theseus, hero of Hellas (Teseo contro il minotauro)
  • 1964: Catacombs
Literary source only

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Frank Krutnik: "Un-American" Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era , Rutgers University Press, 2007.
  2. ↑ Michel Ciment: Conversations with Losey , Methuen & Company, London, 1985.
personal data
SURNAME Mainwaring, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1977
Place of death los Angeles