Jerome Cady
Jerome "Jerry" John Cady (born August 15, 1903 in Cabell County , West Virginia , † November 7, 1948 in Avalon , Santa Catalina Island , California ) was an American screenwriter who won an Oscar for best original screenplay was nominated. In addition, he won the Edgar Allan Poe Award and was also nominated twice for the Prize of the Writers Guild of America (WGA Award).
Life
Cady began his career as a screenwriter in the Hollywood film industry in 1937 for the crime film The Great Hospital Mystery by James Tinling, starring Jane Darwell , Sig Ruman and Sally Blane . Until his death he created the scripts and templates for around forty films.
At the Academy Awards in 1945 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the Henry Hathaway- directed war film Mission in the Pacific (Wing and a Prayer, 1944) starring Don Ameche , Dana Andrews and William Eythe .
Cady, who died of an overdose of sleeping pills on board his yacht , had his greatest success only posthumously with the script for the noir crime film Password 777 (Call Northside 777, 1948) by Henry Hathaway with James Stewart , Richard Conte and Lee J. Cobb : For this he won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best film in 1949 with Jay Dratler , the other screenwriters Quentin Reynolds and Leonard Hoffman, director Henry Hathaway and producer Otto Lang ; the award was received by his wife. In addition, he was posthumously nominated with Jay Dratler for the Prize of the Writers Guild of America for this film, on the one hand for the WGA Award for the best written US film drama and on the other hand for the Robert Meltzer Award, which is also awarded by the WGA Script with the best way to deal with US problems.
Filmography (selection)
- 1937: Charlie Chan on Broadway ( Charlie Chan on Broadway )
- 1937: Charlie Chan in Monte Carlo ( Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo )
- 1938: Mr. Moto and the Gamble ( Mr. Moto's Gamble )
- 1939: The Frechdachs of Arizona ( The Arizona Wildcat )
- 1943: Guadalcanal - Hell in the Pacific ( Guadalcanal Diary )
- 1944: Mission in the Pacific ( Wing and a Prayer )
- 1947: Amber, the great courtesan ( Forever Amber )
- 1948: Password 777 ( Call Northside 777 )
Web links
- Jerome Cady in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cady, Jerome |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cady, Jerome John (full name); Cady, Jerry John (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cabell County , West Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1948 |
| Place of death | Avalon , Santa Catalina Island , California |