Tom Barry
Thomas Barry born Hal Donahue (* 31 July 1885 in Kansas City , Missouri ; † 7. November 1931 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American screenwriter , who at the Oscar ceremony in April 1930 for two Oscars was nominated.
Life
Barry began in 1912 as a screenwriter in the production of silent films and was involved in the creation of a film for the first time in The Kid and the Sleuth by Thomas H. Ince and also played the role of "Red Gallagher" in this film. In the next 20 years he worked in around a dozen films. He had his greatest success at the Academy Awards in April 1930 when he was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best adapted screenplay for two films , one for the western In Old Arizona (1928) by Irving Cummings and the other for the drama The Valiant (1929) by William K. Howard .
The 1938 film My Bill by John Farrow was based on his play Courage .
Web links
- Tom Barry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Barry, Tom |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barry, Thomas; Donahue, Hal (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1931 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |