Mary C. McCall, Jr.

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1904-04-04 (82 years old)

Deathday

1986-04-03

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Mary C. McCall, Jr.

Biography

Mary C. McCall, Jr. (April 4, 1904, New York, New York – April 3, 1986, Los Angeles, California) was a writer best known for her screenwriting. She was the first woman president of the Writers Guild of America, serving from 1942–44 and 1951-52. Born in 1904, McCall was a graduate of Vassar College and Trinity College, Dublin. She began writing advertising copy and fiction after graduation. McCall got into the film industry when Warner Bros. hired her to help with the screenplay of the film Scarlet Dawn (1932), based on her novel Revolt. Among her screen credits are the 1935 film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring James Cagney as P...

Production

1935

1940

Congo Maisie

as Writer

1935

1936

Craig's Wife

as Screenplay

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

as Screenplay

1940

Gold Rush Maisie

as Screenplay

1941

Maisie Was a Lady

as Screenplay

1934

Desirable

as Story

1934

Desirable

as Writer

1932

Street of Women

as Screenplay

1934

Babbitt

as Screenplay

1937

Women of Glamour

as Screenplay

1938

Dramatic School

as Screenplay

1945

1944

Maisie Goes to Reno

as Screenplay

1937

I Promise to Pay

as Screenplay

1935

Dr. Socrates

as Adaptation

1959

Juke Box Rhythm

as Screenplay

1957

Slim Carter

as Story

1941

Ringside Maisie

as Screenplay

1941

Kathleen

as Screenplay

1952

Ride the Man Down

as Screenplay

1932

Scarlet Dawn

as Novel

1952

Thunderbirds

as Screenplay

1937

1943

1944

1939

Maisie

as Screenplay

1942

1942

1937

It's All Yours

as Screenplay

1934

The Secret Bride

as Screenplay

1949

Dancing in the Dark

as Screenplay

1938

Breaking the Ice

as Screenplay

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