Person
Thomas J. Geraghty
Writing · 1883–1945 · Rushville - Indiana - USA
Biography
Born and raised in Indiana, Thomas Geraghty left for New York after graduating school and got a job as a reporter for the New York Herald and later the New York Tribune. His entrance into the film business was as a publicist, and he later became a writer for the one-reel comedies of Sidney Drew. In Los Angeles he got a job as a writer for Douglas Fairbanks, and was sent to New York by Famous Players-Lasky when it opened a studio there. He ran the studio for several years, then was sent to London to run the studio there, before returning to the US in 1922. He turned out screenplays for various studios throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including the highly regarded 'Wings of the Morning' (1937).
Known for

Burglar Proof
Writer

Waterfront
Writer

Hollywood
Writer
She Knew What She Wanted
Writer

Wife Savers
Scenario Writer

The Leopardess
Editor

Sackcloth and Scarlet
Writer

The Isle of Love
Writer

Harold Teen
Writer

Her Inspiration
Writer
Filmography
- 1939Shipyard SallyStory
- 1937Wings of the MorningScreenplay
- 1936Debt of HonourWriter
- 1936Keep Your Seats, PleaseScreenplay
- 1936She Knew What She WantedWriter
- 1935No LimitScreenplay
- 1935Mr. What's-His-Name?Script
- 1935So You Won't TalkStory
- 1934The Church MouseWriter
- 1933SamarangScenario Writer
- 1933Elmer, the GreatScreenplay
- 1932The Iceless ArcticWriter
- 1932Mr. Robinson CrusoeAdaptation
- 1929Tanned LegsAdaptation
- 1929Footlights and FoolsWriter
- 1929Smiling Irish EyesScreenplay
- 1929Synthetic SinWriter
- 1928WaterfrontWriter
- 1928Harold TeenWriter
- 1928The Big NoiseAdaptation
- 1928Mad HourWriter
- 1928Beau SabreurWriter
- 1928Wife SaversScenario Writer
- 1927Now We're in the AirWriter
- 1927Fireman, Save My ChildWriter
- 1926It's the Old Army GameScenario Writer
- 1926The New KlondikeWriter
- 1925Irish LuckScreenplay
- 1925The Man Who Found HimselfCo-Writer
- 1925Wild, Wild SusanScenario Writer
- 1925Old Home WeekWriter
- 1925The Sporting VenusWriter
- 1925The End of the WorldAdaptation
- 1925The End of the WorldAdaptation
- 1925Sackcloth and ScarletWriter
- 1924Pied Piper MaloneScreenplay
- 1923Woman-ProofWriter
- 1923HollywoodWriter
- 1923The LeopardessEditor
- 1922Love's BoomerangAssistant Director
- 1922The Isle of LoveWriter
- 1921The Charm SchoolScenario Writer
- 1920Burglar ProofWriter
- 1920Always AudaciousWriter
- 1920You Never Can TellWriter
- 1920The MollycoddleScreenplay
- 1920An AdventuressWriter
- 1919When the Clouds Roll ByHimself
- 1919In Old KentuckyWriter
- 1919Too Much JohnsonScenario Writer
- 1919A Man's FightScreenplay
- 1919The Courageous CowardStory
- 1919A Heart in PawnScenario Writer
- 1919Diane of the Green VanWriter
- 1919In for Thirty DaysScenario Writer
- 1918Her InspirationWriter
- 1918Social AmbitionScenario Writer
- 1918The Turn of a CardWriter
- 1917A Man's ManWriter
- 1917Those Without SinScenario Writer
- 1917The American ConsulWriter
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