Mary Eunice McCarthy

Mary Eunice McCarthy was an American screenwriter, playwright, and journalist born in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Not to be confused with Mary McCarthy, another screenwriter active around the same time.
Mary Eunice McCarthy
BornMarch 4, 1899
San Francisco, California, USA
DiedAugust 7, 1969 (aged 70)
North Hollywood, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter, journalist
Spouse(s)Edward G. Boyle
FamilyJohn P. McCarthy
Francis Joseph McCarty
Henry McCarty (brothers)

Biography

Beginnings

Born to John Henry McCarty and Catherine Lynch in San Francisco, California, Mary attended College of the Holy Names before embarking on a career as a journalist in the Bay Area. She also changed her last name from "McCarty" to "McCarthy". One of her positions in the early 1920s was as a reporter at The San Francisco Bulletin.[1][2]

Hollywood career

Around 1922, she followed her brothers to Hollywood, where she devoted her time to screenwriting. During the 1920s and 1930s, she wrote (and occasionally acted in)[3] a number of films and stage plays, residing in Los Angeles but frequently traveling to San Francisco for work.[4] She also wrote two nonfiction books: Hands of Hollywood was published in 1929,[4] while Meet Kitty (a memoir about her mother) was published in 1957.[5]

Personal life

She had two brothers who were writer-directors in the industry: John P. McCarthy and Henry McCarty. Another brother, Francis Joseph McCarty, built one of the first radiotelephone sets in 1902, but died in a road accident in 1906. She was married to Edward G. Boyle, a set decorator.[1]

Selected filmography
  • I Hate Women (1934)
  • Woman Unafraid (1934)
  • Hill Folk (1926)
  • The Fighting Failure (1926)

References
  1. "Bad Movies Blamed to Showgoers". The Oakland Tribune. March 7, 1928. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  2. "Woman Speaker Will Appear for Film Industry". The Oakland Tribune. April 8, 1928. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  3. "In Her Own Play". The New York Daily News. July 15, 1931. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  4. Old Anson (June 23, 1929). "Play-at-Home". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  5. "Seeking Youngsters" by Hedda Hopper, Pittsburgh Press. October 11, 1957. Page 19. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
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