Catherine Carr (January 1, 1880 – January 18, 1941) was a

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era

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with at least 28 films to her credit.

Biography

Catherine, daughter of Absalom and Ida Woodridge, was born in

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. She was educated in

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, where she met her husband, John Gillis Carr, and began her career as a writer of short stories. Her husband died soon after she gave birth to their two sons. She began her career writing scenarios before rising to the rank of head of the scenario department at

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. She wrote a number of films for

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over the course of her years in the industry.

Filmography

* '' The Temple of Venus'' (1923) * ''

Nobody's Kid ''Nobody's Kid'' is a 1921 American silent comedy drama film directed by Howard Hickman and starring Mae Marsh, Kathleen Kirkham and Anne Schaefer. It was based on the 1910 novel ''Mary Cary "Frequently Martha"'' by Kate Langley Bosher.Goble p.48 ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Forgotten Woman ''The Forgotten Woman'' is a 2008 Canadian documentary film directed by Dilip Mehta and written by Deepa Mehta. The film is about widows in India and was inspired by Deepa Mehta's 2005 Academy Award-nominated film on the same subject, ''Water''. ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Corsican Brothers ''The Corsican Brothers'' (french: Les Frères corses) is a novella by Alexandre Dumas, père, first published in 1844. It is the story of two conjoined brothers who, though separated at birth, can still feel each other's physical distress. It h ...

'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1919) * '' The Game's Up'' (1919) * '' Prudence on Broadway'' (1919) * '' The Usurper'' ( UK title ''Her Buckskin Knight'') (1919) * ''

Shifting Sands Shifting Sands can refer to: *''The Shifting Sands'', a book in the ''Deltora Quest'' series * ''Shifting Sands'' (1918 film), a 1918 film * ''Shifting Sands'' (1922 film), a 1922 film *''Shifting Sands'', a 1957 episode of The Goon Show *Forms of ...

'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * ''

The Ghost Flower ''The Ghost Flower'' is a lost film, lost 1918 silent film drama directed by Frank Borzage and starring Alma Rubens. __TOC__ Plot Cast *Alma Rubens as Giulia *Charles West (actor), Charles West as La Farge *Francis McDonald as Tony Cafarelli ...

'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * '' I Love You'' (1918) * '' Irish Eyes'' (1918) * ''

The Lonely Woman ''The Lonely Woman'' (''No encontré rosas para mi madre'' in Spain, ''Roses rouges et Piments verts'' in France, and ''Peccato mortale'' in Italy) is a 1973 Spanish-French-Italian drama film directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta starring Gina Lol ...

'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * '' The Secret Code'' (1918) * '' Station Content'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * ''

The Regenerates ''The Regenerates'' is a surviving 1917 silent film drama directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Alma Rubens. It was produced and distributed by the Triangle Film Corporation. Cast *Alma Rubens - Catherine Ten Eyck *Walt Whitman - Mynderse Van D ...

'' (1917) * '' A Huntress of Men'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1916) * '' The Narrow Path'' (1916) * '' The Melting Pot'' (1915) * '' The Whirl of Life'' (1915) * '' The Coming Power'' (1914) * '' The Spirit of the Poppy'' (1914) * '' The Span of Life'' (1914)

References

External links

* at the

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Catherine Carr at the American Film Institute
1880 births 1941 deaths Screenwriters from Texas Writers from Austin, Texas American women screenwriters Silent film screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1880s-stub