George O'Neil (13 September 1896 – 23 May 1940) was an American poet, playwright, novelist and film writer.
O'Neil was born in
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...
, and died in
Hollywood, California
Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, ...
.
Works
Narrative
* ''That Bright Heat'' (Boni and Liveright, 1928)
* ''Tomorrow's House; or, The Tiny Angel'', illustrated by
Rose Cecil O'Neill (E. P. Dutton, 1930) – brother–sister collaboration
[
* ''Special Hunger'' (Liveright, (c)1931) – "A presentation of the life of Keats",
]
Filmography
* ''High, Wide, and Handsome
''High, Wide and Handsome'' is a 1937 American musical Western film starring Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Alan Hale, Sr., Charles Bickford and Dorothy Lamour. The film was directed by Rouben Mamoulian and written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Geor ...
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* ''Intermezzo (1939 film)
''Intermezzo'' (also called ''Intermezzo: A Love Story'') is a 1939 American romantic film remake of a 1936 Swedish film of the same title. It stars Leslie Howard as a married virtuoso violinist who falls in love with his accompanist, played by ...
''
* '' Magnificent Obsession''
* ''Sutter's Gold'' (1936)
* '' Yellow Dust'' (1936)
* ''Beloved'' (1934)
* ''Only Yesterday'' (1933)
References
External links
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George O'Neil papers, 191?-1935
held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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1896 births
1940 deaths
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American poets
20th-century American screenwriters
American male dramatists and playwrights
American male novelists
American male poets
American male screenwriters
Novelists from Missouri
Screenwriters from Missouri
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