About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1904-04-04
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Mary C. McCall, Jr.

Overview

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 Puck, The Fighting Sullivans, and Mr. Belvedere Goes to College. She also wrote or co-wrote eight of the ten films in the Maisie series. In the late 1930s, she was one of the founders of the Screen Writers Guild. In the 1950s and 1960s, she branched out into television, being credited with four episodes of The Millionaire and one each of Sea Hunt, I Dream of Jeannie, and Gilligan's Island, among others. A number of her stories were published in such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Collier's, and The Saturday Evening Post from the 1930s to the 1950s. McCall was one of many who clashed with the conservative Motion Picture Alliance. On July 27, 1954, she had to defend herself in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee against reports that she was a communist sympathizer. She was completely exonerated by the separate California Senate Factfinding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities of the General Research Committee in its report to the California Senate. Mary C. McCall, Jr. died of "complications of cancer" at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital, one day shy of her 82nd birthday. She was survived by two sons and two daughters. She was the first recipient of the Writers Guild's Valentine Davies Award in 1962. In 1985, she also received the Guild's Edmund J. North Award.

Known for

Writing
1959 Juke Box Rhythm Writing Screenplay 59
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1957 Slim Carter Writing Story N/A
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1952 Ride the Man Down Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 Thunderbirds Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 Dancing in the Dark Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College Writing Writer 59
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1945 Keep Your Powder Dry Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 Maisie Goes to Reno Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 Reward Unlimited Writing Writer N/A
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1944 The Fighting Sullivans Writing Writer 59
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1943 Swing Shift Maisie Writing Writer 59
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1942 Panama Hattie Writing Story 58
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1942 Maisie Gets Her Man Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 On the Sunny Side Writing Story 59
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1941 Kathleen Writing Screenplay 58
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1941 Ringside Maisie Writing Screenplay 59
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1941 Maisie Was a Lady Writing Screenplay 59
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1940 Gold Rush Maisie Writing Screenplay 59
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1940 Congo Maisie Writing Writer 58
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1939 Maisie Writing Screenplay 58
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1938 Dramatic School Writing Screenplay 59
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1938 Breaking the Ice Writing Screenplay 58
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1937 It's All Yours Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 I Promise to Pay Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 Women of Glamour Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 Craig's Wife Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 Dr. Socrates Writing Adaptation 59
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1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 The Woman in Red Writing Writer 59
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1934 The Secret Bride Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 Babbitt Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 Desirable Writing Writer 59
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1934 Desirable Writing Story 59
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1932 Scarlet Dawn Writing Novel 59
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1932 Street of Women Writing Screenplay 58
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Crew
1937 Ready, Willing and Able Crew Treatment 58
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