Carey Wilson
Writing
- Born
- May 19, 1889 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- February 1, 1962 (age 72)
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Carey Wilson (May 19, 1889 – February 1, 1962) was an American screenwriter, voice actor and producer. Wilson's screenplays include Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and The Great Heart (1938). His credits as producer include Green Dolphin Street (1947). He also narrated many nuclear test films, produced by the Atomic Energy Commission (now Department of Energy) and by the Department of Defence, including Operation Sandstone of 1948 and Operation Greenhouse of 1951.
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He was one of the thirty-six Hollywood pioneers who founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. He collaborated with Jean Harlow on her novel Today is Tonight.
For his contribution in films, Wilson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6301 Hollywood Blvd.
Known for
Mutiny on the Bounty
November 22, 1935
The Postman Always Rings Twice
May 2, 1946
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
December 25, 1925
He Who Gets Slapped
December 22, 1924
Scaramouche
May 8, 1952
Sadie McKee
May 9, 1934
Conquest
October 22, 1937
Arsène Lupin
February 26, 1932
Green Dolphin Street
January 15, 1947
Behind Office Doors
March 15, 1931
Murder at the Vanities
May 18, 1934
Gabriel Over the White House
March 31, 1933
Behind the camera89
- 1958This Is Russia! Producer
- 1953Nostradamus and the Queen Producer
- 1952Scaramouche Producer
- 1950Moments in Music Director
- 1950The Happy Years Producer
- 1949The Red Danube Producer
- 1947Dark Delusion Producer
- 1947Green Dolphin Street Producer
- 1946The Postman Always Rings Twice Producer
- 1945Between Two Women Producer