Mary C. McCall, Jr.

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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.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.3

46 votes

Release Date

Oct 09, 1935

91 years ago
A Slight Case of Murder

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Job Additional Writing

Average Rating

6.3

43 votes

Release Date

Feb 26, 1938

89 years ago
The Fighting Sullivans

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Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

20 votes

Release Date

Feb 03, 1944

83 years ago
The Woman in Red

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Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

18 votes

Release Date

Feb 16, 1935

92 years ago
Craig's Wife

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.3

16 votes

Release Date

Sep 25, 1936

90 years ago
The Secret Bride

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.9

14 votes

Release Date

Dec 22, 1934

92 years ago
Maisie

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.4

9 votes

Release Date

Jun 22, 1939

88 years ago
Dr. Socrates

Department Writing

Job Adaptation

Average Rating

6.4

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 19, 1935

91 years ago
Street of Women

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.4

7 votes

Release Date

Jun 04, 1932

95 years ago
Keep Your Powder Dry

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.9

7 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 1945

82 years ago
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

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Job Writer

Average Rating

6.7

7 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 1949

78 years ago
Ready, Willing and Able

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Average Rating

5.1

7 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1937

90 years ago
Congo Maisie

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

3.7

6 votes

Release Date

Jan 19, 1940

87 years ago
Maisie Goes to Reno

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.2

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 15, 1944

82 years ago
Gold Rush Maisie

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Average Rating

6.5

5 votes

Release Date

Jul 26, 1940

86 years ago
Babbitt

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Average Rating

6.0

5 votes

Release Date

Dec 08, 1934

92 years ago
Maisie Was a Lady

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.8

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 10, 1941

86 years ago
Desirable

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Job Story

Average Rating

7.3

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 08, 1934

92 years ago
Desirable

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.3

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 08, 1934

92 years ago
Dramatic School

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 09, 1938

88 years ago
Ringside Maisie

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Average Rating

4.5

4 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 1941

85 years ago
It's All Yours

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

4.5

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 1937

89 years ago
Breaking the Ice

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.4

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 22, 1938

88 years ago
Kathleen

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.0

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 1941

85 years ago
Thunderbirds

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 20, 1952

74 years ago
Swing Shift Maisie

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.5

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1943

83 years ago
Maisie Gets Her Man

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Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 01, 1942

85 years ago
I Promise to Pay

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 21, 1937

90 years ago
Juke Box Rhythm

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Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 1959

67 years ago
Ride the Man Down

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 25, 1952

74 years ago
Scarlet Dawn

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 12, 1932

94 years ago
Panama Hattie

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

4.0

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 30, 1942

84 years ago
Dancing in the Dark

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 02, 1949

77 years ago
Women of Glamour

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 09, 1937

90 years ago
Reward Unlimited

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 25, 1944

83 years ago
On the Sunny Side

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Feb 13, 1942

85 years ago
Slim Carter

Department Writing

Job Story

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1957

69 years ago

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