Thomas J. Geraghty

American screenwriter (1883–1945)

Thomas J. Geraghty
Geraghty in 1920
Born	(1883-04-10)April 10, 1883 Rushville, Indiana, U.S.
Died	June 5, 1945(1945-06-05) (aged 62) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1917–1939
Children	Carmelita Geraghty Maurice Geraghty Gerald Geraghty

Thomas J. Geraghty (April 10, 1883 – June 5, 1945), was an American screenwriter.^[1] He wrote for 70 films between 1917 and 1939. During the 1930s he went to the United Kingdom, where he wrote a number of screenplays. He was born in Rushville, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California. In April 1924, Geraghty was credited with coining the soon-to-be-popular vaudeville pun, "The Thief of Badgags".^[2]

Selected filmography

One Dollar Bid (1918)
Her Inspiration (1918)
The Turn of a Card (1918)
With Hoops of Steel (1918)
A Heart in Pawn (1919)
The Courageous Coward (1919)
When the Clouds Roll by (1919)
In for Thirty Days (1919)
The Mollycoddle (1920)
Hollywood (1923)
The Sporting Venus (1925)
Wild, Wild Susan (1925)
The Big Noise (1928)
Three-Ring Marriage (1928)
Weary River (1929)
The Church Mouse (1934)
No Limit (1935)
Debt of Honour (1936)
Two's Company (1936)
Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
Wings of the Morning (1937)
Shipyard Sally (1939)

References

^ "The Geraghty's of Hollywood". B Westerns. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
^ F.P.A. (April 27, 1924). "The Conning Tower: Remembrance of Things Past". The Buffalo Courier. p. 78. Retrieved September 7, 2021.