Carey Wilson (writer)
Carey Wilson ( born May 19, 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † February 1, 1962 in Hollywood, California ) was an American screenwriter and film producer, who at the Academy Awards in 1936 for the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 ) for an Oscar was nominated for best adapted screenplay.
Life
Carey Wilson began his career in the film industry in Hollywood in 1920 as a screenwriter of the film A Woman's Business and wrote until 1946 the templates for over seventy films such as Ben Hur (1925 ) The journey to the Fire ( 1928) and Mister Gardenia Jones (1942 ). On 4 May 1927 he was one of the 36 co-founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ), which awards the Oscar every year since 1929. In addition, he also worked as a film producer from 1927 and produced by his debut film Spanish blood to 1958 thirty films like The love life of Helen of Troy (1927 ) More About Nostradamus (1940 ), the net of the passions (1946 ), Typhoon (1947 ) or Scaramouche, the gallant Marquis
At the Academy Awards in 1936, he was nominated along with Jules Furthman and Talbot Jennings for the film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 ) for the Oscar for best adapted screenplay.
Wilson's distinctive voice helped that he cooperated 1936-1955 as a narrator at another forty films, including The Great Heart (1938 ) and Prophet Without Honor ( 1939).
For his contributions to the film industry in Hollywood, he received on February 8, 1960 a "star " on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which. , At the address 6301 Hollywood Blvd is located.