Anthony Paul Kelly Explained

Anthony Paul Kelly
Birth Date:	1897
Birth Place:	Chicago
Death Place:	Manhattan, New York City
Occupation:	Screenwriter
Yearsactive:	1914-1930

Anthony Paul Kelly (1897  - September 26, 1932) was an American playwright and screenwriter.

Biography

Born in 1897 in New York City, Kelly wrote for 60 films between 1914 and 1930, and also wrote the play Three Faces East, which was the basis for two films of the same name. In 1926, Kelly gained notice for suing Al Jolson for breach of contract. The jury was discharged after failing to reach an agreement on a verdict.^[1]

He died in Manhattan in 1932 after committing suicide by inhaling gas.^[2] Kelly was battling an incurable case of tuberculosis at the time of his suicide.^[3]

Selected filmography

• The Tear That Burned (1914)
• The Walls of Jericho (1914)
• Destiny (1915)
• The City of Failing Light (1916)
• The Light at Dusk (1916)
• The Conquest of Canaan (1916)
• The Accomplice (1917)
• Mayblossom (1917)
• The Bar Sinister (1917)
• God's Man (1917)
• The Recoil (1917)
• Outcast (1917)
• Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)
• My Own United States (1918)
• The Woman the Germans Shot (1918)
• Life's Greatest Problem (1918)
• The Common Cause (1919)
• Playthings of Destiny (1921)
• Love's Redemption (1921)
• My Old Kentucky Home (1922)
• The Silent Command (1923)
• The Governor's Lady (1923)
• The Scarlet West (1925)
• Three Faces East (1926) (based on his play)
• Three Faces East (1930) (based on his play)
• British Intelligence (1940) (also based on Three Faces East, starring Boris Karloff)

Notes and References

1. "Anthony Kelly, Play Author, Gas Suicide," New York Daily News, September 27, 1932.
2. News: Time: Milestones, Oct. 10, 1932 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101027071204/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744587,00.html . dead . October 27, 2010 . July 25, 2009. Time.com . October 10, 1932.
3. "Dramatist Cheats Tuberculosis by Taking Own Life," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 27, 1932.