Barry O'Neil explained

Barry O'Neil
Birth Name:	Thomas J. McCarthy
Birth Date:	24 September 1865
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Death Place:	New York City, U.S.

Barry O'Neil (1865 – 1918) was a film director and writer. His real name was Thomas J. McCarthy.^[1] He directed several Thanhouser films including the production company's first two-reeler,^[2] Romeo and Juliet.^[3] He went on to work for Lubin and then World Film Corporation.^[2]

He was born in New York City.^[4]

O'Neil married actress Nellie Walters. In 1913 O'Neil was elected to The Lambs as a non-resident member.^[5] He died of apoplexy.

In 1910 and 1911 he filmed adaptations of a couple William Shakespeare plays.^[6] In 1915 he filmed a version of McTeague in Death Valley^[7] released as Life's Whirlpool.^[8] William E. Hamilton was an assistant director to O'Neil.^[9]

Filmography

Director

• The Actor's Children (1910)
• The Mad Hermit (1910)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• The Writing on the Wall (1910)
• The Girl of the Northern Woods (1910)
• The Winter's Tale (1910)^[10]
• St. Elmo (1910)
• The Actor's Children (1910)
• Romeo and Juliet (1911)
• The Old Curiosity Shop (1911)
• For the Love of a Girl (1912)
• When the Earth Trembled (1913)
• The Third Degree (1913)
• The Wolf (1914)

• The Evangelist (1916), adapted from the 1907 play^[11]
• Bought (1915)
• The Great Ruby (1915)
• McTeague, also known as Life's Whirlpool (1916)
• A Woman's Way (1916)
• Husband and Wife (1916)
• The Evangelist (1916)
• The Unpardonable Sin
• The Weakness of Man
• The Revolt
• Hidden Scar^[2]

Writer

• The Third Degree (1913)
• The Lion and the Mouse (1914)

• McTeague, also known as Life's Whirlpool (1916)

Notes and References

1. Web site: O'NEIL, Barry. www.thanhouser.org.
2. https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Narrative_files/c2s9.htm/
3. Encyclopedia: Volume 1: Narrative History -Chapter 3 – 1910: Film Production Begins . Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History . 1995 . January 14, 2015 . Q. David Bowers . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104643/http://www.thanhouser.org/tcocd/Narrative_files/c3s1.htm . March 4, 2016 . dead .
4. Book: Vazzana, Eugene Michael. Silent Film Necrology. October 12, 2001. McFarland. 9780786410590. Google Books.
5. Web site: O'Neil, Barry | the Lambs, Inc. 6 November 2015.
6. Book: Cochran, Peter. Small-Screen Shakespeare. October 16, 2014. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 9781443869690. Google Books.
7. Book: Koszarski, Richard. Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004). March 2, 2005. Indiana University Press. 9780861969425. Google Books.
8. Book: Koszarski, Richard. An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928. May 4, 1994. University of California Press. 9780520085350. Google Books.
9. Web site: The Moving Picture World. October 12, 1916. World Photographic Publishing Company. Google Books.
10. Book: Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts. 9780748649341. Burnett. Mark Thornton. 12 October 2011.
11. Book: The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. 9783110951943. Goble. Alan. 8 September 2011. Walter de Gruyter .