Harry O. Hoyt Explained

Harry O. Hoyt
Birth Date:	6 August 1885
Birth Place:	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Death Place:	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Other Names:	Harry Hoyt
Occupation:	Screenwriter Film director Scenarist
Yearsactive:	1913–1945

Harry O. Hoyt (6 August 1885 – 29 July 1961) was an American screenwriter and film director whose film career began in 1912, during the silent era. He graduated with a degree in literature from Yale University in 1910.^[1] His 1925 film The Lost World, based on the book by Arthur Conan Doyle, is notable as a pioneering effort in the use of stop-motion animation.^[2] His brother, actor Arthur Hoyt, also appeared in The Lost World.

In November 1912, he married the former Florence Stark in Norwich, Connecticut.^[3] Together they had a son, Devereux Gerrard Hoyt, and daughter Daryl Hoyt.^[4]

Partial filmography

• Dimples (1916)
• The Child of Destiny (1916)
• The Moth (1917)
• The Road to France (1918)
• Hitting the Trail (1918)
• The Beloved Blackmailer (1918)
• By Hook or Crook (1918)
• The Rough Neck (1919)
• A Broadway Saint (1919)
• Courage for Two (1919)
• Daredevil Jack (1920)
• The Rider of the King Log (1921)
• Pardon My French (1921)
• The Curse of Drink (1922)
• That Woman (1922)
• The Woman on the Jury (1924)
• Sundown (1924)
• The Love Gamble (1925)
• The Unnamed Woman (1925)
• The Primrose Path (1925)
• The Lost World (1925)
• When Love Grows Cold (1926)
• The Belle of Broadway (1926)
• The Better Way (1926)
• The Adorable Deceiver (1926)
• Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1926)
• Wandering Girls (1927)
• The Kid Sister (1927)
• Painting the Town (1927)
• The Return of Boston Blackie (1927)
• Bitter Apples (1927)
• The Wizard (1927)
• The Clown (1927)
• The Count of Ten (1928)
• Good Morning, Judge (1928)
• The Passion Song (1928)
• The Rampant Age (1930)
• Second Honeymoon (1930)
• The Man from New Mexico (1932)
• Jungle Bride (1933)
• Clancy of the Mounted (1933)
• The Thrill Hunter (1933)
• The Fighting Ranger (1934)
• Headline Crasher (1936)
• Robin Hood, Jr. (1936)
• Jungle Menace (1937)
• The Last Stand (1938)
• Lady in the Death House (1944)
• A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)
• The Missing Corpse (1945)

Notes and References

1. Book: Alumni directory of Yale University: graduates and non-graduates. 1920. Yale University. New Haven. 521. 18 August 2015.
2. Book: Reid. John Howard. Silent films & Early Talkies on DVD : a Classic Movie Fan's Guide. 2008. Lulu Press. Morrisville, NC. 9781435710733. 153–154.
3. News: Incidents in Society. 18 August 2015. Norwich Bulletin. 27 November 1912. Norwich, Connecticut. 5.
4. Johnston. William A.. Motion Picture News Blue Book. 1929. 122. 18 August 2015.