Thomas J. Geraghty Explained

Thomas J. Geraghty
Birth Date:	10 April 1883
Birth Place:	Rushville, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:	Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Screenwriter
Yearsactive:	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)

Notes and References

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