James Leo Meehan
American film director
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Born | July 22, 1891 Illinois, United States |
Died | November 8, 1943 (aged 52) San Francisco, California, United States |
Occupation(s) | Director, Writer |
Years active | 1921-1930 (film) |
James Leo Meehan (1891 – 1943) was an American film director and screenwriter.[1] He married the daughter of writer Gene Stratton-Porter, and adapted several of his mother-in-law's novels for the screen.
He directed Campus Sweethearts (US 1930 RKO, 27 min, only shown at State Lake, Chicago - Natural Vision also shown in 35 mm) starring Rudy Vallee with Ginger Rogers among the cast. It is one of the early wide-gauge films.
Selected filmography
- Michael O'Halloran (1923)
- A Girl of the Limberlost (1924)
- The Keeper of the Bees (1925)
- Laddie (1926)
- The Magic Garden (1927)
- Naughty Nanette (1927)
- The Harvester (1927)
- Judgment of the Hills (1927)
- Little Mickey Grogan (1927)
- Wallflowers (1928)
- The Little Yellow House (1928)
- Campus Sweethearts (1930)
References
- ^ Munden p. 411
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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Films directed by James Leo Meehan
- Michael O'Halloran (1923)
- A Girl of the Limberlost (1924)
- The Keeper of the Bees (1925)
- Laddie (1926)
- The Magic Garden (1927)
- Naughty Nanette (1927)
- The Harvester (1927)
- Judgment of the Hills (1927)
- Little Mickey Grogan (1927)
- Wallflowers (1928)
- The Little Yellow House (1928)
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