![Carey Wilson](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pXnGTnHIJTFpHjGPFzFvmLBwoOD.jpg)
Carey Wilson
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Carey Wilson (May 19, 1889 – February 1, 1962) was an American screenwriter, voice actor and producer. Wilson's screenplays include Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and The Great Heart (1938). His credits as producer include Green Dolphin Street (1947). He also narrated many nuclear test films, produced by the Atomic Energy Commission (now Department of Energy) and by the Department of Defence, including Operation Sandstone of 1948 and Operation Greenhouse of 1951.
He was one of the thirty-six Hollywood pioneers who founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. He collaborated with Jean Harlow on her novel Today is Tonight.
For his contribution in films, Wilson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6301 Hollywood Blvd.
Known For | Writing |
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Most Rating | 4.082 |
Birthday | 1889-05-19 |
Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Also Known As |
![Life in Sometown, U.S.A.](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4EvizXcGA1yFNnAZX3quTLvaoYy.jpg)
1938
![Life in Sometown, U.S.A.](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4EvizXcGA1yFNnAZX3quTLvaoYy.jpg)
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
7/1
A satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still existing laws in the U.S.A.
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Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
![Master Will Shakespeare](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9TPGBcvopjbMnE2Iy0N0MfVNJoO.jpg)
1936
![Master Will Shakespeare](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9TPGBcvopjbMnE2Iy0N0MfVNJoO.jpg)
Master Will Shakespeare
5.5/2
A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the theater.
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Master Will Shakespeare
![The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/l9KWIB9KNtq5SJCoXfrjFFxc48h.jpg)
1937
![The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/l9KWIB9KNtq5SJCoXfrjFFxc48h.jpg)
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
4.5/2
Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of indigest...
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The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
![The Man in the Barn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7PdSKRvRr5RW4beoWaRRxX09JS7.jpg)
1937
![The Man in the Barn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7PdSKRvRr5RW4beoWaRRxX09JS7.jpg)
The Man in the Barn
5.3/6
After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was discovered hiding in a barn. After he refused to surren...
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The Man in the Barn
![The King Without a Crown](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xwG2RRniYeUgvwO6HjAw9xuUbdM.jpg)
1937
![The King Without a Crown](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xwG2RRniYeUgvwO6HjAw9xuUbdM.jpg)
The King Without a Crown
5.5/6
This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was ra...
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The King Without a Crown
![Strange Glory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cBUeS1z89dx881aC3evM9OkKRPZ.jpg)
1938
![Strange Glory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cBUeS1z89dx881aC3evM9OkKRPZ.jpg)
Strange Glory
4/1
During the American Civil War, General Ulysses Grant carries out the 'Tennessee Plan,' which involves stopping the Confederate supply line on the Tenn...
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Strange Glory
![What Do You Think?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8PqCfPJ0KBfq5EtvSbn03jABStA.jpg)
1937
![What Do You Think?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8PqCfPJ0KBfq5EtvSbn03jABStA.jpg)
What Do You Think?
7.2/5
The narrator's voice tells of John Dough, who wakes up after a late-night party and prepares to go to work. However, a few interruptions, including th...
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What Do You Think?
![Nostradamus and the Queen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qsP7w95iM0gq8Ru3MHBLAa6O6Kn.jpg)
1953
![Nostradamus and the Queen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/qsP7w95iM0gq8Ru3MHBLAa6O6Kn.jpg)
Nostradamus and the Queen
0/0
An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately predicted the fates of her husband, her three sons and he...
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Nostradamus and the Queen
![Prophet Without Honor](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y8AVROKNa2J3gsu9t8bH8Ywvv3z.jpg)
1939
![Prophet Without Honor](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y8AVROKNa2J3gsu9t8bH8Ywvv3z.jpg)
Prophet Without Honor
5.4/9
This short film portrays the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer who developed the first maps that charted the ocea...
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Prophet Without Honor
![The Rainbow Pass](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1937
![The Rainbow Pass](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
The Rainbow Pass
6.5/2
In Chinese culture, live theater performances are attended by all classes of society. This short shows a performance of "The Rainbow Pass," a tale of...
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The Rainbow Pass
![A Failure at Fifty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2xzGYAOPqsol0i39UY7aAZqGDav.jpg)
1940
![A Failure at Fifty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2xzGYAOPqsol0i39UY7aAZqGDav.jpg)
A Failure at Fifty
4.5/2
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
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A Failure at Fifty
![Cavalcade of the Academy Awards](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/82rnUDV8bx61fxEPaLI7Vdp6Ur2.jpg)
1940
![Cavalcade of the Academy Awards](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/82rnUDV8bx61fxEPaLI7Vdp6Ur2.jpg)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.5/3
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
![Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1940
![Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
0/0
Andy wants to buy a new car so he goes into the judge's home office where his father is about to write a $200 check to charity. He asks his dad for th...
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Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
![The Lady or the Tiger?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a522qWhMCbzuWcJHO5PKTQr0aI1.jpg)
1942
![The Lady or the Tiger?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a522qWhMCbzuWcJHO5PKTQr0aI1.jpg)
The Lady or the Tiger?
0/0
Author Frank R. Stockton, often asked the question, finally decides to divulge the untold ending of his story, The Lady or the Tiger?
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The Lady or the Tiger?
![Nostradamus Says So!](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1953
![Nostradamus Says So!](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Nostradamus Says So!
5/1
The life of the French seer and some of his selected quatrains are reviewed.
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Nostradamus Says So!
![Hollywood - The Second Step](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jKo3KEvJEc8ymCIgvhETTfmEdB8.jpg)
1936
![Hollywood - The Second Step](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jKo3KEvJEc8ymCIgvhETTfmEdB8.jpg)
Hollywood - The Second Step
8/2
This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the...
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Hollywood - The Second Step
![Pitcairn Island Today](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gvoEBHAbsQapNNpGoUHHnAdyhyP.jpg)
1935
![Pitcairn Island Today](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gvoEBHAbsQapNNpGoUHHnAdyhyP.jpg)
Pitcairn Island Today
6/1
This visit to Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific Ocean shows that life for the residents has changed little in the years since Fletcher Christian an...
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Pitcairn Island Today
![Nostradamus IV](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bSu8ua3Tts2mBOfzIBBFtQvNSS4.jpg)
1944
![Nostradamus IV](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bSu8ua3Tts2mBOfzIBBFtQvNSS4.jpg)
Nostradamus IV
5/2
This Carey Wilson Miniature takes a further look at prophecies by 16th century seer Nostradamus.
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Nostradamus IV
![Dangerous Number](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ah2nYD11NXClXnrlNGdbQpQvylh.jpg)
1937
![Dangerous Number](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ah2nYD11NXClXnrlNGdbQpQvylh.jpg)
Dangerous Number
5/5
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry....
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Dangerous Number
![What Do You Think? (Number Three)](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dnaBVJFqcZZ1hx0Ud98IU6dqUmT.jpg)
1938
![What Do You Think? (Number Three)](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dnaBVJFqcZZ1hx0Ud98IU6dqUmT.jpg)
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
7/1
This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in ways we least expect.
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What Do You Think? (Number Three)
![What Do You Think? (Number Two)](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1937
![What Do You Think? (Number Two)](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
0/0
This short presents the possibility that a dead person's spirit can intervene in the lives of the living.
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What Do You Think? (Number Two)
![Nostradamus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7FVc64fgTjLvDv0lbqFUDjl1AKy.jpg)
1938
![Nostradamus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7FVc64fgTjLvDv0lbqFUDjl1AKy.jpg)
Nostradamus
0/0
A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions.
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Nostradamus
![The Great Heart](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5o9Nnt1B3870JOQuG1YxqVp9smD.jpg)
1938
![The Great Heart](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5o9Nnt1B3870JOQuG1YxqVp9smD.jpg)
The Great Heart
5.6/7
This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope a...
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The Great Heart
![The Man on the Rock](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1938
![The Man on the Rock](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
The Man on the Rock
6/1
A look at whether Napoleon Bonaparte indeed died on the island of St. Helena in 1821.
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The Man on the Rock
![Inca Gold](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1943
![Inca Gold](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Inca Gold
0/0
Legends associated with the lost treasures of Incan gold, thought to be located at the bottom of one of the many shafts of what is called the hawk's n...
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Inca Gold
![Let's Ask Nostradamus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hW7ztuQJ1o3vtphDmxYP8xZHuWe.jpg)
1953
![Let's Ask Nostradamus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hW7ztuQJ1o3vtphDmxYP8xZHuWe.jpg)
Let's Ask Nostradamus
6/1
Nostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the French Revolution.
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Let's Ask Nostradamus
![More About Nostradamus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bdrG25L9JwzOMy7bEsoSND0iMjm.jpg)
1941
![More About Nostradamus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bdrG25L9JwzOMy7bEsoSND0iMjm.jpg)
More About Nostradamus
5.2/5
This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daught...
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More About Nostradamus
![Further Prophecies of Nostradamus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/64ufrHNweiqi9XTR7MFAW9j11de.jpg)
1942
![Further Prophecies of Nostradamus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/64ufrHNweiqi9XTR7MFAW9j11de.jpg)
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
6/1
This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II.
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Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
![Mr. Gardenia Jones](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/loA23LVHX4C1boiFh26d2cNxMnr.jpg)
1942
![Mr. Gardenia Jones](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/loA23LVHX4C1boiFh26d2cNxMnr.jpg)
Mr. Gardenia Jones
4.2/4
Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for America...
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Mr. Gardenia Jones
![1925 Studio Tour](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lMLzIXE8lSMCxQ5Cwynu3lE3brc.jpg)
1925
![1925 Studio Tour](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lMLzIXE8lSMCxQ5Cwynu3lE3brc.jpg)
1925 Studio Tour
6.2/15
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.
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1925 Studio Tour
![Bravest of the Brave](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1938
![Bravest of the Brave](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Bravest of the Brave
0/0
This short film looks at the life of Michel Ney, who fought at Napoleon's side and was made a Marshall of France.
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Bravest of the Brave
![The Greenie](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1942
![The Greenie](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
The Greenie
0/0
Told on the premise that the United States has always been a refuge from those seeking a reprieve from poverty and bigotry, this Miniature short from...
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The Greenie
![Ghost Treasure](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1941
![Ghost Treasure](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Ghost Treasure
0/0
This short film presents three legends of hidden gold in California's Death Valley.
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Ghost Treasure
![Joaquin Murrieta](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eFMt6Hx3TB2DLuaRqEvoGdQJhqE.jpg)
1938
![Joaquin Murrieta](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eFMt6Hx3TB2DLuaRqEvoGdQJhqE.jpg)
Joaquin Murrieta
0/0
This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s.
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Joaquin Murrieta
![Bikini, the Atom Island](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1946
![Bikini, the Atom Island](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Bikini, the Atom Island
0/0
This shows the natives of Bikini Island as they were being evacuated and relocated (o.k., dispossessed) from their island prior to the atom bomb tests...
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Bikini, the Atom Island
![What Do You Think? Tupapaoo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xp4FT97S3wsSM3KZKPseXuloL13.jpg)
1938
![What Do You Think? Tupapaoo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xp4FT97S3wsSM3KZKPseXuloL13.jpg)
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
7.5/1
An American trader disrupts life on a Polynesian island.
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What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
![Portrait of a Genius](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1943
![Portrait of a Genius](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Portrait of a Genius
0/0
Leonardo Da Vinci was seen as a great artist during his lifetime. The same cannot be said for his life as an inventor. His genius as an inventor was o...
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Portrait of a Genius
![Westward the Women](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ys78QNYypeTxhJKQVL78JzO6Faq.jpg)
1951
![Westward the Women](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ys78QNYypeTxhJKQVL78JzO6Faq.jpg)
Westward the Women
7/71
There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order b...
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Westward the Women
![You, John Jones!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6BYO4XNaJz466nJI39gccbXfNCZ.jpg)
1943
![You, John Jones!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6BYO4XNaJz466nJI39gccbXfNCZ.jpg)
You, John Jones!
6/6
John Jones contemplates how fortunate he and his family are in America, where no wartime bombing occurs.
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You, John Jones!
![Target Nevada](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1951
![Target Nevada](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Target Nevada
0/0
The Story of United States Air Force support to the Atomic Energy Commission on Continental Atomic Tests.
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Target Nevada
![This Is Russia!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hetQTQVAaQEoJNRlczri1B7CLNr.jpg)
1957
![This Is Russia!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hetQTQVAaQEoJNRlczri1B7CLNr.jpg)
This Is Russia!
0/0
Documentary footage of late 1950s Russia covers such cities and towns as Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, the Black Sea, Kharkov, Sochi, Sukumi, Gori,...
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