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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.553 |
| Birthday | 1889-05-19 |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Also Known As |
1938
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
1943
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
1951
Westward the Women
6.951/72
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
1938
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.
1951
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
1943
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!
1957
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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This Is Russia!
1936
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
1937
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
1937
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
1937
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
1938
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
1953
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
1937
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?
1939
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
1937
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
1940
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
1940
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
1940
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
1942
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?
1953
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!
1948
Operation Sandstone
0/0
In 1948, the U.S. nuclear stockpile consisted of approximately 50 atomic bombs. Since the industrial complex to produce more nuclear weapons was not f...
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Operation Sandstone
1936
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
1935
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
1944
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
1937
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
1937
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)
1938
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
6/2
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)
1938
Nostradamus
0/0
A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions.
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Nostradamus
1938
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
1938
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
1941
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
1943
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
1942
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
1953
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
1942
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
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
1938
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
1942
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
1941
Ghost Treasure
0/0
This short film presents three legends of hidden gold in California's Death Valley.
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Ghost Treasure
1938
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
1946
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
1945
Strange Destiny
0/0
This Carey Wilson Miniature tells the true story of a humble YMCA worker, Asa K. Jennings (Louis Jean Heydt), who lived a productive life for 27 years...
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