Writing

Henry McCarty

Born 1882-01-30 · San Francisco, California, USA

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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10.0

New Yorker David Kingston, a university student involved in the study of mine engineering, is falsely accused of theft and expelled from school. David's mother soon dies of grief, and he decides to end it all by jumping in the river. David is deterred from suicide, however, when he adopts a stray pup, which he names "Thunder." The dog later finds a map indicating the location of a gold mine, and David heads west to Northern California.

Silent Pal

1925

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10.0

Elizabeth Trent lives alone on a farm with her adopted son, Donald, having been deserted by her husband, John, years earlier when he went to Alaska to make his fortune.

Shattered Lives

1925

The Aviator poster
8.3

Alain's uncle sends him to France to toughen him with his aviator friend Pierre. He meets Suzanne on the voyage and fights for her love against José in an airplane.

The Aviator

1931

Black Butterflies poster
7.0

An exposé of the "fake" or "wicked" Bohemian social circles, highlighting the moral consequences of their actions. The film features a "pleasure-seeking" philosophy, evidenced by the intertitle that read, "May we help ourselves to life's pleasures?"

Black Butterflies

1928

Silver Spurs poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Silver Spurs

1922

Silver Spurs poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Silver Spurs

1922

Great Guy poster
6.3

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.

Great Guy

1936

The Part-time Wife poster
7.0

Doris Fuller, noted screen star, marries poor newspaperman Kenneth Scott. His pride is hurt when he is called "Mr. Doris Fuller" and by the disparity between their earnings. She quits to become his "full time" wife but returns to the screen when she sees him becoming a nervous wreck trying to write a play to boost their earnings. Kenneth erroneously believes her to be having an affair with her leading man, DeWitt Courtney, and begins to pay ardent attention to Nita Northrup, a rising young actress. His actions cause a real breach, and they separate. Kenneth's play is a success, but he is not happy. They are reconciled after Doris is injured in the studio, and she once more becomes his "full time" wife.

The Part-time Wife

1925

The Part-time Wife poster
7.0

Doris Fuller, noted screen star, marries poor newspaperman Kenneth Scott. His pride is hurt when he is called "Mr. Doris Fuller" and by the disparity between their earnings. She quits to become his "full time" wife but returns to the screen when she sees him becoming a nervous wreck trying to write a play to boost their earnings. Kenneth erroneously believes her to be having an affair with her leading man, DeWitt Courtney, and begins to pay ardent attention to Nita Northrup, a rising young actress. His actions cause a real breach, and they separate. Kenneth's play is a success, but he is not happy. They are reconciled after Doris is injured in the studio, and she once more becomes his "full time" wife.

The Part-time Wife

1925

Song of Love poster
4.7

Tom and Anna Gibson, along with their little boy, Buddy, form a successful vaudeville song-and-dance act and a happy family. Anna, however, is worried about her son's future when she finds him playing ball, forgetting a performance.

Song of Love

1929

The Night Ship poster
7.0

After being marooned in the South Seas for six years, Bob Randall returns to his home in Faith Harbor, Maine.

The Night Ship

1925

The Night Ship poster
7.0

After being marooned in the South Seas for six years, Bob Randall returns to his home in Faith Harbor, Maine.

The Night Ship

1925

The Phantom of the Forest poster
10.0

Eddie Phillips works for his father, an oilman searching for deposits in the north woods. A puppy intended for Eddie falls out of the truck that's transporting him and is stranded in the forest, but the pup learns to survive on his own and soon becomes master of his domain. A year or so later Eddie and another dog, White Fawn, happen to be camping near property owned by pretty young Betty Francisco when swindler Jim Mason discovers oil deposits on Betty's land the tries to swindle her out of them, but the heroic dog, now named Thunder, determines to stop Mason and Eddie helps him, not knowing that Thunder is the dog originally meant for him.

The Phantom of the Forest

1926

23 1/2 Hours Leave poster
6.0

Army training Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can get himself invited to breakfast with his commanding officer, General Markley. But he gets into an unhappy tangle with a couple of enemy spies (and a happy tangle with the general's daughter) before the bet is finally decided.

23 1/2 Hours Leave

1937

The Right To Romance poster
4.9

Against her better judgment, a dedicated and hard-working plastic surgeon (Ann Harding) finds herself falling in love with a playboy (Robert Young). Drama.

The Right To Romance

1933

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9.0

A film by Henry McCarty

The Vengeance of Pierre

1923

No artwork available
9.0

A film by Henry McCarty

The Vengeance of Pierre

1923

Sinews of Steel poster
7.0

Sinews of Steel is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor.

Sinews of Steel

1927

Numbered Men poster
5.1

Civilian Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other. Lou Rinaldo, who framed Bud to get Mary, and escape-minded King Callahan want to keep him in stir, but convict Bertie and the others, even including the Warden, set events in motion to prove that love and justice will prevail. NB: Prisoner numbers given in lieu of character names in many cast lists for this film do not match the numbers shown on the characters' uniforms, when these can be seen at all, and are not used in dialogue at all.

Numbered Men

1930

Top Speed poster
6.0

An order clerk poses as a millionaire.

Top Speed

1930

Sunny poster
6.3

A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.

Sunny

1930

Bright Lights poster
5.2

A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.

Bright Lights

1930

The Carnation Kid poster
10.0

It's a case of mistaken identity in this comedy that centers around a country bumpkin mistaken for a Chicago hitman.

The Carnation Kid

1929

The Shadow on the Wall poster
8.0

George Walters is a youth who is dominated by Bleary, a heartless bully, who forces him to pose as the son of millionaire George Warring, kidnapped as a baby. The missing son had a twin brother who had recently died, but a painting of the shadow of the late son is on one wall. Walters' shadow matches this painting perfectly, establishing him as the missing son to the Warring family. Walters falls in love with Warring's daughter Lucia and finds that the family attorney Glaxton is slowly poisoning the old man.

The Shadow on the Wall

1925