Josephine Quirk

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Josephine Quirk
Bornc. 1900
New York, New York, USA
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film producer
Years active1921–1929

Josephine Quirk (or Jo, as she was known to friends) [1] (born c. 1900 [2] ) was an American screenwriter, film producer, and writer active during Hollywood's silent era. [3]

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Biography

Born in New York City into an Irish family, Quirk began her career as a publicity woman and magazine writer on the East Coast before transitioning into scenario writing in Los Angeles. [4] [5] She worked as a scenarist at Famous Players–Lasky before writing scripts for Chadwick Pictures. [6] In 1929, she was hired to write a series of 12 two-reel stories featuring actor George McIntosh. [7]

A devout Catholic, she eventually became disenchanted with Hollywood and what she perceived as its moral failings, and became a contributing editor at The Victorian (a Catholic magazine) and The Catholic Boy [8] during the 1940s and 1950s, where she covered topics like juvenile delinquency, [9] the ills of marijuana, the perils of alcohol, [10] and Communism. [11] [12] [13]

Selected filmography

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