Gerald Geraghty

Gerald Geraghty (August 10, 1906 – July 8, 1954) was an American screenwriter, mostly of Westerns.^[1]

Gerald Geraghty
Born	(1906-08-10)August 10, 1906 Rushville, Indiana, U.S.
Died	July 8, 1954(1954-07-08) (aged 47)[1] North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1930–1954[1]
Parent	Thomas J. Geraghty
Relatives	Maurice Geraghty (brother) Carmelita Geraghty (sister)

Early life and family

Geraghty was born in Rushville, Indiana.^[2] His father was screenwriter Tom Geraghty. His brother Maurice was also a screenwriter;^[1] and his sister was silent film actress and painter Carmelita Geraghty.^[3] Geraghty and his family moved to Hollywood when he was young. He was a graduate of Hollywood High School and Princeton University.

Career

Before he wrote for films, Geraghty wrote stories for magazines.^[2] Geraghty first worked with films as a writer of subtitles for the silent version of Street of Chance (1930).^[3]

Geraghty also wrote Gene Autry Rides, a Sunday newspaper comic strip that began in 1940 and ended in 1942.^[4]

Personal life

Geraghty was married to the former Gretchen Darling, and they had a daughter, Erin. They were divorced on December 1, 1949.^[5] When he died, his wife was named Marcia, and he also had a son,^[2]

He died from a cerebral haemorrhage.^[1]

Partial filmography

• Under the Tonto Rim (1933)
• Sunset Pass (1933)
• The Scoop (1934)
• Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
• The Miracle Rider (1935)
• The Jungle Princess (1936)
• Wells Fargo (1937)
• Come On, Rangers (1938)
• Western Jamboree (1938)
• Southward Ho (1939)
• Mexicali Rose (1939)
• Blue Montana Skies (1939)
• In Old Caliente (1939)
• Mountain Rhythm (1939)
• Wall Street Cowboy (1939)
• In Old Monterey (1939)
• The Arizona Kid (1939)
• South of the Border (1939)
• Pioneers of the West (1940)
• Young Buffalo Bill (1940)
• Hidden Gold (1940)
• The Carson City Kid (1940)
• The Ranger and the Lady (1940)
• King of Dodge City (1941)
• Badlands of Dakota (1941)
• South of Tahiti (1941)
• Secret of the Wastelands (1941)
• Sunset on the Desert (1942)
• Sin Town (1942)
• Riding Through Nevada (1942)
• Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943)
• The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
• Frontier Badmen (1943)
• Hail to the Rangers (1943)
• The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
• The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
• Frisco Sal (1945)
• Shady Lady (1945)
• Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
• Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
• Apache Rose (1947)
• Wyoming (1947)
• Train to Alcatraz (1948)
• The Plunderers (1948)
• Grand Canyon Trail (1948)
• The Red Menace (1949)
• Riders in the Sky (1949)
• Mule Train (1950)
• Cow Town (1950)
• Trigger, Jr. (1950)
• Sunset in the West (1950)
• Trail of Robin Hood (1950)
• Silver Canyon (1951)
• The Hills of Utah (1951)
• Valley of Fire (1951)
• The Old West (1952)
• Barbed Wire (1952)
• Wagon Team (1952)
• Blue Canadian Rockies (1952)
• On Top of Old Smoky (1953)
• Iron Mountain Trail (1953)
• Savage Frontier (1953)
• Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953)
• Down Laredo Way (1953)
• Bandits of the West (1953)
• Shadows of Tombstone (1953)
• Red River Shore (1953)
• Phantom Stallion (1954)