Gerald Duffy Gerald C. Duffy (April 13, 1896 – June 25, 1928) was a

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of the

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era, journalist,

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writer, and copyeditor. He is known for his contributions to and editorship of

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magazine and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Title Writing at the

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

for the film '' The Private Life of Helen of Troy''. His fiction career led to him being hired as a writer by

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Death

Gerald died in 1928 while dictating a script in

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Selected filmography

*'' A Fighting Colleen'' (1919) *''

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'' (1919) * '' Dollars and Sense'' (1920) *'' The Slim Princess'' (1920) *''Officer 666'' (1920) *'' What Happened to Rosa'' (1920) * '' Hold Your Horses'' (1921) *''Trust Your Wife'' (1921) *'' Through the Back Door'' (1921) *''Her Social Value'' (1921) *'' Where's My Wandering Boy Tonight?'' (1922) *'' Head Over Heels'' (1922) *'' Mr. Barnes of New York'' (1922) *'' Sure Fire Flint'' (1922) *'' The Spider and the Rose'' (1923) * ''

You Are Guilty ''You Are Guilty'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring James Kirkwood, Doris Kenyon and Robert Edeson. Synopsis Stephen Martin takes the blame over some missing funds in order to spare his half-brother s ...

'' (1923) *'' Bright Lights of Broadway'' (1923) * '' The Spider and the Rose'' (1923) * '' Three O'Clock in the Morning'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1924) *'' The Recoil'' (1924) * '' Her Own Free Will'' (1924) *'' Youth for Sale'' (1924) *''

Trouping with Ellen ''Trouping with Ellen'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring Basil Rathbone, Gaston Glass, Helene Chadwick, and Mary Thurman. Based on a short story by Earl Derr Biggers that appeared in ''The Saturday Evening Post'', this was Rathb ...

'' (1924) *'' Argentine Love'' (1924) *'' Too Many Kisses'' (1925) *'' The Sky Raider'' (1925) *'' Tramp, Tramp, Tramp'' (1926) *'' The College Boob'' (1926) *''

Don Juan's Three Nights ''Don Juan's Three Nights'' also known as ''Don Juan's 3 Nights'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Lewis Stone, Shirley Mason, and Malcolm McGregor. It was produced by Henry Hobart and ...

'' (1926) *''

Kosher Kitty Kelly ''Kosher Kitty Kelly'' is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film directed by James W. Horne, produced by Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (Robertson-Cole), and distributed by Film Booking Offices of America (FBO). It is based on the stage musical ''Kos ...

'' (1926) *''The Timid Terror'' (1926) *''Bred in Old Kentucky'' (1926) *'' The Masked Woman'' (1927) *'' The Notorious Lady'' (1927) *'' See You in Jail'' (1927) *'' The Patent Leather Kid'' (1927) *''The Crystal Cup'' (1927) *'' The Private Life of Helen of Troy'' (1927) *'' Her Wild Oat'' (1927) *''The Heart of a Follies Girl'' (1928) *'' Wheel of Chance'' (1928) *''The Head Man'' (1928) *'' Out of the Ruins'' (1928)

Awards and nominations

References

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