James Leo Meehan (1891 – 1943) was an American

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and

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.Munden p. 411 He married the daughter of writer

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, and adapted several of his mother-in-law's novels for the screen. He directed ''Campus Sweethearts'' (US 1930 RKO, 27 min, only shown at State Lake, Chicago - Natural Vision also shown in 35 mm) starring

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with

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among the cast. It is one of the early wide-gauge films.

Selected filmography

* '' Michael O'Halloran'' (1923) * '' A Girl of the Limberlost'' (1924) * '' The Keeper of the Bees'' (1925) * '' Laddie'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

Naughty Nanette ''Naughty Nanette'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by James Leo Meehan and written by Doris Schroeder. The film stars Viola Dana, Patricia Palmer, Eddie Brownell, Helen Foster, Roger Moore and Sidney De Gray. The film was released on ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Harvester ''The Harvester'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Homer Croy, Robert Lee Johnson, Elizabeth Meehan and Gertrude Orr. It is based on the 1911 novel ''The Harvester'' by Gene Stratton-Porter, which had pre ...

'' (1927) * '' Judgment of the Hills'' (1927) * ''

Little Mickey Grogan ''Little Mickey Grogan'' is a 1927 American comedy-drama film directed by James Leo Meehan and written by Dwight Cummins, Dorothy Yost and Charles Kerr. The film stars Frankie Darro, Lassie Lou Ahern, Jobyna Ralston, Carroll Nye, Eugene Jackson ...

'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' The Little Yellow House'' (1928) * '' Campus Sweethearts'' (1930)

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1891 births 1943 deaths Film directors from Illinois 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-film-bio-stub