by Hans J. Wollstein
biography
A former cartoonist, reporter, and "comic artist," San Francisco native Tom McNamara entered the burgeoning film industry as a title writer in 1917. By 1922, he was writing and co-directing (with Robert McGowan) Our Gang comedy shorts for Hal Roach and later also penned FBO's Beauty Shop series. His work almost always centering on children, McNamara was one of Mary Pickford's collaborators on the harrowing Sparrows (1926) and, in the sound era, wrote the screenplay for Mitzi Green's Little Annie Rooney (1933), based on Harold Gray's popular comic strip.
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Cross Fire
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Little Orphan Annie
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
Little Annie Rooney
Intertitle Writer |
1925 | |||
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Boys to Board
Director, Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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The Cobbler
Director |
1923 | |||
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A Quiet Street
Director |
1922 | |||
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Fire Fighters
Director |
1922 | |||
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One Terrible Day
Director, Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Saturday Morning
Director |
1922 | |||
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Young Sherlocks
Director |
1922 | |||
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The Gilded Lily
Intertitle Writer |
1921 | |||
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The Idol of the North
Intertitle Writer |
1921 |
