Born October 3, 1898 in Los Angeles, California. [Died] July 5, 1969. Santa Monica, California. American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Full name Thomas Leo McCarey. Specialized in light comedies and sentimental dramas. After graduating from the University of Southern California Law School, McCarey worked as an assistant director under director Tod Browning, and then joined Hal Roach Studios in 1923 as a director and screenwriter for comedy films. Two years later, he became vice president of the company. He supervised 19 films starring popular comedic actors Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (directing three of them), honing his sense of comedy. In 1933, he signed with Paramount Pictures. His first directorial work after the move was Duck Soup (1933), starring the Marx Brothers, which was not well received when it was released, but is now considered one of the greatest comedies in history. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for the romantic comedy masterpiece The Awful Truth (1937). Going My Way (1944), starring Bing Crosby, won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. In his later years, he suffered personal troubles and a serious car accident, and the number of films he made dropped dramatically. His only representative work was An Affair to Remember (1957), a remake of his own hit film Love Affair (1939). Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
[生]1898.10.3. カリフォルニア,ロサンゼルス [没]1969.7.5. カリフォルニア,サンタモニカ アメリカ合衆国の映画監督,脚本家,プロデューサー。フルネーム Thomas Leo McCarey。軽快なコメディやセンチメンタルなドラマを得意とする。南カリフォルニア大学ロースクールを卒業後,トッド・ブラウニング監督のもとで助監督を務めたのち,1923年にハル・ローチ・スタジオに監督およびコメディ映画の脚本家として入社。2年後には同社の副社長に就任した。人気喜劇俳優スタン・ローレルとオリバー・ハーディの出演作 19本を監修(うち 3本を監督)し,コメディのセンスを磨いた。1933年パラマウント映画と契約。移籍後初監督作となるマルクス兄弟主演の『我輩はカモである』Duck Soup(1933)は,公開時こそ不評だったものの,いまではコメディ映画史上最高傑作の一つとされている。ラブコメディの傑作『新婚道中記』The Awful Truth(1937)でアカデミー賞監督賞を受賞。ビング・クロスビー主演の『我が道を往く』Going My Way(1944)は,アカデミー賞作品賞,監督賞など 7部門を受賞した。晩年は私生活のトラブルや重大な自動車事故に見舞われ,制作本数が激減。自身の大ヒット映画『邂逅(めぐりあい)』Love Affair(1939)をリメークした『めぐり逢い』An Affair to Remember(1957)が唯一の代表作となった。 出典 ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典について 情報 |
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