John Hunter Booth

John Hunter Booth (1886 – November 23, 1971) was an American playwright. He wrote multiple stage plays and films. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and died in Norwood, Massachusetts.^[1]

Thumb — Poster for the Federal Theatre Project production of John Hunter Booth's *Created Equal* (1938)

4 Devils^[a]
A Man's Own Soul^[4]
The Better Man^[4]
Brass Buttons^[5]
Created Equal^[6]
Crescendo^[7]
Evangeline^[b]
The Foot Of The Mountain^[4]
Keep Her Smiling^[8]
Like A King^[9]
The Little Man^[4]
The Lone Star Ranger^[10]
The Masquerader (play)
N A M E S^[4]
The Native Son^[7]
No Trespassing^[11]
Omar the Tentmaker (play)^[c]
Princess April^[1]
Rolling Home^[13]
The Round Pegs^[4]
The Silent Voice^[4]
Strange Harmony^[7]
Talk About Girls^[14]
Tomorrow^[7]
The Valiant^[15]
We Are The Chosen^[7]
When The Train Stopped^[4]
When Wilderness Was West^[7]
The Winged Messenger^[16]
Wolves^[17]
The Woman Of Destiny^[7]
The Worshipers^[4]

It was initially released on October 3, 1928 by Fox Film Corporation without dialogue, but it was pulled from distribution for sound to be added. Booth was hired to write the dialogue. The dialogue version was released on June 15, 1929.^[2]^[3]
Billed as a performer.^[1]
Billed as a performer.^[12]

[1]
"John Hunter Booth". Playbill.
[2]
Bergstrom, Janet (2002). "Murnau in America: Chronicle of Lost Films". Film History. 14 (3/4): 430–460. doi:10.2979/FIL.2002.14.3-4.430. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 3815442.
[3]
Thompson, Frank T. (1996). "4 Devils". Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared. Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group. pp. 263, 271. ISBN 978-0-8065-1604-2.
[4]
1909-1937 Copyright Registration Cards. Washington DC: United States Copyright Office.
[5]
"Brass Buttons Tells Mother-Love Story: John Hunter Booth's Stodgy Drama Has an Irish Policeman As Its Hero". The New York Times. December 6, 1927. p. 26. ProQuest 104004453.
[6]
O'Connor, John; Brown, Lorraine (1978). "Troubles and Triumphs". Free, Adult, Uncensored: The Living History of the Federal Theatre Project. Washington: New Republic Books. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-915220-37-3.
[7]
1946-1954 Copyright Registration Cards (A-N). Washington DC: United States Copyright Office. 1946. pp. 797–808.
[8]
Reedy, William M., ed. (March 21, 1919). "Coming Shows". Reedy's Mirror. 28 (12). St. Louis: 168.
[9]
Nathan, George Jean (November 5, 1921). "In Tin-Pot Alley". Judge Magazine. Vol. 81, no. 2208. p. 19.
[10]
Francis, Kay (November 5, 1930). "A Lenda Do Valle" [The Lone Star Ranger]. A Tela Em Revista. Cinearte (in Portuguese). p. 28.
[11]
Benchley, Robert (September 30, 1926). "Catching Up". Drama. Life Magazine. Vol. 88, no. 2291. p. 19.
[12]
"Omar Is Delight To The Eye And Ear". Victoria Daily Times. Vol. 46, no. 119. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. May 22, 1915. p. 6.
[13]
"Rolling Home". The Tech. Vol. 45, no. 1. March 25, 1925. p. 2.
[14]
"The New Plays". Amusements. The Daily Worker. Vol. 4, no. 121. New York. June 4, 1927. p. 8.
[15]
"Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished?". The Tri-State Weekly: The Northfield Press. Vol. 21, no. 46. June 21, 1929. p. 6.
[16]
"The Winged Messenger at Bronx Opera House Monday". Amusements. The New Leader. Vol. 3, no. 39. October 9, 1926. p. 7.
[17]
"Theatrical Notes". The New York Times. February 11, 1928. p. 10. ProQuest 104305607.

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[4] It was initially released on October 3, 1928 by Fox Film Corporation without dialogue, but it was pulled from distribution for sound to be added. Booth was hired to write the dialogue. The dialogue version was released on June 15, 1929.^[2]^[3]

[9] Billed as a performer.^[1]

[15] Billed as a performer.^[12]

[playbill-1] [1]
"John Hunter Booth". Playbill.

[murnau-2] [2]
Bergstrom, Janet (2002). "Murnau in America: Chronicle of Lost Films". Film History. 14 (3/4): 430–460. doi:10.2979/FIL.2002.14.3-4.430. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 3815442.

[fourdevils-3] [3]
Thompson, Frank T. (1996). "4 Devils". Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared. Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group. pp. 263, 271. ISBN 978-0-8065-1604-2.

[thecopy:2-5] [4]
1909-1937 Copyright Registration Cards. Washington DC: United States Copyright Office.

[brass-6] [5]
"Brass Buttons Tells Mother-Love Story: John Hunter Booth's Stodgy Drama Has an Irish Policeman As Its Hero". The New York Times. December 6, 1927. p. 26. ProQuest 104004453.

[createdequal-7] [6]
O'Connor, John; Brown, Lorraine (1978). "Troubles and Triumphs". Free, Adult, Uncensored: The Living History of the Federal Theatre Project. Washington: New Republic Books. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-915220-37-3.

[copyoffice-8] [7]
1946-1954 Copyright Registration Cards (A-N). Washington DC: United States Copyright Office. 1946. pp. 797–808.

[keep_smiling-10] [8]
Reedy, William M., ed. (March 21, 1919). "Coming Shows". Reedy's Mirror. 28 (12). St. Louis: 168.

[like_a_king-11] [9]
Nathan, George Jean (November 5, 1921). "In Tin-Pot Alley". Judge Magazine. Vol. 81, no. 2208. p. 19.

[lone_star-12] [10]
Francis, Kay (November 5, 1930). "A Lenda Do Valle" [The Lone Star Ranger]. A Tela Em Revista. Cinearte (in Portuguese). p. 28.

[no_trespassing-13] [11]
Benchley, Robert (September 30, 1926). "Catching Up". Drama. Life Magazine. Vol. 88, no. 2291. p. 19.

[omar-14] [12]
"Omar Is Delight To The Eye And Ear". Victoria Daily Times. Vol. 46, no. 119. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. May 22, 1915. p. 6.

[thetech-16] [13]
"Rolling Home". The Tech. Vol. 45, no. 1. March 25, 1925. p. 2.

[talk_girls-17] [14]
"The New Plays". Amusements. The Daily Worker. Vol. 4, no. 121. New York. June 4, 1927. p. 8.

[valiant-18] [15]
"Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished?". The Tri-State Weekly: The Northfield Press. Vol. 21, no. 46. June 21, 1929. p. 6.

[wingedmess-19] [16]
"The Winged Messenger at Bronx Opera House Monday". Amusements. The New Leader. Vol. 3, no. 39. October 9, 1926. p. 7.

[wolves-20] [17]
"Theatrical Notes". The New York Times. February 11, 1928. p. 10. ProQuest 104305607.

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