Gerald Duffy

For the Irish cricketer of the same name, see Gerald Duffy (cricketer).

Gerald Duffy
Born	1896
Died	Los Angeles, California, USA

Gerald C. Duffy (1896 – June 25, 1928) was a screenwriter of the silent film era, as well as a journalist, and short story writer and copyeditor. He is best known for his many contributions to Redbook magazine, which he edited, as well as being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Title Writing in the 1st Academy Awards for the film The Private Life of Helen of Troy. His prolific fiction career brought him to the attention of First National Studios who hired him on as a writer.

Gerald died in 1928 while dictating a script in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

• A Fighting Colleen (1919)
• Jinx (1919)
• Through the Back Door (1921)
• Head Over Heels (1922)
• Argentine Love (1924)
• Don Juan's Three Nights (1926)
• Kosher Kitty Kelly (1926)
• The Masked Woman (1927)
• The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
• Her Wild Oat (1927)
• Out of the Ruins (1928)

External links

• Gerald Duffy at the Internet Movie Database