Josephine Quirk | |
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Born | c. 1900 New York, New York, USA |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film producer |
Years active | 1921–1929 |
Josephine Quirk (or Jo, as she was known to friends)[1] (born c. 1900[2]) was an American screenwriter, film producer, and writer active during Hollywood's silent era.[3]
Born in New York City into an Irish family, Quirk began her career as a publicity woman and magazine writer on the East Coast before transitioning into scenario writing in Los Angeles.[4][5] She worked as a scenarist at Famous Players–Lasky before writing scripts for Chadwick Pictures.[6] In 1929, she was hired to write a series of 12 two-reel stories featuring actor George McIntosh.[7]
A devout Catholic, she eventually became disenchanted with Hollywood and what she perceived as its moral failings, and became a contributing editor at The Victorian (a Catholic magazine) and The Catholic Boy[8] during the 1940s and 1950s, where she covered topics like juvenile delinquency,[9] the ills of marijuana, the perils of alcohol,[10] and Communism.[11][12][13]