Homer Croy

Homer Croy

Homer Croy (March 11, 1883 - May 24, 1965), was an American author and screenwriter who wrote about life in the Midwestern United States.

Croy's most famous work was the book and screenplay for "They Had to See Paris" (1926) which was the first talking picture with Will Rogers. The story dealt with a Missouri rural couple visiting Europe. Croy also wrote a biography of Rogers.

Croy was born on a farm northwest of Maryville, Missouri.

His first successful book was "West of the Water Tower" published in 1922 and dealt with hypocrisy in a small town. Croy called the town "Junction City." It was a thinly disguised version of Maryville and Croy concerned about his reputation there published it initially anonymously.

It was followed by "R.F.D. #3" in 1924 which continued the story set in Junction City.

elected Works

* 1949 "I Shot Jesse James"
* 1948 "Family Honeymoon"
* 1939 "I'm from Missouri"
* 1938 "Down on the Farm"
* 1936 "The Harvester"
* 1935 "Lady Tubbs"
* 1933 "The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble"
* 1932 "Down to Earth"
* 1929 "They Had to See Paris"

External links

* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=159471 New York Times list of Croy projects]
* [http://muarchives.missouri.edu/portrait4.html University of Missouri biography]
* [http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=276735 MSN Filmography]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=6331 Internet Broadway Database listing]
* [http://www.willrogerstoday.com/Articles_About_Will_Rogers/philosopher.cfm Article by Croy about Will Rogers]


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