Tom McNamara

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Tom McNamara

Born May 7, 1886

Died May 19, 1964 · aged 78

Tom McNamara (May 7, 1886 – May 19, 1964) was an American film director, screenwriter and cartoonist from the 1910s to the 1940s. He is perhaps best known for his involvement as a director of several Our Gang shorts for the Hal Roach studio, and as the creator of the comic strip Us Boys in William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal.

Known For

Little Annie RooneyLittle Annie Rooney · 1925
Little Annie Rooney
7.11925
MovieComedyDrama
A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city neighborhood.
Up the LadderUp the Ladder · 1925
Up the Ladder
5.21925
MovieDrama
A woman secretly sells her ancestral home in order to fund her sweetheart's new invention, a videophone, and then marries him when his fortune is made, only to be betrayed by his affair with her best friend.
Cross FireCross Fire · 1933
Cross Fire
6.51933
MovieRomanceWestern
Tom and five older respected business men run the Sierra mine. When Tom leaves for Europe to fight in WW1, everything is OK. When he returns after the war he finds his former assistant not only in control of the mine but the whole town. His former partners have fled becoming outlaws and are now robbing the mine shipments of money they believe is really theirs.
SparrowsSparrows · 1926
Sparrows
7.01926
MovieDrama
Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
The CobblerThe Cobbler · 1923
The Cobbler
6.71923
MovieComedyFamily
A cobbler receives his back pension and invites the gang to celebrate with a picnic, but his car stalls along the way.
The Idol of the NorthThe Idol of the North · 1921
The Idol of the North
9.01921
MovieDrama
Dance-hall girl Colette Brissac, brought up in the Canadian Northwest, refuses the protection of New Yorker Lucky Folsom, who later marries Gloria Waldron, an ambitious woman actually in love with engineer Martin Bates. When Bates drifts into the mining town, the miners, while drunk, force him to marry Colette. She nurses him back to health and they gradually fall in love. The arrival of Folsom and Gloria threatens to break up their marriage, and Colette prevents a fight between the two men by wounding Folsom, causing the latter to come to his senses and teaching his wife a lesson.
Little Orphan AnnieLittle Orphan Annie · 1932
Little Orphan Annie
6.41932
MovieComedy
Millionaire Daddy Warbucks goes bust in the Great Depression and is forced to abandon his adopted daughter, Annie. While he's out west working on another fortune, Annie finds an orphaned boy on the streets and helps him find a home.
Fire FightersFire Fighters · 1922
Fire Fighters
6.31922
MovieFamilyComedy
The gang forms a fire department; they end up thwarting a bootlegger, but not before their pet animals get drunk on his moonshine.

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