Homer Croy Net Worth
Homer Croy Net Worth is
$4 Million
Homer Croy Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Homer Croy (March 11, 1883 - May 24, 1965), was an American author and occasional screenwriter who wrote fiction and non-fiction books about life in the Midwestern United States. He also wrote several popular biographies, including books on outlaw Jesse James, humorist Will Rogers and film director D.W. Griffith.Croy was born on a farm northwest of Maryville, Missouri, and published his first book, When to Lock the Stable, in 1914. During World War I he was production manager in Paris, France, for the Community Motion Picture Bureau, which distributed movies to Allied troops. His first successful book was West of the Water Tower published in 1923. It dealt with hypocrisy in a small town, "Junction City," which was a thinly disguised version of Maryville; a sequel, R.F.D. #3, appeared the following year.Croy's most famous work was the novel They Had to See Paris (1926), about a rural couple from Missouri on a European trip. The book was filmed in 1929 as the first talking picture to star Will Rogers.Croy had a long but intermittent association with the motion picture industry. Many of his novels and stories were adapted for the screen, and he also directed a series of short travelogue films in 1914-1915; he received screenwriting credits on a handful of feature films in the 1930s. In addition to his biography of D.W. Griffith, he also wrote about the film industry in his 1918 book How Motion Pictures Are Made and a 1932 novel Headed for Hollywood.In 2010 an edited selection of Croy's writing was collected with an introduction by Zachary Michael Jack entitled Homer Croy: Corn Country (Ice Cube Press). | Date Of Birth | March 11, 1883 |
| Died | 1965-05-24 |
| Place Of Birth | Maryville, Missouri, USA |
| Height | 6' 1½" (1.87 m) |
| Profession | Writer, Director |
| Star Sign | Pisces |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Was a frequent contributor to the Saturday Evening Post. |
| 2 | Gave himself the title "Two Gun Croy, The Law West of 125th Street". |
| 3 | Became stranded in India at the outbreak of World War One while on an around-the-world tour he was making on behalf of several American magazines. Unable to reach his sponsors, a friend (Mae Belle Savelle) was finally able to cable funds for his return. The following year (1915) they were married. |
| 4 | Said after the publication of his first novel that he was paid in postage stamps. |
| 5 | Began writing magazine articles for Butterick Publications (then edited by Theodore Dreiser) after failing English in his senior year of college. |
| 6 | At the University of Missouri he claimed to be the first student at the first school of journalism in the world. |
| 7 | As a farm boy he would study his vest-pocket dictionary between chores and eventually began submitting articles to farm journals. |
| 8 | "Like all farm boys" he once wrote "he hated physical labor and loved good victuals". |
| 9 | Would like to say he was born the same year they built the Brooklyn Bridge. |
| 10 | Son of American pioneers who came West in a covered wagon. |
| 11 | Humorist, author and screenwriter. |
| 12 | Creighton and Homer, 2 sons who died in infancy; and daughter, Carol |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Baron of Arizona | 1950 | story - uncredited | |
| I Shot Jesse James | 1949 | article in American Weekly magazine | |
| Family Honeymoon | 1948 | novel | |
| I'm from Missouri | 1939 | stories from the book "Sixteen Hands" | |
| The Harvester | 1936 | ||
| Lady Tubbs | 1935 | novel | |
| The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble | 1933 | writer | |
| Down to Earth | 1932 | ||
| They Had to See Paris | 1929 | from a novel by | |
| West of the Water Tower | 1923 | novel | |
| The Tale of His Pants | 1915 | Short scenario |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seeing the Funny Side of the World with Homer Croy | 1915 | Documentary short | |
| Homer Croy Along the Nile | 1915 | Documentary short | |
| A Buried City | 1915 | Documentary short | |
| In the Land of the Mikado with Homer Croy | 1915 | Documentary short | |
| The Japanese Silk Industry as Seen by Homer Croy | 1914 | Documentary short | |
| Here and There in Japan with Homer Croy | 1914 | Documentary short |
Known for movies
I Shot Jesse James (1949)
as Writer
Family Honeymoon (1948)
as Writer
They Had to See Paris (1929)
as Writer
Down to Earth (1932)
as Writer