Carey Wilson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carey Wilson (May 19, 1889 – February 1, 1962) was an American screenwriter, voice actor and producer. Wilson's screenplays include Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and The Great Heart (1938). His credits as producer include Green Dolphin Street (1947). He also narrated many nuclear test films, produced by the Atomic Energy Commission (now Department of Energy) and by the Department of Defence, including Operation Sandstone of 1948 and Operation Greenhouse of 1951. He was one of the thirty-six Hollywood pioneers who founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. He collaborated with Jean Harlow on her novel Today is Tonight. For his contribution in films, Wilson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6301 Hollywood Blvd.
Westward the Women
as Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His...
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A Failure at Fifty
as Narrator (voice)The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an...
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1925 Studio Tour
as SelfA tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including...
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Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
as NarratorA satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still...
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You, John Jones!
as Narrator (uncredited)John Jones contemplates how fortunate he and his family are in America, where no wartime bombing...
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Dangerous Number
as SheriffHank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that...
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Prophet Without Honor
as Narrator (voice)This short film portrays the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval...
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The Man in the Barn
as Narrator (voice)After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was...
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Mr. Gardenia Jones
as NarratorDocumentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing...
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The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
as Narrator (voice)Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all...
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Master Will Shakespeare
as Narrator (voice)A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the...
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Nostradamus IV
as Narrator (voice)This Carey Wilson Miniature takes a further look at prophecies by 16th century seer Nostradamus.
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This Is Russia!
as NarratorDocumentary footage of late 1950s Russia covers such cities and towns as Moscow, Leningrad,...
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Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice)This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II.
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Hollywood - The Second Step
as NarratorThis short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work....
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What Do You Think? (Number Three)
as Himself - Narrator (voice)This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in...
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More About Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to...
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Let's Ask Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice)Nostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the...
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The Great Heart
as Narrator (voice)This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian...
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Nostradamus and the Queen
as Narrator (voice)An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately...
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Pitcairn Island Today
as Narrator (voice)This visit to Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific Ocean shows that life for the residents has...
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The Man on the Rock
as Narrator (voice)A look at whether Napoleon Bonaparte indeed died on the island of St. Helena in 1821.
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The Lady or the Tiger?
as NarratorAuthor Frank R. Stockton, often asked the question, finally decides to divulge the untold ending...
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What Do You Think?
as Narrator (voice)The narrator's voice tells of John Dough, who wakes up after a late-night party and prepares to...
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Nostradamus
as Narrator (voice)A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions.
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The King Without a Crown
as Narrator (voice)This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette,...
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Strange Glory
as Narrator (voice)During the American Civil War, General Ulysses Grant carries out the 'Tennessee Plan,' which...
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Joaquin Murrieta
as Narrator (voice)This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin...
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What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
as Narrator (voice)An American trader disrupts life on a Polynesian island.
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