Guthrie mcclintic biography

American film director

Guthrie McClintic (August 6, 1893 – October 29, 1961) was an American theatre director, film director, and producer based in New York.

Life and career

McClintic was born in Seattle, attended Washington University in St. Louis and New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and became an actor, but soon became a stage manager and casting director for major Broadway producer Winthrop Ames. His Broadway directorial debut was on A. A. Milne's The Dover Road. McClintic's first major success was on The Barretts of Wimpole Street featuring his wife, the American actress Katharine Cornell, in 1931. He also directed Hamlet featuring John Gielgud in New York in 1936.

Katharine Cornell served on the Board of Directors of The Rehearsal Club, a place where young actresses could stay while looking for work in the theatre. McClintic sometimes found roles for the young women in his plays.

In what may have been a lavender marriage

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Item 1 - Guthrie McClintic

Reference code

IE 2135 P12/5/4/1

Name of creator

O'Brien, Kate (1897-1974), writer

(1897-1974)

Biographical history

A pioneer in Irish fiction, Kate O’Brien was born in Limerick on 3 December 1897 to horse-dealer Thomas O’Brien and his wife, Catherine Thornhill O’Brien. One of ten children, O’Brien had three older sisters, Mary, Clare and Nance (or Anne), and six brothers, John (or Jack), Thomas, Eric, Michael, Michael Alphonsus and Gerard William. Tragedy struck the young family in 1903 when Catherine O’Brien died of cancer. Kate O’Brien was just over five years of age at this time and was to become the youngest boarder at Laurel Hill, a French convent school in Limerick. O’Brien’s father passed away in 1916, and in that same year Kate received a county council scholarship to read French and English in University College Dublin.

Kate O’Brien graduated from University College Dublin with a B.A. degree in 1919, moving to England where she wo

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John Gielgud correspondence to Katharine Cornell, Guthrie McClintic and Nancy Hamilton

1958-1982

The John Gielgud correspondence consists of letters, postcards and Christmas cards sent by Gielgud to Katharine Cornell, Guthrie McClintic, and Nancy Hamilton between the years 1958 and 1982. The letters and kort are handwritten, with closings that frequently convey the well-wishes of both Gielgud and his long-time companion Martin. The collection also contains sju photographs - six of Gielgud and one of Martin's Pekingese named Caesar.

Most of the Christmas kort are undated. Gielgud generally recorded the month and day on his letters, but not the year. Because the letters continually refer to dramatic productions with which he was currently involved, the missing year dates can often be determined.

Gielgud's descriptions of the acting world document his generosity towards his fellow thespians, his reflectiveness as a critic of acting and directing, and his sensitivity to l