James Leo Meehan

James Leo Meehan
From a 1925 magazine
Born	July 22, 1891 Illinois, United States
Died	November 8, 1943 (aged 52) San Francisco, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Director, Writer
Years active	1921-1930 (film)

James Leo Meehan (1891 – 1943) was an American film director and screenwriter. He married the daughter of writer Gene Stratton-Porter, and adapted several of his mother-in-law's novels for the screen.

He directed Campus Sweethearts (US 1930 RKO, 27 min, only shown at State Lake, Chicago - Natural Vision also shown in 35 mm) starring Rudy Vallee with Ginger Rogers among the cast. It is one of the early wide-gauge films.

Selected filmography

• Michael O'Halloran (1923)
• A Girl of the Limberlost (1924)
• The Keeper of the Bees (1925)
• Laddie (1926)
• The Magic Garden (1927)
• Naughty Nanette (1927)
• The Harvester (1927)
• Judgment of the Hills (1927)
• Little Mickey Grogan (1927)
• Wallflowers (1928)
• The Little Yellow House (1928)
• Campus Sweethearts (1930)

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• James Leo Meehan at IMDb