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==Wanda Tuchock==
| name = Wanda Tuchock
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1898|3|20}}
| birth_place = [[Pueblo, Colorado]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|2|10|1898|3|20}}
| death_place = [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]]
| occupation = {{hlist| Screenwriter|director|producer|copywriter }}
| nationality = American
| education = [[University of California at Los Angeles]]
| spouse = [[George DeNormand]]
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'''Wanda Tuchock''' (March 20, 1898 – February 10, 1985) was an American advertising [[copywriter]], [[screenwriter]], [[Film director|director]], and [[Film producer|producer]] during the early 20th century. She was credited with writing for over thirty films, and was one of the at least three women in the 1930s to be credited as a director on a Hollywood film.


==Early life==
Tuchock was born on March 20, 1898, in [[Pueblo, Colorado]].<ref name=Maltin2010a>{{citation |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |title=Overview for Wanda Tuchock |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/194756%7C153948/Wanda-Tuchock/ |date=2010 |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=12 June 2016}}</ref> She attended the [[University of California]] at [[Los Angeles]].<ref name=Maltin2010a />


===Personal Life===
==Career==
Tuchock began her career as an advertising copy editor. In 1927, at the age of 30, she entered the [[silent film]] industry. She only had one silent film credit; she was "one of the few women who began her career in the silent era and was able to maintain her career in Hollywood during the early sound years".<ref name=Koerner2013>{{citation |last1=Koerner |first1=Michelle |chapter=Wanda Tuchock |chapter-url=https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-wanda-tuchock/ |title=Women Film Pioneers Project |url=https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/ |date=27 September 2013 |editor1=Jane Gaines |editor2=Radha Vatsal |editor3=Monica Dall’Asta |publisher=Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, Columbia University Libraries}}</ref> She was one of the few female screenwriters who worked at [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] in the early 1930s.<ref name=Koerner2013 /> At [[RKO|RKO Radio Pictures]] she became one of only a small number of women in the 1930s, next to [[Dorothy Arzner]] and [[Dorothy Davenport]], to be credited as a director on a Hollywood film.<ref name=Koerner2013 /> Between the 1930s and the 1950s, she drew in thirty-one writing credits, two directing credits, and one producer credit.<ref name=IMDb>{{cite web |title=Wanda Tuchock |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875746/ |website=IMDb |access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> In the 1950s, Tuchock was credited as a producer, writer, and director of a short called ''Road Runners''.<ref name=IMDb />
Wanda Tuchock was born on March 20, 1898 in Pueblo, Colorado. Tuchock attended the University of California at Los Angeles. She married George DeNormand, who was born on September 22, 1903 in New York and died on December 23, 1976 in California. He was an actor and director. <ref>{{cite web|title=TCM Turner Classic Movies|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/194756%7C153948/Wanda-Tuchock/filmography.html|website=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/194756%7C153948/Wanda-Tuchock/filmography.html|accessdate=4 November 2014}}</ref> Tuchock retired in 1973 at the age of 75. She died on February 10, 1985 at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital of an “undisclosed illness.”


In 1929 Tuchock wrote ''[[Hallelujah (film)|Hallelujah]]'',<ref name=Maltin2010a /> the first black-cast film produced by a major studio. In 1931 she wrote the adaptation for the film ''[[Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)]].''<ref name=Maltin2010a /> In 1932 she did the original adaptation for the film ''[[Little Orphan Annie (1932 film)|Little Orphan Annie]]'',<ref name=Maltin2010a /> based on the [[Little Orphan Annie|comic strip]]. In 1934 Tuchock co-directed and wrote the film ''[[Finishing School (1934 film)|Finishing School]]'' with George Nichols Jr.<ref name=Maltin2010a /> In 1940 she wrote the musical ''[[Youth Will Be Served]]''.<ref name=Maltin2010a /> In 1947 she wrote the screenplay for ''[[The Foxes of Harrow]]''.<ref name=Maltin2010a />


She retired in 1973 and died in 1985 at the age of 86.


===Achievements===
Apart from Dorothy Arzner and Dorothy Davenport, Tuchock was the only woman to receive directing credit on a Hollywood studio film in the 1930s. She wrote and co-directed the film ''Finishing School'' with [[George Nicholls, Jr.]], and directed ''[[Ready for Love (1934 film)|Ready For Love]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/wanda-tuchock-57301092/|title=Wanda Tuchock {{!}} Biography and Filmography {{!}} 1898|last=Staff|first=Hollywood.com|date=2014-05-23|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-03}}</ref> She also achieved recognition during the early 20th century as a female screenwriter at [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].<ref name="Koerner2013" /> Tuchock was a charter member of the [[Screen Writers Guild]].<ref name="Koerner2013" /> She was named a lifetime member of the Board of [[Trustees]] of the [[Motion Picture and Television Fund]].<ref name="IMDb" />


== Personal life ==
She married the actor and director [[George DeNormand]], who was born on September 22, 1903, in [[New York (state)|New York]] and died on December 23, 1976, in California.<ref name="Maltin2010a" /> Tuchock retired at the age of 75 in 1973. She died on February 10, 1985, at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]] of an undisclosed illness at the age of 86.<ref name="UPIobit">{{cite news|date=13 February 1985|title=Writer, Film Producer Wanda Tuchock, 86|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|agency=United Press International|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/02/13/writer-film-producer-wanda-tuchock-86/}}</ref>


==Filmography==
Tuchock wrote for over 30 films,<ref name=Maltin2010b>{{citation |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |title=Filmography for Wanda Tuchock |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/194756%7C153948/Wanda-Tuchock/filmography.html |date=2010 |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=12 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=IMDb /> directed three,<ref name=Maltin2010a /><ref name=IMDb /> and produced one.<ref name=Koerner2013 /><ref name=IMDb />


===Writer===
* ''[[Show People]]'' 1928
* ''[[Hallelujah (film)|Hallelujah]]'' 1929
* ''[[Not So Dumb]]'' 1930
* ''[[Billy the Kid (1930 film)|Billy The Kid]]'' 1930
* ''[[Sporting Blood (1931 film)|Sporting Blood]]'' 1931
* ''[[Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)]]'' 1931
* ''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'' 1931 (additional dialogue)
* ''[[Letty Lynton]]'' 1932 (adaptation of the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes)
* ''[[New Morals for Old]]'' 1932 (additional dialogue)
* ''[[Bird of Paradise (1932 film)|Bird of Paradise]]'' 1932
* [[Little Orphan Annie (1932 film)|''Little Orphan Annie'']] 1932
* ''[[No Other Woman (1933 film)|No Other Woman]]'' 1933
* ''[[Bed of Roses (1933 film)|Bed of Roses]]'' 1933
* ''[[Little Women (1933 film)|Little Women]]'' 1933
* ''[[Finishing School (1934 film)|Finishing School]]'' 1934
* ''[[Ready for Love (1934 film)|Ready For Love]]'' 1934
* ''[[Grand Old Girl]]'' 1935
* ''[[O'Shaughnessy's Boy]]'' 1935
* ''[[Hawaii Calls]]'' 1938
* ''[[The Llano Kid]]'' 1939
* ''[[Youth Will Be Served]]'' 1940
* ''[[For Beauty's Sake]]'' 1941
* ''[[This Is the Life (1944 film)|This Is the Life]]'' 1944
* ''[[Ladies of Washington]]'' 1944
* ''[[Sunday Dinner for a Soldier]]'' 1944
* ''[[Nob Hill (film)|Nob Hill]]'' 1945
* ''[[Within These Walls (film)|Within These Walls]]'' 1945
* ''[[The Homestretch]]'' 1947
* ''[[The Foxes of Harrow]]'' 1947
* ''Road Runners'' 1952
* ''The Living Swamp'' 1955
* ''[[Man Without a Gun]]'' 1959 (TV series, 1 episode, "Daughter of the Dragon")


==Notes==
===Director===
* ''[[Finishing School (1934 film)|Finishing School]]'' 1934
* ''[[Ready for Love (1934 film)|Ready For Love]]'' 1934
* ''Road Runners'' 1952

===Producer===
* ''Road Runners'' 1952

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name | 0875746 }}
* [https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-wanda-tuchock/ Wanda Tuchock] at the Women Film Pioneers Project

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Latest revision as of 04:30, 11 September 2024

Wanda Tuchock
Born(1898-03-20)March 20, 1898
Pueblo, Colorado
DiedFebruary 10, 1985(1985-02-10) (aged 86)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • director
  • producer
  • copywriter
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California at Los Angeles
SpouseGeorge DeNormand

Wanda Tuchock (March 20, 1898 – February 10, 1985) was an American advertising copywriter, screenwriter, director, and producer during the early 20th century. She was credited with writing for over thirty films, and was one of the at least three women in the 1930s to be credited as a director on a Hollywood film.

Early life

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Tuchock was born on March 20, 1898, in Pueblo, Colorado.[1] She attended the University of California at Los Angeles.[1]

Career

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Tuchock began her career as an advertising copy editor. In 1927, at the age of 30, she entered the silent film industry. She only had one silent film credit; she was "one of the few women who began her career in the silent era and was able to maintain her career in Hollywood during the early sound years".[2] She was one of the few female screenwriters who worked at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the early 1930s.[2] At RKO Radio Pictures she became one of only a small number of women in the 1930s, next to Dorothy Arzner and Dorothy Davenport, to be credited as a director on a Hollywood film.[2] Between the 1930s and the 1950s, she drew in thirty-one writing credits, two directing credits, and one producer credit.[3] In the 1950s, Tuchock was credited as a producer, writer, and director of a short called Road Runners.[3]

In 1929 Tuchock wrote Hallelujah,[1] the first black-cast film produced by a major studio. In 1931 she wrote the adaptation for the film Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise).[1] In 1932 she did the original adaptation for the film Little Orphan Annie,[1] based on the comic strip. In 1934 Tuchock co-directed and wrote the film Finishing School with George Nichols Jr.[1] In 1940 she wrote the musical Youth Will Be Served.[1] In 1947 she wrote the screenplay for The Foxes of Harrow.[1]

She retired in 1973 and died in 1985 at the age of 86.

Achievements

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Apart from Dorothy Arzner and Dorothy Davenport, Tuchock was the only woman to receive directing credit on a Hollywood studio film in the 1930s. She wrote and co-directed the film Finishing School with George Nicholls, Jr., and directed Ready For Love.[4] She also achieved recognition during the early 20th century as a female screenwriter at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2] Tuchock was a charter member of the Screen Writers Guild.[2] She was named a lifetime member of the Board of Trustees of the Motion Picture and Television Fund.[3]

Personal life

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She married the actor and director George DeNormand, who was born on September 22, 1903, in New York and died on December 23, 1976, in California.[1] Tuchock retired at the age of 75 in 1973. She died on February 10, 1985, at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles of an undisclosed illness at the age of 86.[5]

Filmography

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Tuchock wrote for over 30 films,[6][3] directed three,[1][3] and produced one.[2][3]

Writer

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Director

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Producer

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  • Road Runners 1952

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Maltin, Leonard (2010), Overview for Wanda Tuchock, Turner Classic Movies, retrieved 12 June 2016
  2. ^ a b c d e f Koerner, Michelle (27 September 2013), "Wanda Tuchock", in Jane Gaines; Radha Vatsal; Monica Dall’Asta (eds.), Women Film Pioneers Project, Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, Columbia University Libraries
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Wanda Tuchock". IMDb. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ^ Staff, Hollywood.com (2014-05-23). "Wanda Tuchock | Biography and Filmography | 1898". Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  5. ^ "Writer, Film Producer Wanda Tuchock, 86". Chicago Tribune. United Press International. 13 February 1985.
  6. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2010), Filmography for Wanda Tuchock, Turner Classic Movies, retrieved 12 June 2016
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