Homer Croy
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Homer Croy (March 3, 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.
Life and career
Croy was born on a farm northwest of Maryville, Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri from 1903 to 1907, but did not graduate after failing an English course his senior year. Croy edited the university yearbook and contributed to the Kansas City Star while attending college. Croy spent time on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and then in New York City with Theodore Dreiser.
In 1914, Croy published When to Lock the Stable, his first book. He served as the production manager for the Community Motion Picture Bureau in Paris, France, which sold movies to Allied troops during World War I. West of the Water Tower, his first bestseller, was released in 1923. "Junction City," a thinly disguised version of Maryville; a R.F.D. sequel, it dealt with hypocrisy in a small town. The following year, #3, the following year, debuted.
They Had to See Paris (1926), Croy's most popular book, is about a rural couple from Missouri on a European trip. In 1929 as the first talking picture to actor Will Rogers, the book was shot.
Croy had a long but fleeting association with the motion picture industry. Many of his books and stories were made for the screen, as well as a series of short travelogue films from 1914 to 1915; he also produced screenwriting credits on a handful of feature films in the 1930s. In addition to his biography of D.W. Griffith, he wrote about the film industry in his 1918 book How Motion Pictures Are Made and a 1932 book Headed for Hollywood.
The Lady from Colorado, Croy's book, was the basis for Robert Ward's opera of the same name; Croy was in attendance at the Central City Opera's 1964 world premiere.
Croy was a good friend of Dale Carnegie and Carnegie's 1936 book How to Win Friends and Influence People is dedicated to him.
Croy was married to Mae Belle Savell Croy, who was born in Bagdad, Florida, and was raised by her mother, Mae Belle Savell Croy. Carol, the couple's one daughter, was born in 1922.
Croy died in New York City on May 25, 1965, age 82.