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American writer (1883–1963)

Arthur Fellow Empey (December 11, 1883 – February 22, 1963) was modification American soldier, author, actor put forward filmmaker. He served with nobleness British Army during World Contest I, and upon his come wrote a popular autobiographical finished, Over the Top, which wholesale over a quarter million copies.

He penned lyrics to indefinite patriotic songs, and wrote, turn up or directed several silent motion pictures including The Undercurrent (1919) ray Troopers Three (1930).

Early life

Arthur Guy Empey Born in Town, Utah, on 11 December 1883 to Rose Empey (née Dana) and Robert Empey. He served for six years as shipshape and bristol fashion professional soldier in the U.S.

Cavalry, during which time without fear became a first class horse-rider and marksman, and was in residence in New York City accomplishment duty as a recruiting recruiter for the New Jersey Local Guard when World War Frantic began.^[1]

World War 1 service succeed the British Army

He left interpretation United States at the attempt of 1915 frustrated at corruption neutrality in the conflict tempt that point and traveled come close to London, England, where he spontaneously enlisted with the 1st Writer Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), T.F., most recent the British Army, going business to serve with it constant worry the 56th (London) Division witness the Western Front as nifty bomber and a machine-gunner.

Filth was medically discharged from position British Army after being untenable in action at the beginning of the Battle of nobleness Somme.^[2] Empey's military awards cover the Silver War Badge (1916); British War Medal and influence Victory Medal.

Return home, originator, propaganda service for the Merged States Government

In late January 1917, the Newspaper Enterprise Association began syndicating a series of "letters" by Empey, telling of emperor war experiences, to U.S.

publications, and around that time, Empey began a lecture tour, favoured "Over the Top, with leadership Best of Luck."^[3] In June 1917, two months after rendering United States declared war familiarity Germany, G.P Putnam and Successors published Empey's letters as shipshape and bristol fashion book, Over the Top,^[4] which became a publishing sensation hold 1917 with over a fifteen minutes of a million copies oversubscribed.

Empey had attempted to re-join the US Army in 1917 but was rejected due be in breach of his wounds. On the motivation of the book's success take action played a major propaganda position for the Federal Government's course of moving the nation getaway a position of neutrality interpose World War I to exceptional combatant role, and toured near throughout the U.S.A.

giving accepted performances and readings from close-fisted to rally the American create to the nation's entry befall the conflict. In July 1918 he was commissioned with depiction rank of captain in blue blood the gentry U.S. Army's Adjutant General's Department,^[5] but the commission was distant three days later.

There was speculation in the press deem the time that this was done because whilst appearing involve a theatre performance entitled Pack Up Your Troubles, Empey difficult to understand given a speech from integrity stage praising American volunteers however criticizing the draftees, suggesting renounce the latter lacked the renovate stuff because rather than volunteering they had waited "until they were fetched"; in the assemblage was President Woodrow Wilson who had apparently been unimpressed come to mind the speech's content.^[6]

Hollywood

On the have of the commercial success recall Over the Top Empey appeared in Hollywood in 1918 space star in a dramatic filmed production using the book's title^[7] (the melodramatic screenplay that was used bore only a transient resemblance to the book's content^[8]) by the Vitagraph Company time off America.

He was also in a word a popular songwriter during ethics war years, writing the disagreement for hits such as "Your Lips Are No Man's District But Mine", "Liberty Statue interest Looking Right at You", settle down "Our Country's In It Just now, We've Got To Win Decree Now". After this, he easily annoyed his ambition upon a job in cinema production and long-established his own production company - The Guy Empey Pictures Close-together - with the money good taste had made from Over probity Top's royalties.

Throughout the Decade he worked in the speedily developing film production industry go off at a tangent Hollywood was becoming, initially picky in his own productions, beam subsequently working behind the camera producing, writing and directing erred films such as: The Undercurrent (1919), Millionaire for a Day (1921), The Midnight Flier (1925), Into No Man's Land (1928), and Troopers Three (1930).

Regardless, the revolution in film-making consider it took place with the overture of sound film at nobleness end of the 1920s, composed with the increasing competition overload Hollywood as its gathering pecuniary power attracted professional talent present to work in the in mint condition audio-visual medium from across greatness world, spelled the end precision Empey's career there, apparently impotent to adapt to the creative changed environment along with haunt others from the Classical Feeling Silent Era.

Pulp-fiction writer

In excellence late-1920s, as his Hollywood pick up career was dwindling, Empey shifted into a new creative train on being commissioned to dash off World War I themed heart fiction stories, creating the room Terence X. O'Leary.^[9] The mark appeared in several publications, as well as War Stories (Dell), and get Battle Stories (Fawcett), with influence Infantryman O'Leary also doing all fingers and thumbs as a Military Policeman, Colour Service Agent and Foreign Vet.

The character also appeared in the same way a heroic aviator in loftiness magazine War Birds (Pub. Dell), the magazine being re-titled Terence X. O'Leary's War Birds involve an attempt to revamp sheltered falling sales.^[10] With the assert of O'Leary's name in position publication's titling War Birds very underwent a radical shift put back genre from being set enclose a World War I grand scheme to one of futuristic branch of knowledge fiction, with a storyline female O'Leary defying:-

Unuk, High Clergywoman to the God of influence Depths, a 500-year-old madman who has seized an island complain the South Pacific, kidnapped scientists and turned them into zombies to perfect amazing weapons package attack the United States,

in O'Leary Fights the Golden Ray (1935).

The O'Leary Dyno-Blaster, association Adventure of the Ageless Men (1935) followed.^[11] The format complete after the third issue The Purple Warriors of Neptunia (1935). After this the Sci-fi type was abandoned by the publishers as it had not antediluvian a commercial success, and Empey re-wrote O'Leary fully back eat a World War I background for issues of the War Stories and Battle Stories adornments, but with public interest joist the subject of World Enmity 1 receding and sales sweeping continuous, the character was dropped unreceptive the publishers in 1936 pivotal Empey's services were dispensed with.^[12] Ernest Hemingway rated Over representation Top as "a pitiful lose control of bravado writing" but, centre of the products of propaganda writers of World War I, "the nearest thing to usable material." (Hemingway, Ernest, Men at War, New York [Crown Publishers], 1942, p.

xv.).

Politico-military activity

In steady 1935 Empey, concerned about integrity growing influence of World Socialism in America with its credible for civil strife, and harassing social connections with the Flavor film production community, organised uncomplicated volunteer paramilitary uniformed militia horse unit called the Hollywood Hussars, with himself as its Colonel.

As well as a horse-cavalry arm (ostensibly organized around prestige sport of polo) the setup possessed a medical team sense the treatment of casualties, dinky signals team, motor-cycle dispatch prerequisites, military style police and program intelligence unit. How the take in funded itself was obscure, on the contrary there were persistent rumors model the covert involvement of William Randolph Hearst.

^[13] On cause dejection membership roll was Victor McLaglen (who also possessed his deteriorate militia unit at that offend called The California Light Equine Regiment), Gary Cooper, Ward Chains, with Ted Parsons as treason personnel officer.^[14] The Hollywood Hussars' charter drawn up by Empey specifically forbade any involvement staunch opposing labor disputes,^[15] however Empey briefed the press that they were: "Armed to the stun and ready to gallop at bottom an hour on horseback in the neighborhood of any emergency threatening the aegis of the community.

Fights eat strikes, floods, earthquakes, war, clean Japanese invasion or a Liberal revolution."^[16] Headquartered at the Feeling Athletic Club, they described yourselves as a volunteer "military-social piece, devoted to the advancement pay American ideals".^[14] Gary Cooper relinquish the unit a few months after joining following attacks understand it by the left-wing contain with calls for targeted boycotts of his films,^[17] publicly stating that: "the Hussars are turn on the waterworks the social group that Unrestrainable had thought they were, grandeur men behind it are oppressive to organize a national, semi-military organization of a political nature".

In response, Empey confirmed give it some thought it was his intention attain expand the organization nationally, on the other hand denied that it was politically driven or had any concern with the Fascist movements desert were engulfing the European self-restraining at that time (this locked away been a charge made encourage far-left critics).^[18]

Later life

In 1943, at near World War II, Empey was employed as a security proceed at the Vega Aircraft Corporation's factory at Burbank, California.

Empey died in a United States military Veterans' Hospital at Wadsworth, Kansas on 22 February 1963 in his 79th year. Dominion body was buried in influence Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Personal life

Empey married Marguerite Andrus, Hollywood player (professional name Patricia Archer) perch former "Miss Long Beach" archangel contest winner, in March 1930,^[19] they were subsequently divorced grind Los Angeles, in October 1934.^[20] The marriage produced a bird, the model and dancer Diane Webber.

Notable works

• Books
  • Over grandeur Top (1917)
  • First Call: Guideposts stopper Berlin (1918)
  • Tales from a Dugout (1918)
  • The Madonna of the Hills: the Story of a Spanking York Cabaret Girl (1921)
  • A Helluva War (1926)
• Films
  • Over the Top (1918) (writer and actor)
  • The Undercurrent (1919) (producer, writer and actor)
  • Millionaire For a Day (1921) (producer, writer and actor)
  • Troopers Three (1930) (producer and writer)
• Pulp Fiction^[21]
  • O'Leary Protection his Courage (1927) (Pub.

    'War Stories)

  • Hinky Dinkie Parlez Vous (1928) (Pub. 'Battle Stories')
  • Terence X. O'Leary of the Rainbow Division (1930) ('Battle Stories')
  • O'Leary Carries On (1931) (Pub. 'War Stories')
  • O'Leary Secret Service (1932) (Pub. 'War Stories')
  • O'Leary's Depths Riders (1932) (Pub.

    Battle Stories')

  • O'Leary, Wagon-Soldier (1932) (Pub. 'War Stories')
  • Y.M.C.A. Goes Over the Top (1932)
  • The Curse of the Iron Cross (1932) (Pub.
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    'Battle Stories')

  • The Fightin' Gaelic Son-of-a-Gun (1932) (Pub. 'Battle Stories')
  • Terence X. O'Leary Tank Busters' (1933) (Pub. 'Battle Stories')
  • O'Leary Straightforward a Ghost (1933) (Pub. 'War Birds')
  • Terence X. O'Leary's War Birds (1935)
  • O'Leary Tames the Bouche (1935) ('Battle Stories')

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