Donald Henderson Clarke
Donald Henderson Clarke (1887-1958) was an American writer and journalist,[1] known for his romantic novels, mystery fiction, and screenplays.
Biography
Clarke was born August 24, 1887 in South Hadley, Massachusetts and died March 27, 1958 in Delray Beach, Florida.[2] John Ford directed many of his screenplays.
Bibliography
Novels
- Louis Beretti (1929)[3] Also published as Louis Beretti. The story of a gunman.(A. A. Knopf: London, 1930.)
- Translated into French as Louis Beretti. (1933) and as Un nommé Louis Beretti (1949)
- Translated into German as Louis Beretti. (1933)
- translated into Spanish as Un hombre llamado Louis Beretti (1981)
- basis of his screenplay for the 1930 film, Born reckless [4]
- In the reign of Rothstein (1929)[5]
- Review, by Helen Gregory MacGill American Journal of Sociology, Sep., 1931, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 345
- Millie (1930)
- Basis of the 1931 film Millie
- Impatient Virgin (1931)
- Translated into Czech as Nedočkavá panna : Román dívky (1933) OCLC 85513940
- Translated into German as Ruth, die es nicht erwarten kann (1933) OCLC 72099467
- Filmed as The Impatient Maiden (1932)
- Female (1933)[6]
- Translated into Czech as Samička : Román ženy (1934)
- Basis of the 1933 film Female
- Young and healthy (1931)
- John Bartel, Jr. (1932)
- Pilgrimage (1933)
- Basis of the 1933 film Pilgrimage
- Alabama (1934)
- Translated into Czech as Missis Alabam (1934)
- Kelly (1935)
- Lady Ann(1935)
- Nina (1935)
- Confidential (1936)
- Translated into French as Strictement confidentiel (1981)
- Millie's Daughter (1939)
- Basis of 1947 film Millie's Daughter and of the 1956 episode "Millie's Daughter" in Lux Video Theater
- A Lady Named Lou (1946)
- Tawny (1946)
- The Chastity of Gloria Boyd (1946)
- The Housekeeper's Daughter (1947)
- Basis of the 1939 film The Housekeeper's Daughter
- That Mrs. Renney. (1947)
- Regards to Broadway (1947)
- The Regenerate Lover (1948)
- Murderer's Holiday (1948) translated into French as Berretti pas mort! (1953)
- Joe and Jennie. (1949)
- Kelly, etc. (1960)
- 青春の秘密 / Seishun no himitsu Chinese translation of ?? (1951)
- Address mezarlık, Turkish translation of ?? (1981
Screenplays
- Born Reckless (1930 film) from his novel of the same name
- The Women Men Marry (1937) from story by Matt Taylor
- The Ghost Ship (1943 film) from story by Leo Mittler
Autobiography
- Man of the World; Recollections of an Irreverent Reporter (1951)
- Reviewed in the New York Times Book Review,[7]
References
- ↑ "Donald Henderson Clark Dies; Author, Former Reporter, 70". The New York Times, Mar 30, 1958
- ↑ WorldCat identities
- ↑ Clarke, Donald Henderson. Louis Beretti; A Novel. New York: Triangle Books, 1929. OCLC 13181694 WorldCat
- ↑ WorldCat
- ↑ Clarke, Donald Henderson. In the Reign of Rothstein. New York: Vanguard Press, 1929. OCLC 559090 WorldCat
- ↑ Clarke, Donald Henderson. Female. New York: Vanguard Press, 1933. OCLC 11048097 WorldCat
- ↑ Russel Owen, "The City Was His Beat", April 1, 195 The New York Times