Gouverneur Morris (novelist)
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Gouverneur Morris at home in Aiken, South Carolina | |
| Born |
Gouverneur Morris IV 1876 |
| Died | 1953 (aged 76–77) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Known for |
The Man Who Played God (1932) The Ace of Hearts (1921) The Penalty (1920) |
Gouverneur Morris IV (1876–1953) was an author of pulp novels and short stories during the early-twentieth century. He graduated from Yale University, where he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record.[1]
He was a great grandson of American Founding Father Gouverneur Morris.
Film Adaptations
Lon Chaney, Sr. in The Penalty (1920), based on The Penalty (1913) by Gouverneur Morris
Several of his works were adapted into films, including the famous Lon Chaney, Sr. film The Penalty (1920).[2][3][4]
Other film adaptions of his novels include:[5]
- The Jungle Princess (1936) with screenwriter Cyril Hume, starring Dorothy Lamour in her film debut
- East of Java (1935) with screenwriter James Ashmore Creelman, starring Frank Albertson and Charles Bickford
- The Man Who Played God (1932) starring George Arliss and Bette Davis
- The Man Who Played God (1922) starring George Arliss
- The Ace of Hearts (1921) directed by Wallace Worsley and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
- A Tale of Two Worlds (1921) directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Wallace Beery
- Behind the Door (1919) starring Wallace Beery
Partial bibliography
- Tom Beauling (1901)
- Aladdin O'Brien (1902)
- The Pagan's Progress (1904)
- Ellen and Mr. Man (1904)
- The Footprint and Other Stories (1908)
- Putting on the Screws (1909)
- The Spread Eagle and Other Stories (1910)
- The Voice in the Rice (1910)
- Yellow Men and Gold (1911)
- It, and Other Stories (1912)
- If You Touch Them They Vanish (1913)
- The Penalty (1913)
- The Incandescent Lily and Other Stories (1914)
- The Goddess (1915)
- When My Ship Comes In (1915)
- The Seven Darlings (1915)
- We Three (1916)
- His Daughter (1919)
- The Wild Goose (1919)
- Keeping the Peace (1924)
- Tiger Island (1934)
References
- ↑ The Editor: The Journal of Information for Literary Workers. Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company. March 24th, 1917. p. 13.
- ↑ "Browse By Author: M - Project Gutenberg". Gutenberg.org. 1916-07-01. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ↑ "Gouverneur Morris". Imdb.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ↑ (15 August 1953). Gouverneur Morris, 77, Noted Novelist, Is Dead, St. Joseph News-Press (Associated Press story)
- ↑ "Gouverneur Morris (1876-1953)". imdb.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
External links
- Works by Gouverneur Morris at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Gouverneur Morris at Internet Archive
- Gouverneur Morris at the Internet Broadway Database
- Gouverneur Morris at the Internet Movie Database