Gouverneur Morris (novelist)

Gouverneur Morris

Gouverneur Morris at home in Aiken, South Carolina
Born Gouverneur Morris IV
1876
Died 1953 (aged 7677)
Nationality American
Education Yale University
Occupation Writer
Known for The Man Who Played God (1932)
The Ace of Hearts (1921)
The Penalty (1920)
Morris's "Yellow Men and Gold" was the cover story for the first issue of Adventure in 1910

Gouverneur Morris IV (1876–1953) was an author of pulp novels and short stories during the early-twentieth century.

Biography

Gouverneur Morris IV was born in 1876 and was a great grandson of American Founding Father Gouverneur Morris. He graduated from Yale University, where he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record.[1]

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]

Partial bibliography

References

  1. The Editor: The Journal of Information for Literary Workers. Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company. March 24th, 1917. p. 13.
  2. "Browse By Author: M - Project Gutenberg". Gutenberg.org. 1916-07-01. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  3. "Gouverneur Morris". Imdb.com. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  4. (15 August 1953). Gouverneur Morris, 77, Noted Novelist, Is Dead, St. Joseph News-Press (Associated Press story)
  5. "Gouverneur Morris (1876-1953)". imdb.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014.


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