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Donald Henderson Clarke
Donald Henderson Clarke (August 24, 1887 – March 27, 1958) was an American writer and journalist, known for his romantic novels, mystery fiction, and screenplays. Biography Clarke was born August 24, 1887, in South Hadley, Massachusetts. He studied at Harvard but was twice dismissed. He spent his early career as a reporter, working for the ''New York World'', ''The New York Times'' and the ''New York American''. He started writing racy books about gangsters and women of easy vitue. His publisher, Vanguard Press, estimated he sold over 8 million books. His book ''Louis Beretti'' (1929), about a bootlegger, was made into the film '' Born Reckless'' (1930). ''Impatient Virgin'' (1931) was also filmed as ''The Impatient Maiden'' (1932). His book ''Female'' (1933) was ruled obscene. He died March 27, 1958, in Delray Beach, Florida. Bibliography Novels *''Louis Beretti'' (1929) Also published as ''Louis Beretti: The Story of a Gunman.''(A. A. Knopf: London, 1930.) **Basis of his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Writer
The Lists of American writers include: United States By ethnicity *List of African-American writers * List of Asian-American writers * List of Cuban-American writers * List of Egyptian-American writers * List of Italian-American women writers * List of Jewish-American writers * List of Korean-American writers * List of Mexican-American writers *List of Puerto Rican writers *List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas (not limited to the U.S.) By field * List of American literary critics *List of American novelists * List of American playwrights *List of American poets * List of American print journalists * List of American sportswriters By region * List of Michigan writers * List of San Francisco Bay Area writers *List of Utah writers Other regions of the Americas *List of American expatriate writers *List of Central American writers * List of Latin American writers *List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas This is a list of notable writers who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Journal Of Sociology
The ''American Journal of Sociology'' is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly academic journal that publishes original research and book reviews in the field of sociology and related social sciences. It was founded in 1895 as the first journal in its discipline. It is along with ''American Sociological Review'' considered one of the top journals in sociology. The current editor is John Levi Martin. For its entire history, the journal has been housed at the University of Chicago and published by the University of Chicago Press. History For its first thirty years, the American Sociological Society (now the American Sociological Association) was largely dominated by the sociology department of the University of Chicago, and the quasi-official journal of the association was Chicago's ''American Journal of Sociology''. The first issue of the AJS was published in July 1895. In the first 25 years of the journal, the most prominent subjects were social theory and social psychology. In the 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic. * February 2 – The ''Falcons'' aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Zafar Masud (air commodore), Mitty Masud set a World record loop, world record performing a 16 aircraft diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1887 Births
Events January * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti- rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the United States Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. ** British emigrant ship '' Kapunda'' sinks after a collision off the coast of Brazil, killing 303 with only 16 survivors. * January 21 ** The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is formed in the United States. ** Brisbane receives a one-day rainfall of (a record for any Australian capital city). * January 24 – Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat the Italians. * January 28 ** In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are wide and thick. ** Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. February * February 2 – The first Groundhog Day is observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. * February 4 – The Interstate Comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Times Book Review
''The New York Times Book Review'' (''NYTBR'') is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times'' in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The magazine's offices are located near Times Square in New York City. Overview The ''New York Times'' has published a book review section since Saturday, October 10, 1896, announcing: "We begin today the publication of a Supplement which contains reviews of new books ... and other interesting matter ... associated with news of the day." In 1911, the review was moved to Sundays, on the theory that it would be more appreciatively received by readers with a bit of time on their hands. The target audience is an intelligent, general-interest adult reader. The ''Times'' publishes two versions each week, one with a cover price sold via subscription, bookstores, and newsstands; the other with no cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Mittler
Leo Mittler (18 December 1893 – 16 May 1958) was an Austrian playwright, screenwriter and film director. Mittler was born in Vienna to a Jewish family. He attended the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, University of Music and Performing Arts and worked as a playwright and director in the German theatre. Mittler then switched to work in the German film industry during the silent era. Mittler's best known film as director was ''Beyond the Street'' (1929), a "street film" influenced by Soviet cinema.Prawer p.89 Mittler also spent time at the American company Paramount Pictures, Paramount's French subsidiary based at the Joinville Studios in Paris. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, Mittler spent many years in exile in several countries, including Britain and France, before settling in the United States during the Second World War. Mittler's career as a director had all but ended in the mid-1930s, after making the Stanley Lupino musical comedy ''Cheer Up (film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Ship
''The Ghost Ship'' is a 1943 American black-and-white psychological thriller film starring Richard Dix and directed by Mark Robson. It was produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictures as part of a series of low-budget horror films. The film can be seen as a "low-key psychological thriller", a "suspense drama", and a "waterlogged melodrama". Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard and Edmund Glover appear in support. The film is about a young merchant marine officer who begins to suspect that his ship's captain is mentally unbalanced and endangering the lives of the ship's crew. The ship's crew, however, believes the vessel to be haunted and cursed and several mysterious deaths occur. Upon its theatrical release on Christmas Eve, 1943, the film was a box office success but received a mixed critical reception. In February 1944, Lewton was sued for plagiarism by playwrights Samuel R. Golding and Norbert Faulkner, who claimed that the script was based on a play that was sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Taylor (author)
Matthew, Matt, or Matty Taylor may refer to: Arts * Matthew Taylor (bassist), member of the band Motion City Soundtrack * Matthew Taylor (composer) (born 1964), English composer * Matt Taylor (musician) (born 1948), Australian blues musician * Matthew Taylor (musician) (born 1968), American musician, member of the band Bellini * Maddie Taylor (born 1966), American voice actress, formerly known as Matthew Taylor * Matthew Taylor (sculptor) (1837–1889), English sculptor Sport * Matthew Taylor (footballer, born 1981), English football full-back and manager * Matt Taylor (footballer, born 1982), English football centre-back and manager * Matty Taylor (footballer, born 1990), English football striker * Matthew Taylor (cricketer, born 1973), English cricketer * Matt Taylor (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1992), New Zealand cricketer * Matthew Taylor (cricketer, born 1994), English cricketer * Matthew Taylor (cricketer, born 1999) * Matt Taylor (American soccer) (born 1981), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Women Men Marry
''The Women Men Marry'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Errol Taggart and starring George Murphy, Josephine Hutchinson, Claire Dodd and Toby Wing. The film's script is credited to Donald Henderson Clarke. Plot Cast * George Murphy as Bill Raeburn * Josephine Hutchinson as Jane Carson * Claire Dodd as Claire Raeburn * Sidney Blackmer as Walter Wiley * Cliff Edwards as Jerry Little * John Wray (actor), John Wray as Brother Nameless * Peggy Ryan as Mary Jane * Helen Jerome Eddy as Sister Martin * Rollo Lloyd as Peter Martin * Edward McWade as Brother Lamb * Toby Wing as Sugar * Leonard Penn as Quinn * Walter Walker (actor), Walter Walker as "Pop" * Donald Douglas (American actor), Donald Douglas as Auctioneer McVey * Winifred Harris as Dowager * Charles Dunbar as Taxi driver * Margaret Bert as Wiley's Secretary * James Blaine (actor), James Blaine as Timothy * Edwin Stanley as Charley * Hooper Atchley as Arnold, Wiley's References External links * 1937 films Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Housekeeper's Daughter
''The Housekeeper's Daughter'' is a 1939 comedy/drama film directed and produced by Hal Roach. The film stars Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou and John Hubbard. The screenplay was written by Rian James, Gordon Douglas, Jack Jevne and Claude Martin, based on a novel by Donald Henderson Clarke. It was the film debut of Victor Mature. Plot Hilda Kreemhild is fed up with her life as a gun moll to gangster Floyd and visits her mother Olga, housekeeper for the cultured Randall family. Professor Randall and his wife go on vacation, leaving behind sheltered son Robert to embark upon a career as a reporter at Hilda's urging. Soon after, Benny, a feeble-minded flower vendor, follows showgirl Gladys Fontaine when Floyd forces her to join him on his houseboat to take Hilda's place. Fearing for Gladys' safety, Benny poisons a cup of coffee intended for Floyd, but Gladys drinks it instead. Benny watches in horror as Floyd tosses Gladys' body into the river. The next morning, Robert reads ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux Video Theater
''Lux Video Theatre'' is an American television anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1957. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays. Overview The ''Lux Video Theatre'' was a spin-off from the successful '' Lux Radio Theater'' series broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–1935) and CBS (1935–1955). ''Lux Video Theatre'' began as a live 30-minute Monday evening CBS series on October 2, 1950, switching to Thursday nights during August, 1951. In September 1953, the show relocated from New York to Hollywood. On August 26, 1954, it debuted on NBC as an hour-long show on Thursday nights, telecast until September 12, 1957. With the introduction of the one-hour format and the move to Hollywood, abridged versions of popular films were often used as the basis for shows. To introduce each act and interview the stars at the conclusion, NBC added a series of regular hosts: James Mason (1954–55 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millie's Daughter
''Millie's Daughter'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by Sidney Salkow, from a screenplay by Edward Huebsch, based on the novel of the same name by Donald Henderson Clarke. The film stars Gladys George, Gay Nelson, and Paul Campbell, and was released on March 20, 1947. Plot Cast * Gladys George as Millie Maitland * Gay Nelson as Joanna Maitland * Paul Campbell as Robert Lattimer * Ruth Donnelly as Helen Reilly * Norma Varden as Mrs. Sarah Harris * Arthur Space as Tappie * Nana Bryant as Mrs. Cooper Austin * Ethel Griffies as Aunt Katherine * Harry Hayden as Cummings * Paul Maxey as Hale * Robert Emmett Keane as Henry Harris * Douglas D. Coppin as Escort * Michael Towne as Escort * Robert Stevens as Hotel clerk * Fred Sears as Escort manager * Nita Bieber as Model * Dorothy Mathews as Sandra * Jesse Graves as Black waiter * Torben Meyer as Mr. Johnson * Stanley Andrews Stanley Martin Andrews (born Andrzejewski; August 28, 1891 – June 23, 1969) was an America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
