Francis William Sullivan Explained

Francis William Sullivan, who wrote with the nom de plume Frank Williams, was an author. He wrote The Wilderness Trail a novel about the Hudson Bay area that was illustrated by Douglas Duer.^[1] It was made into the film The Wilderness Trail starring Tom Mix. The story was originally published in Photoplay Magazine as Glory Road and was followed by a sequel titled Star of the North.^[2]

Norval MacGregor directed the 1919 film version of Sullivan's 1914 novel Child of Banishment.^[3]

Sullivan's story The Godson of Jeanette Gontreau was adapted into the 1918 film The Flames of Chance directed by Raymond Wells and starring Margery Wilson.

Bibliography

• The Wilderness Trail illustrated by G. W. Gage (1913)
• Children of Banishment (1914)
• The Free Range
• Harbor of Doubt (1915) Grosset & Dunlap
• Alloy of Gold (1915)^[4]
• Star of the North^[2] (1916) illustrated by D. C. Hutchison
• The Godson of Jeanette Gontreau in War Stories^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer. February 20, 1913. Excelsior Publishing House.
2. Web site: Photoplay Magazine. February 20, 1916. Cloud Publishing Company.
3. Book: Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. September 8, 2011. Walter de Gruyter. 9783110951943.
4. Web site: Alloy of gold. February 20, 1915. Robert M. McBride & Company. Hathi Trust.
5. Book: War Stories. 243. The Godson of Jeanette Gontreau.. A.. Starbuck. Roy Joseph. Holmes. February 20, 1919. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Internet Archive.