Gouverneur Morris (novelist) explained

Gouverneur Morris
Birth Name:	Gouverneur Morris IV
Birth Date:	1876
Known For:	The Man Who Played God (1932) The Ace of Hearts (1921) The Penalty (1920)
Education:	Yale University
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	American

Gouverneur Morris IV (1876–1953) was an American author of pulp novels and short stories during the early 20th 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]

Publications

Morris wrote several novels. His numerous short stories were first published in magazines, notably Cosmopolitan, Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post, Metropolitan, The Smart Set, and Harper's Bazaar,^[2] and many were collected in book form.

Film and music

American composer Carolne Holme Walker (1863-1955) used Morris’ text for her song “Your Kiss.”^[3]

Several of his works were adapted into films, including The Penalty (1920) with Lon Chaney, Sr.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Other film adaptions of his novels include:^[7]

• 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 and Ann Forrest
• 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)

Notes and References

1. The Editor: The Journal of Information for Literary Workers. Ridgewood, NJ: The Editor Company. March 24th, 1917. p. 13.
2. "The FictionMags Index", s.v.
3. Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. 1907. Library of Congress, Copyright Office.. en.
4. Web site: Browse By Author: M – Project Gutenberg . Gutenberg.org . 1916-07-01 . 2010-03-19.
5. Web site: Gouverneur Morris . Imdb.com . 2009-05-01 . 2010-03-19.
6. (15 August 1953). Gouverneur Morris, 77, Noted Novelist, Is Dead, St. Joseph News-Press (Associated Press story)
7. "Gouverneur Morris (1876–1953)". imdb.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014.