Francis William Sullivan

Francis William Sullivan (16 February 1887 - 5 March 1963),[1] who wrote with the nom de plume Frank Williams, was an American author. He wrote The Wilderness Trail, published in 1913, a novel about the Hudson Bay area that was illustrated by Douglas Duer.[2] 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.[3]

Norval MacGregor directed the 1919 film version of Sullivan's 1914 novel Child of Banishment.[4]

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)[5]
  • Star of the North[3] (1916) illustrated by D. C. Hutchison
  • The Godson of Jeanette Gontreau in War Stories[6]

References

  1. ^ "Francis William Sullivan". findagrave.com.
  2. ^ "The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer". Excelsior Publishing House. February 20, 1913.
  3. ^ a b "Photoplay Magazine". Cloud Publishing Company. February 20, 1916.
  4. ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943.
  5. ^ "Alloy of gold". Robert M. McBride & Company. February 20, 1915 – via Hathi Trust.
  6. ^ Starbuck, A.; Holmes, Roy Joseph (February 20, 1919). War Stories. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. p. 243 – via Internet Archive. The Godson of Jeanette Gontreau.