Harry Chapman Ford
Harry Chapman Ford | |
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| Born | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Died | May 1938 Rutherford, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupations | Playwright, Novelist |
| Notable work | Anna Ascends (play), Eve's Leaves (play), Ebb Tide (novel) |
Harry Chapman Ford was a playwright and novelist in the United States.[1][2] Two of his plays and one of his novels were adapted to film.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Henry Chapman Ford was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His mother was actress Blanche Chapman. His father was Henry Clay Ford, owner of Ford's Theatre. He had two brothers, Frank A. and George D.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Two of Ford's plays and one of his books were made into films. He was a stage director for theaters, and toured internationally with the theater adaptation of The Garden of Allah. He directed Viola Allen.[3]
Later life and death
[edit | edit source]Ford never married. He died in May 1938 at his home in Rutherford, New Jersey of a coronary thrombosis, outlived by his two brothers and mother.[3]
Theater
[edit | edit source]- Anna Ascends (1920)[4]
- Eve's Leaves (1925)
- Ebb Tide (1931)
Filmography
[edit | edit source]- Anna Ascends (1922)
- Eve's Leaves (1926) adapted by Paul Sloane from Ford's 1925 play of the same name
- Shadow of the Law (1926) adapted by Leah Baird and Grover Jones from Ford's novel Two Gates
References
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External links
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- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American male writers
- American male dramatists and playwrights
- American male novelists
- Writers from Rutherford, New Jersey
- Writers from Baltimore
- Deaths from coronary thrombosis
- Novelists from New Jersey
- Novelists from Maryland