Perley Poore Sheehan
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Perley Poore Sheehan was an American film writer, novelist and film director. He was once married to Virginia Point (1902-unknown).
Filmography as a film writer
(note: most of manuscripts below are movies, which are based on his novels.)- The Dragon (1916)
- The Bugler of Algiers (1916)
- The Whispering ChorusThe Whispering ChorusThe Whispering Chorus is a 1918 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.-Cast:* Raymond Hatton - John Tremble* Kathlyn Williams - Jane Tremble* Edythe Chapman - John Tremble's mother* Elliott Dexter - George Coggeswell* Noah Beery - Longshoreman...
(1918) - Brave and Bold (1918)
- A Society Sensation (1918)
- Brave and Bold (1918)
- Upstairs (1919)
- Three Sevens (1921)
- For Those We LoveFor Those We LoveFor Those We Love is a 1921 silent film rural drama produced by and starring Betty Compson and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. It co-starred Lon Chaney and was directed by Arthur Rosson. Today it is a lost film. -Cast:*Betty Compson - Bernice Arnold...
(1921) - If You Believe It, It's So (1922)
- Always the Woman (1922)
- The Old HomesteadThe Old HomesteadThe Old Homestead is a 1935 American romantic western musical film directed by William Nigh.-Cast:*Mary Carlisle ... Nancy Abbott*Lawrence Gray ... Bob Shackleforth*Willard Robertson ... Uncle Jed*Dorothy Lee ... Elsie Wilson...
(1922) - The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922)
- The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1923 American film directed by Wallace Worsley and produced by Carl Laemmle and Irving Thalberg. It stars Lon Chaney, Sr., Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Nigel de Brulier, Brandon Hurst. The film is the second most famous adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel,...
(1923) - The Night Message (1924)
- Love and GloryLove and GloryLove and Glory is a 1983 novel by Robert B. Parker. The story is told in the first person by Boone Adams. It is a coming-of-age and love story...
(1924) - The Way of All FleshThe Way of All Flesh (film)The Way of All Flesh is a drama film directed by Victor Fleming, written by Lajos Biró, Jules Furthman and Julian Johnson from a story by Perley Poore Sheehan. The film is unrelated to Samuel Butler's novel The Way of All Flesh, and is now considered a lost film.-Cast:*Emil Jannings - August...
(1927) - The Lost CityThe Lost City (1935 serial)The Lost City is an independently made film serial produced in 1935 directed by Harry Revier.-Plot:The film took the premise of that year's The Phantom Empire but transferred the lost civilization motif from the west to another popular serial locale, the African jungle...
(1935)
Novels
- Seer (1912)
- The Prophet (1912)
- We are French! (with Robert H. Davis) (1914)
- The Abyss of WondersThe Abyss of WondersThe Abyss of Wonders is a science fiction novel by author Perley Poore Sheehan. It was first published in book form in 1953 by Polaris Press in an edition of 990 copies. It was the second and final book published by Polaris Press and included an introduction by P. Schuyler Miller...
(1915) - Those Who Walk in Darkness (1917)
- Passport invisible (1918)
- The One Gift (1920)
- House with a Bad Name (1920)
- The Whispering Chorus (1928)
- King Arthur (Chapbook) (1936)
- Heidi (Chapbook) (1936)
- Lola Montez, her pagan majesty, or, Queen errant (1936)
- Blennerhassett (Chapbook) (1937)
Short Stories
- The Red Road to Shamballah Black Dog BooksBlack Dog Books (US)Black Dog Books located in Normal, Illinois, is one of the finest independent press operations in North America. Founded by publisher Tom Roberts to keep an outlet for adventure fiction alive, they have expanded to publish fiction in the adventure, mystery, science fiction, and horror genres.-...
(2008)