Morton Thompson

Morton Thompson (c. 1907 – July 7, 1953) was an American writer of newspaper journalism, novels and film screenplays.

Career

Amongst his works were a collection of journalistic memoirs called Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player, and the novels Not as a Stranger (which was turned into a film directed by Stanley Kramer and a radio play broadcast on Colombian network Radio Sutatenza in Spanish) and The Cry and the Covenant.

He had a column in the Hollywood Citizen-News which he signed "N.N.W.," explaining that the initials came from a Shakespeare line, "I am but mad when the wind is North North West."

Personal life

He was a friend of the writer Robert Benchley. His second wife, Frances Pindyck, a literary agent with the Leland Hayward Agency, represented Dashiell Hammett and Betty Smith, among others.

Thompson's Turkey

He was also the inventor of the recipe, Thompson Turkey.

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Morton (1945). Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Incorporated.
  2. ↑ "Radionovela «No serás un extraño», colección de ACPO (Acción Cultural Popular - Radio Sutatenza)". Banrepcultural (in Spanish). Colombia: Bank of the Republic (Colombia). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "16 Mar 1954, 34 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  4. ↑ "Thompson Turkey". no37.net. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2021-10-16.

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