Harry Leon Wilson
American novelist (1867-1939) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 72
Harry Leon Wilson was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels Ruggles of Red Gap and Merton of the Movies. Another of his works, Bunker Bean, helped popularize the term "flapper". It was adapted into a play and film. Several of his other novels were also adapted to film, some more than once.
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Leo McCarey Directed Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Booth Tarkington Also in You Find it Everywhere (1921)
George S. Kaufman Also in Merton of the Movies and Make Me a Star
Marc Connelly Also in Merton of the Movies and Make Me a Star
William Desmond Taylor Directed His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918)
George Fitzmaurice Directed The Man From Home (1922)
Harry A. Pollard Directed Oh, Doctor! (1925)
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
B. P. Schulberg Produced Make Me a Star (1932)
Lawrence Clement Windom Directed Ruggles of Red Gap (1918)
Walter DeLeon Also in Make Me a Star and Ruggles of Red Gap
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1867 to 1939 · aged 72
