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Gouverneur Morris IV
Morris was an American author of pulp novels and short stories during the early 20th century.
Biography
Gouverneur Morris IV was born in 1876 and was a great-grandson of American Founding Father Gouverneur Morris. He graduated from Yale University, where he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record.
Publications
Morris wrote several novels. His numerous short stories were first published in magazines, notably Cosmopolitan, Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post, Metropolitan, The Smart Set, and Harper's Bazaar, and many were collected in book form.
Film and Music
Lon Chaney, Sr. in The Penalty (1920), based on The Penalty (1913) by Gouverneur Morris
American composer Carolne Holme Walker (1863-1955) used Morris’ text for her song “Your Kiss.”
Several of his works were adapted into films, including The Penalty (1920) with Lon Chaney, Sr.
Other film adaptions of his novels include:
Partial Bibliography
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0606563/
Wedding, The Baltimore Sun, 23 May 1905: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29997749/gouveneur_morriselsie_wate...
Divorce, Dayton Daily News, 13 May 1922: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29997954/gouverneur_morriselsie_wat...
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210261396/gouverneur_morris
| 1876 |
February 7, 1876
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New York, New York, New York, United States
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| 1906 |
March 10, 1906
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Bronx, New York County, New York, United States
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| 1910 |
June 13, 1910
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Westchester County, New York, United States
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| 1953 |
August 14, 1953
Age 77
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Gallup, McKinley, New Mexico, United States
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