Donald Davis (writer)
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Donald Davis was an American
playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the play and film adaptations of The Good Earth
, among others.
He was married to actress Dorothy Matthews. His father was the playwright Owen Davis
.
United States
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playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the play and film adaptations of The Good Earth
The Good Earth
The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1932. The best selling novel in the United States in both 1931 and 1932, it was an influential factor in Buck winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938...
, among others.
He was married to actress Dorothy Matthews. His father was the playwright Owen Davis
Owen Davis
Owen Gould Davis, Sr. was an American dramatist. He received the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1923 play Icebound, and penned hundreds of plays and scripts for radio and film. Before the First World War, he also wrote racy sketches of New York high jinks and low life for the Police Gazette...
.
Selected filmography
- Two Flaming Youths (1927)
- Dangerous Curves (1929)
- Rough RomanceRough RomanceRough Romance is a 1930 American adventure film western directed by A.F. Erickson. The film starred George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, Antonio Moreno, Roy Stewart, and Harry Cording and a 23-year old John Wayne had a minor uncredited role.-Plot:...
(1930) - Damaged LivesDamaged LivesDamaged Lives is a Canadian / American exploitation film produced by Columbia Pictures and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The film is based on the French play Les Avariés by Eugène Brieux, about a couple that contracts a venereal disease....
(1933) - The Good EarthThe Good Earth (film)The Good Earth is a film about Chinese farmers who struggle to survive. It was adapted by Talbot Jennings, Tess Slesinger, and Claudine West from the play by Donald Davis and Owen Davis, which was in itself based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S...
(1937) - City Without Men (1943)