Elliott Arnold
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| Born | September 13, 1912 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | May 13, 1980 (aged 67) New York City, New York, United States |
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Elliott Arnold (September 13, 1912 – May 13, 1980) was an American newspaper feature writer, novelist, and screenwriter. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he became a feature writer with the New York World-Telegram and authored dozens of novels.
Career
[edit]Among his books, Elliott Arnold is probably best known for his 1947 novel Blood Brother, which was adapted into the acclaimed 1950 motion picture Broken Arrow and a 1956 TV series of the same name. The popular Indian Wedding Blessing is based on a passage from Blood Brother.[1][2] His 1949 biography of Sigmund Romberg was made into the 1954 musical film, Deep in My Heart; his 1956 novel Rescue! was adapted into the 1964 film Flight from Ashiya about the U.S. Air Force's Air Rescue Service.
Personal life
[edit]Arnold married actress Glynis Johns on October 1, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, having announced their engagement on June 24, though they subsequently divorced on January 4, 1973.[3] Written by Arnold, A Night of Watching (1967) was dedicated to her.
He died in New York City on May 13, 1980, at the age of sixty-seven.
Published books
[edit]- Two Loves (1934)
- Personal Combat (1936)
- Only The Young (1939)
- Nose for News; The Way of Life of a Reporter (1941)
- Finlandia! The Story of Sibelius (1941)
- Commandos: A Novel (1942; adapted into 1943 American war film First Comes Courage)
- First Comes Courage (1943)
- Tomorrow Will Sing (1945; also published as an Armed Services Edition)
- Blood Brother (1947; University of Nebraska Press;[4] also published as an Armed Services Edition; adapted into 1950 American Western film Broken Arrow)
- Everybody Slept Here (1948)
- Deep in My Heart, a Story Based on the Life of Sigmund Romberg (1949)
- Walk with the Devil (1950)
- The Time of the Gringo (1953)
- Broken Arrow (1954)
- White Falcon (1955)
- Rescue! (1956; repressed as Flight from Ashiya in 1959)
- Brave Jimmy Stone (1962)
- A Night of Watching (1967)
- Kind of Secret Weapon (1969)
- Code of Conduct: A Novel (1970)
- Forests of the Night (1971)
- Spirit of Cochise (1972)
- Proving Ground: A Novel (1973)
- Camp Grant Massacre: A Novel (1976)
- Quicksand: A Novel of the City (1977)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mead, Rebecca (2007). One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-59420-088-5.
- ^ Falk, Leah (February 11, 2016). "The Fakelore of the Apache Wedding Blessing".
- ^ "Glynis Johns Companions" tcm.com, retrieved April 7, 2019
- ^ Arnold, Elliott (1979). Blood Brother. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0803259018.
External links
[edit]- Elliott Arnold at IMDb
- Elliott Arnold at Library of Congress, with 38 library catalog records (mainly previous page of browse report, under 'Arnold, Elliott, 1912–' without '1980')
