Dale Collins on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Cuthbert Quinlan Dale Collins (9 April 1897 – 3 March 1956) was an Australian journalist and author of popular fiction. He is notable for a series of sea romances written in the 1920s and 1930s, some of which were adapted for motion pictures, including ''
Cuthbert Quinlan Dale Collins (1897 – 1956)
in
''The Riddle''
''
''The Paper Soldier''
''
Cuthbert Quinlan Dale Collins (9 April 1897 – 3 March 1956) was an Australian journalist and author of popular fiction. He is notable for a series of sea romances written in the 1920s and 1930s, some of which were adapted for motion pictures, including ''Rich and Strange
''Rich and Strange'', released in the United States as ''East of Shanghai'', is a 1931 romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock during his time in the British film industry. The film was adapted by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville, and Val Val ...
'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
, which closely followed his novel of the same name.
Early life
He was born atBalmain, New South Wales
Balmain is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Balmain is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Inner West Council.
It is locate ...
, third son of Michael John Collins, an Irish doctor who had been a ship's surgeon in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., and his English wife Esther, née Copeland.Sayers, Stuart (1981)Cuthbert Quinlan Dale Collins (1897 – 1956)
in
Australian Dictionary of Biography
The ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' (ADB or AuDB) is a national co-operative enterprise founded and maintained by the Australian National University (ANU) to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's ...
online
Collins's freelance career started at age 17 when his short story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...
"The Riddle" was published in ''The Australasian
The ''Australasian Post'', commonly called the ''Aussie Post'', was Australia's longest-running weekly picture magazine.
History and profile
Its origins are traceable to Saturday, 3 January 1857, when the first issue of ''Bell's Life in Victoria ...
'', followed by several others until he secured a position in the newsroom of '' The Herald'' (Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
) in 1922.
In later life he lived in East Malvern, a suburb of Melbourne, and had two daughters, Susan and Felicity.
Publications
Collins published 37 books, including some in the under the pen names of 'Stephen Fennimore' and 'Michael Copeland'.Novels
* 1923 ''Sea-tracks of the Speejacks Round the World'' * 1924 ''Ordeal'' * 1925 ''The Haven:A Chronicle'' * 1927 ''The Sentimentalists'' (reprinted as ''Sal of Singapore'', translated into German) * 1928 ''Vanity Under the Sun'' * 1929 ''The Idolaters'' * 1930 ''Rich and Strange'' * 1932 ''Jungle Maid'' * 1934 ''Vulnerable: A Tale with Cards'' * 1936 ''Race the Sun'' * 1947 ''Bright Vista'' * 1949 ''Bush Holiday'' (as Stephen Fennimore) * 1950 ''Bush Voyage'' * 1951 ''Victoria's My Home Ground'' * 1959 ''Anzac Adventure: The Story of Gallipoli Told for Young Readers''Short stories
* 191''The Riddle''
''
The Australasian
The ''Australasian Post'', commonly called the ''Aussie Post'', was Australia's longest-running weekly picture magazine.
History and profile
Its origins are traceable to Saturday, 3 January 1857, when the first issue of ''Bell's Life in Victoria ...
''
* 191''The Paper Soldier''
''
The Weekly Times
The Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd (HWT) is a newspaper publishing company based in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned and operated by News Pty Ltd, which as News Ltd, purchased the HWT in 1987.
Newspapers
The HWT's newspaper interests date b ...
'', 19 July 1919
Filmography
* ''Sal of Singapore
''Sal of Singapore'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, Elliott J. Clawson was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Complete prints of ...
'' (1928)
* ''The Ship from Shanghai
''The Ship from Shanghai'' is a 1930 Pre-Code American action film directed by Charles Brabin and written by John Howard Lawson. The film stars Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert and Zeffie Tilbury. The film was released on ...
'' (1930)
* ''His Woman
''His Woman'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romance drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert. Based on the novel ''His Woman'' by Dale Collins, the story is about a tough sea captain who discovers a baby ...
'' (1931)
* ''Rich and Strange
''Rich and Strange'', released in the United States as ''East of Shanghai'', is a 1931 romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock during his time in the British film industry. The film was adapted by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville, and Val Val ...
'' (1931) (titled ''East of Shanghai'' in the United States)
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Dale 20th-century Australian novelists 1897 births 1956 deaths Australian male novelists 20th-century Australian male writers