Harry Chapman Ford was a

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and novelist in the United States. Two of his plays and one of his novels were adapted to film.

Early life

Henry Chapman Ford was born in

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. His mother was actress Blanche Chapman. His father was Henry Clay Ford, owner of Ford's Theatre. He had two brothers, Frank A. and George D.

Career

Two of Ford's plays and one of his books were made into films. He was a stage director for theaters, and toured internationally with the theater adaptation of '' The Garden of Allah''. He directed

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Later life and death

Ford never married. He died in May 1938 at his home in Rutherford, New Jersey of a coronary thrombosis, outlived by his two brothers and mother.

Theater

*''Anna Ascends'' (1920) *''Eve's Leaves'' (1925) *''Ebb Tide'' (1931)

Filmography

*''

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'' (1922) *'' Eve's Leaves'' (1926) adapted by Paul Sloane from Ford's 1925 play of the same name *''

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'' (1926) adapted by Leah Baird and Grover Jones from Ford's novel ''Two Gates''

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