Harry Sinclair Drago (March 20, 1887 – October 25, 1979) was an American writer of screenplays and

Westerns The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...

. He also wrote under the names Stewart Cross, Kirk Deming, Will Ermine, Bliss Lomax, J. Wesley Putnam and Grant Sinclair.

Partial filmography

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Out of the Silent North ''Out of the Silent North'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and written by Wallace C. Clifton and George C. Hull. The film stars Frank Mayo, Barbara Bedford, Frank Leigh, Harris Gordon, Christian J. Fran ...

'' (1922) * ''

Playthings of Desire ''Playthings of Desire'' is a 1924 American silent melodrama film produced and directed by Burton L. King and starring Estelle Taylor. Cast Preservation A print listed as being complete of ''Playthings of Desire'' is located in the Library o ...

'' (1924) * ''

Whispering Sage ''Whispering Sage'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and written by Harold Shumate. It is based on the 1922 novel ''Whispering Sage'' by Harry Sinclair Drago and Joseph Noel. The film stars Buck Jones, Natal ...

'' (1927) * '' Silver Valley'' (1927) * '' A Horseman of the Plains'' (1928) * '' Hello Cheyenne'' (1928) * '' Painted Post'' (1928) * ''

The Cowboy Kid ''The Cowboy Kid'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Clyde Carruth and written by James J. Tynan. The film stars Rex Bell, Mary Jane Temple, Brooks Benedict, Alice Belcher, Joseph De Grasse and Syd Crossley. The film was relea ...

'' (1928) * '' The Overland Telegraph'' (1929) * ''

Where East Is East ''Where East Is East'' is a 1929 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney as an animal trapper in Laos. The motion picture is Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. While this film ...

'' (1929) * ''

The Desert Rider ''The Desert Rider'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Harry Sinclair Drago and Oliver Drake. The film stars Tim McCoy, Raquel Torres, Bert Roach, Edward Connelly, Harry Woods and Jess Cavin. The ...

'' (1929) * '' The King of the Kongo'' (1929) * ''

Lotus Lady ''Lotus Lady'' is a 1930 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Fern Andra, Ralph Emerson and Betty Francisco.Palmer p.462 Cast * Fern Andra as Tamarah * Ralph Emerson as Larry Kelland * Betty Francisco as Claire Winton ...

'' (1930) * '' Murder in the Library'' (1933) (from ''Playthings of Desire'') * ''

Secret of the Wastelands ''Secret of the Wasteland'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Derwin Abrahams and written by Gerald Geraghty. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Brad King, Soo Yong, Barbara Britton, Douglas Fowley and Keith Richards. The ...

'' (1941) * ''

Buckskin Frontier ''Buckskin Frontier'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston and Bernard Schubert. The film stars Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Lee J. Cobb, Victor Jory, Lola Lane, Max Baer and Joe ...

'' (1943) * '' The Leather Burners'' (1943) * ''

Colt Comrades ''Colt Comrades'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Michael Wilson. The film stars William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Teddi Sherman, Victor Jory, George Reeves and Douglas Fowley. The film was rel ...

'' (1943)

Bibliography

* ''Red River Valley'' * ''Lost Bonanzas: True Stories of Buried Treasure and Lost Mines of the American West'' * ''Outlaws on Horseback: The History of the Organized Bands of Bank and Train Robbers Who Terrorized the Prairie Towns of Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma for Half a Century'' * ''The Great Range Wars: Violence on the Grasslands'' * ''Notorious Ladies Of The Frontier'' * ''Great American Cattle Trails: The Story of the Old Cow Paths of the East and the Longhorn Highways of the Plains'' * ''The Legend Makers: Tales of the Old-Time Peace Officers and Desperadoes of the Frontier'' * ''Pay-Off at Black Hawk'' * ''The Steamboaters; From the Early Side-Wheelers to the Big Packets'' * ''River of Gold'' * ''Out of the Silent North'' * ''Trigger Gospel'' * ''Road Agents And Train Robbers; Half A Century Of Western Banditry'' * ''Whispering Sage'' * ''Guardians of the Sage'' * ''Wild, Woolly & Wicked: The History of the Kansas Cow Towns And the Texas Cattle trade'' * ''Where the Loon Calls'' * ''Canal Days In America; The History And Romance Of Old Towpaths And Waterways'' * ''Lost Bonanzas: Tales of the Legendary Lost Mines of the Old West'' * ''Suzanna: A Romance of Early California'' * ''Laramie Rides Alone'' * ''Montana Road'' * ''Lone Wolf of Drygulch Trail/More Precious Than Gold'' * ''Following the Grass '' * ''This Way to Hell'' (1933) writing as Stewart Cross. Screenplay Novelizations (all published by

A. L. Burt A. L. Burt (incorporated in 1902 as A. L. Burt Company) was a New York City-based book publishing house from 1883 until 1937. It was founded by Albert Levi Burt, a 40-year-old from Massachusetts who had come to recognize the demand for inexpen ...

, circa 1929–1932): * ''The Champ'' * ''

Madam Satan ''Madam Satan'' or ''Madame Satan'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film in black and white with Multicolor sequences. It was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, and Ro ...

'' * ''Rio Rita'' * ''The Singer of Seville'' (alternate title for ''Call of the Flesh'') * ''The Trespasser''

Legacy

Drago's papers are at Syracuse University.

References

External links

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