''The Calendar'' is a 1930 British

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Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...

. A

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owner agrees to throw a race and has to deal with the consequences of his decision. It is a

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of the 1929 play of the same title by Wallace.

Publication

It was first published by

William Collins, Sons William Collins, Sons (often referred to as Collins) was a Scottish printing and publishing company founded by a Presbyterian schoolmaster, William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819, in partnership with Charles Chalmers, the younger brother of Thomas ...

, London, in 1930.

Adaptations

The story was made into two films. A 1931 version starring

Herbert Marshall Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966) was an English stage, screen and radio actor who starred in many popular and well-regarded Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. After a successful theatrical career in the Uni ...

and a 1948 version starring

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There was also a stage version by Wallace, published by

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in 1932; the original production being directed by the author.

References

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* 1930 British novels British crime novels British novels adapted into films British thriller novels Horse racing novels Novels by Edgar Wallace William Collins, Sons books {{1930s-thriller-novel-stub