Tom Gallon (5 December 1866 – 4 November 1914) was a British playwright and novelist. He was the brother of author and publicist
Nellie Tom-Gallon, who founded the
Tom-Gallon Trust AwardThe Tom-Gallon Trust Award
at The Society of Authors
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. for beginning writers in memory of her brother.
Biography
Thomas Henry Gallon was born in Bermondsey
Bermondsey () is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham ...
, London, the son of John P. Gallon (an engineer, fitter and turner) and his wife Martha K. Gallon.[
Several of Tom Gallon's novels were adapted as films including '']The Princess of Happy Chance
''The Princess of Happy Chance'' is a 1917 British silent romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Gerald Ames and Hayford Hobbs. The screenplay concerns a Princess who tries to avoid an upcoming marriage. It was ba ...
'' (1916), '' Meg the Lady'' (1916), ''The Cruise of the Make-Believes
''The Cruise of the Make-Believes'' is a lost 1918 American silent dramatic feature film starring Lila Lee in her first motion picture. It was directed by George Melford and is based on a 1907 novel by Tom Gallon. Famous Players-Lasky produced a ...
'' (1918), '' The Lackey and the Lady'' (1919), ''A Rogue in Love
''A Rogue in Love'' is a 1922 British silent film directed by Albert Brouett and starring Frank Stanmore, Ann Trevor and Gregory Scott.Goble p.172
Cast
* Frank Stanmore as Frank Badgery
* Ann Trevor
Ann Trevor (1899–1970) was a British ...
'' (1922), '' Boden's Boy'' (1923), ''Off the Highway'' (1925, based on ''Tatterley''), '' The Great Gay Road'' (1920, silent) and '' The Great Gay Road'' (1931, sound).
Selected works
;Novels
* ''Tatterley'' (1897)
* ''The Golden Thread'' (1904)
* '' Meg the Lady'' (1905)
* ''Jimmy Quixote'' (1906)
* '' The Great Gay Road'' (1910)
* ''The Touch of A Child'' (1910)
* ''The Mystery of Roger Bullock'' (1910)
* ''The Rogue's Heiress'' (1910)
* ''As He was Born'' (1911)
* ''Dead Man's Love'' (1911)
* ''By the Name of Miss Smith'' (1912)
* ''Levity Hicks'' (1912)
* ''Memory Corner'' (1912)
* ''Young Eve and Old Adam'' (1913)
* ''"It Will Be All Right!"'' (1914)
* ''The Man in Motley'' (1915)
* ''The Princess of Happy Chance'' (1915)
* ''The Diamond Trail'' (1916)
* ''The Man Hunt'' (1916)
* ''The Lady in the Black Mask'' (1917)
;Plays
* ''The Man Who Stole the Castle'', by Gallon and Leon M. Lion (Garrick Theatre, 1900)
* ''Memory's Garden'' (1902)
* ''Lady Jane's Christmas Party'' (Garrick Theatre, 1904)
* ''Law and Order'' (Palace Theatre, 1908)
* ''The Great Gay Road'' (Court Theatre, 1911)
* ''Aurora's Captive'' (Prince of Wales Theatre, 1913)
* ''All's Fair'' (Tivoli Musichall, 1913)
* ''Felix Gets a Month'', Gallon and Lion (Haymarket Theatre, 1917)
* ''Pistols For Two'', Gallon and Lion (Coliseum, 1917)
References
External links
Tom Gallon
at Fantastic Fiction – bibliography with cover images]
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Play by Tom Gallon at Great War Theatre
1866 births
1914 deaths
British dramatists and playwrights
British male dramatists and playwrights
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