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, United States) was an American film writer, novelist and film director. He was once married to Virginia Point (1902-unknown). Sheehan also wrote detective and

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. Sheehan wrote two fantasy novels, ''

The Abyss of Wonders ''The Abyss of Wonders'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Perley Poore Sheehan. It was first published in book form in 1953 by Polaris Press in an edition of 990 copies (though the actual book says 1500). It was the second and final ...

'' (1915), about a lost civilisation in the Gobi Desert, and ''The Red Road to Shamballah'' (1932-1933) about a hero with a Tibetan magic sword.Gene Christie, ''The People of the Pit, and other early horrors from the Munsey pulps''. Normal, IL : Black Dog Books, 2010. (p.202)

Works

Filmography as a film writer

(note: most of manuscripts below are movies, which are based on his novels.) * '' The Dragon'' (1916) * ''

The Bugler of Algiers ''The Bugler of Algiers'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Rupert Julian. It was produced by Universal's Bluebird Photoplays division and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', ...

'' (1916) * ''

The Whispering Chorus ''The Whispering Chorus'' is a 1918 American silent psychological drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is the first and earliest film was considered a psychological drama. Plot John Tremble (Hatton), an impoverished cashier in a cont ...

'' (1918) * '' Brave and Bold'' (1918) * '' A Society Sensation'' (1918) * ''

Upstairs Upstairs may refer to: * Stairs * ''Upstairs'' (album), a 2004 album by Shane & Shane * ''Upstairs'' (film), a 1919 American silent comedy film See also * Downstairs (disambiguation) {{disambiguation ...

'' (1919) * ''

Three Sevens ''Three Sevens'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Antonio Moreno, Jean Calhoun and Emmett King.Munden p.76 Cast * Antonio Moreno as Daniel Craig * Jean Calhoun as Joan Gracie * Emmett King as Majo ...

'' (1921) * '' For Those We Love'' (1921) * '' If You Believe It, It's So'' (1922) * '' Always the Woman'' (1922) * '' The Old Homestead'' (1922) * '' The Man Who Saw Tomorrow'' (1922) * ''

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story ...

'' (1923) * '' The Night Message'' (1924) * '' Love and Glory'' (1924) * ''

The Way of All Flesh ''The Way of All Flesh'' (sometimes called ''Ernest Pontifex, or the Way of All Flesh'') is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler that attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the ...

'' (1927) * '' The Lost City'' (1935)

Filmography as a film director

* '' The Night Message'' (1924)

Plays

* ''Efficiency'' (with Robert H. Davis) (1917). This may have been developed from the playscript published by Sheehan and Robert H Davis in ''The Strand Magazine'' in 1917, 'Blood and Iron'.

Novels

* ''Seer'' (1912) * ''The Prophet'' (1912) * ''The Copper Princess'' (1913) o be reprinted by Murania Press* ''We are French!'' (with Robert H. Davis) (1914) * ''The Woman of the Pyramid'' (1914) eprinted by Steeger Books* ''

'' (1915) eprinted by Murania Press* ''Those Who Walk in Darkness'' (1917) eprinted by Fiction House Press* ''Passport invisible'' (1918) * ''The One Gift'' (1920) * ''House with a Bad Name'' (1920) eprinted by Fiction House Press* ''The Whispering Chorus'' (1928) * ''King Arthur'' (Chapbook) (1936) * ''Heidi'' (Chapbook) (1936) * ''Lola Montez, her pagan majesty, or, Queen errant'' (1936) * ''Blennerhassett'' (Chapbook) (1937)

Short Stories Collections

* ''Doctor Coffin: The Living Dead Man'' Off-Trail Publications (2007) * ''The Red Road to Shamballah'' Black Dog Books (2008) * ''The Leopard Man and Other Stories'' Pulpville Press * ''Kwa of the Jungle'' (written as Paul Regard) Pulpville Press *

References

External links

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Play by Perley Poore Sheehan on Great War Theatre database
1875 births 1943 deaths American male novelists Chapbook writers American male screenwriters American mystery writers American fantasy writers Pulp fiction writers Writers from Cincinnati People from Sierra Madre, California Novelists from California Novelists from Ohio Film directors from California Screenwriters from California Screenwriters from Ohio 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-novelist-1870s-stub