Penrod
For other uses, see Penrod (disambiguation).
 First edition | |
| Author | Booth Tarkington |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Page |
Publication date | 1914 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Followed by | Penrod and Sam |
Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States, in a similar vein to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.[1][2] In Penrod, Tarkington established characters who appeared in two further books, Penrod and Sam (1916) and Penrod Jashber (1929). The three books were published together in one volume, Penrod: His Complete Story, in 1931.
Adaptations
Penrod, its sequels, and characters occurring therein were adapted in numerous stage and film versions.
- Penrod (1918), play adapted by Edward E. Rose and first staged at the Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City.[3]
- Penrod (1922), silent film, with Wesley Barry as Penrod.[4]
- Penrod and Sam (1923), silent film, based on the first sequel to Penrod, with Ben Alexander as Penrod.[5]
- Penrod and Sam (1931), with Leon Janney as Penrod.[4]
- A series of comedy shorts from Vitaphone featuring Tarkington's characters with Billy Hayes as Penrod,[6] including Snakes Alive (1931), One Good Deed (1931), Batter Up! (1931), Detectuvs (1932), His Honor, Penrod (1932), Hot Dog (1932), Penrod's Bull Pen (1932).
- Penrod and Sam (1937), with Billy Mauch as Penrod, the first of three Penrod films starring the Mauch twins.[4]
- Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938), with Billy and Bobby Mauch as the leads.[4]
- Penrod's Double Trouble (1938), with Billy and Bobby Mauch as the leads.[4]
- On Moonlight Bay (1951), a musical with Billy Gray as Wesley Winfield (Penrod), Doris Day as his sister Marjorie (the lead), and Gordon MacRae as her love interest.[4]
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), the musical sequel to On Moonlight Bay, with the same cast.[4]
References
- ↑ Robert Cortes Holliday, "Booth Tarkington", BiblioLife (June 4, 2009)
- ↑ Frederic I. Carpenter, "The Adolescent in American Fiction", The English Journal, Vol. 46, No. 6 (Sep., 1957), pp. 313–319
- ↑ "Audience liked 'Penrod'". Variety. L (13): 14. May 24, 1918. Retrieved 2015-03-21 – via Internet Archive.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Drew, Bernard A. (2013). Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Taylor & Francis. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-317-92893-5.
- ↑ "Penrod and Sam". Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- ↑ "Three Shorts a Week Vitaphone Studio Plan". The Film Daily. LVI (58): 24. September 6, 1931. Retrieved 2015-03-21 – via Internet Archive.
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