Paul Gallico

Paul William Gallico (26.7. 1897–15.7. 1976) bio je uspješni američki romanopisac i novelist. Mnoga od njegovih djala su adaptirana u filmove. Najpoznatiji je po priči The Snow Goose, jedinoj koja se svidjela kritičarima, te romanu The Poseidon Adventure, koji je poslužio kao podloga za nekoliko filmova.

Paul Gallico, na fotografiji Carla Van Vechtena iz 1937,

Djela

Bibliografija

Knjige

• Farewell to Sport (1938), sport
• The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1939) (Adventures of Hiram Holliday u SAD), humor
• Who Killed My Buddy (1939) Cosmopolitan Magazine
• The Secret Front (1940) [nastavak The Adventures of Hiram Holliday]
• The Snow Goose (1941), romantična tragedija
• Golf is a Friendly Game (1942), sport
• Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees (1942), sport
• Selected Stories of Paul Gallico (1944), zbirka priča
• The Lonely (1947), drama
• Confessions of a Story Writer (1948), zbirka priča
• Jennie (1950) (The Abandoned u SAD), fantastika
• The Small Miracle (1951), drama
• Trial by Terror (1952), triler
• Snowflake (1952), alegorija
• The Foolish Immortals (1953), pustolovina
• Love of Seven Dolls (1954), romantična drama
• Ludmila (1955), legenda
• Thomasina (1957), romantična drama
• Flowers for Mrs. Harris (1958) (Mrs. 'Arris goes to Paris u SAD), humor
• The Steadfast Man (1958), biografija sv. Patrika
• Too Many Ghosts (1959)
• The Hurricane Story (1960), publicistika
• Mrs. Harris goes to New York (1960) (Mrs. 'Arris goes to New York u SAD), humor
• Confessions of a Story Teller (1961) Further Confessions of a Story Writer u SAD, zbirka priča
• Scruffy (1962), humor
• Coronation (1962), humor
• Love, Let Me Not Hunger (1963), tragedija
• The Day the Guinea-Pig Talked (1963), knjiga za djecu
• Three Stories (1964) (Three Legends u SAD)
• The Hand of Mary Constable (1964) [nastavak Too Many Ghosts]
• The Silent Miaow (1964), fantastika
• The Day Jean-Pierre was Pignapped (1964), knjiga za djecu
• Mrs. Harris, M.P. (1965) (Mrs. 'Arris goes to Parliament u SAD), humor
• The Day Jean-Pierre Went Round the World (1965), knjiga za djecu
• The Golden People (1965), sport
• The Man who was Magic (1966), humor
• The Story of Silent Night (1967)
• The Revealing Eye (1967), biografski eseji
• Gallico Magic (1967), zbirka priča
• Manxmouse (1968), humor
• The Poseidon Adventure (1969)
• The Day Jean-Pierre Joined the Circus (1969), humor
• Matilda (1970), humor
• The Zoo Gang (1971), humor
• Honourable Cat (1972) (Honorable Cat u SAD), zbirka priča
• The Boy who invented the Bubble Gun (1974), humor
• Mrs. Harris goes to Moscow (1974), humor
• Miracle in the Wilderness (1975)
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1978), pustolovina
• The House that Wouldn't Go Away (1979), humor
• The Best of Paul Gallico (1988), zbirka priča

Izabrani popis adaptacija

Film

• 1942, Pride of the Yankees
• 1952, Assignment – Paris!
• 1953, Lili, based on The Love of Seven Dolls
• 1964, The Three Lives of Thomasina, temeljen na Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God (1957)
• 1971, The Snow Goose
• 1972, The Poseidon Adventure
• 1972, Honorable Cat
• 1978, Matilda
• 1979, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
• 1991, Bezumnaya Lori (Russia), temeljen na Thomasini
• 1992, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

Televizija

• 1974, The Zoo Gang
• 1978, A Fire In The Sky
• 1956–57, The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
• Tondemo Nezumi Daikatsuyaku: Manxmouse (Manxmouse's Great Activity)

Mjuzikl

• Carnival!, temeljen The Love of Seven Dolls

Muzika

• 1975, Music Inspired by The Snow Goose, album britanskog progresivnog rock benda Camel, temeljennna The Snow Goose

Vanjski linkovi

• Paul Gallico na sajtu IMDb
• The Literature of Paul Gallico