Timeline

Lifetime: 1877 - 1937 Passed: ≈ 87 years ago

Title

Writer, Journalist

Country/Nationality

United States
Wikipedia

Thompson Buchanan

Thompson Buchanan was an American writer. While a journalist he began writing novels, and then turned to plays, with 1909's A Woman's Way starring Grace George being his first hit. He began writing for movies in 1916, and also wrote radio sketches.

Buchanan was married twice. First to Katharine Winterbotham from 1915-1927, and then actress Joan Lowell from 1927-1929.

Buchanan died in Louisville, Kentucky on October 15, 1937, suffering a heart attack during a trip to visit family.

Books by Thompson Buchanan

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A Woman's Way

Comedy
Comics Fun

"In this comedy, it is "inevitable" that the wife and the other woman should meet in the presence of the husband, and that they should come to open grapple under the very eyes of the audience. The joy of [Buchanan's] comedy, of course, in no small me...

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Civilian Clothes

Romance Fiction Drama
Family Love Military Romance Friendship Society Identity Relationships Transition Veterans Post-war Civilian Life

Set against the backdrop of post-World War I America, 'Civilian Clothes' explores the challenges faced by returning soldiers as they try to reintegrate into civilian life. Billy Arkwright, a former Lieutenant, struggles to find his place in a world...