Walter Archer Frost (December 18, 1875 – March 10, 1964) was an American writer of plays and stories. He served in the U.S. Army.[1] He authored the story the film The Siren (1917 film) was based on. He also wrote the 1925 play Cape Smoke.[2][3] He also wrote the play the 1929 film Black Magic (1929 film) was based on.[4] In 1909 he was published in Overland Monthly.[5] In 1912 he wrote for Harper's Bazar.[6]
Frost was born in Amenia, New York. He was part of the Harvard class of 1901.[7] He received an LLB from the University of Wisconsin in 1904.[8] He married SusanWinifred McCurdy.[9] He died in Martinsburg, West Virginia.[10]
School principal, lecturer, and writer Simeon Taylor Frost was his father. He had a twin brother.[11]
The plot of his book The Man Between includes a South African "witch doctor" who casts a curse that affects and American and some Englishmen.[12][13][14]
After a career change from law he became an associate editor of Munsey Company's oublication The Cavalier (periodical) in New York City and lived at the Judson Hotel.[15]
He was married in 1905. A marriage announcement states he was from Neenah, Wisconsin.[16]
He also worked at Good Housekeeping, People's Magazine, and Munsey's Magazine.[17]
He served as a captain in the Quartermaster Corps.[18]
Frost died at the Newton Baker Veterans Hospital in Martinsburg, West Virginia on March 10, 1964.[19]
Bibliography[]
- The Man Between (book) (1913), illustrated by Howard McCormick[20]
- Strange Company (1937), a play in 3-acts[21]
- Singapore, a play in 3-acts[22]
- "Half a Man" (1950),published in the St. Nicholas Anthology[23]
- No Questions Asked[24]
- "The Admirable Crimes of Captain Clavering" (1926), a series of short stories published in Flynn's.[25]
References[]
- ↑ French, Alvah P.; Clark, Will Leach (December 30, 1925). "History of Westchester County, New York". Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Incorporated. https://books.google.com/books?id=VJtQAQAAMAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost.
- ↑ "Walter Archer Frost". http://www.playbill.com/person/walter-archer-frost-vault-0000027916.
- ↑ "Walter Archer Frost – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/walter-archer-frost-9013.
- ↑ "Walter Archer Frost". https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba9693f3d.
- ↑ "The Overland Monthly". Samuel Carson. December 30, 1909. https://books.google.com/books?id=KeJUAAAAYAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost&pg=PA186.
- ↑ https://www.americanfashionmagazines.com/products/author/Elizabeth%20Jordan,%20Rev.%20J.%20H.%20Jowett,%20Jean%20M.%20Thompson,%20Clarence%20Urmy,%20Margarita%20Spalding%20Gerry,%20Inez%20Haynes%20Gillmore,%20Walter%20Archer%20Frost,%20Sylvia%20Sherman,%20Walter%20Prichard%20Eaton,%20Mary%20H.%20Northend,%20Martha%20Cutler,%20Helen%20Landon,%20Jane%20Calhoun,%20et%20al.
- ↑ [[https://books.google.com/books?id=--8nAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48&dq=walter+archer+frost&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8mrrtmN7mAhWhzVkKHf-rDAMQ6AEIOzAD
- ↑ University, Harvard (December 30, 1920). "Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates". https://books.google.com/books?id=YFsjAQAAIAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost&pg=PA405.
- ↑ Guthrie, Anna Lorraine; Tannehill, Bertha; Shimer, Neltje Marie Tannehill (December 30, 1922). "Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature". H. W. Wilson Company. https://books.google.com/books?id=k5lAAQAAMAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost&pg=PA595.
- ↑ "Biographical Notes". http://www.philsp.com/homeville/GFI/z25.htm.
- ↑ of 1857, Yale University Class (December 30, 1907). "Record of the class of 1857 of Yale University during fifty years from graduation: also reports of the class meetings of 1882-1887-1892-1897-1902-1907". Case, Lckwood & Brainard. https://books.google.com/books?id=EFs6AQAAMAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost&pg=PA61.
- ↑ "The Book News Monthly". J. Wanamaker. December 30, 1913. https://books.google.com/books?id=7T09AQAAMAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost&pg=PA80-IA19.
- ↑ Mencken, Henry Louis (December 30, 1925). "The American Mercury". Knopf. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLUOAAAAMAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost.
- ↑ Bassett, John Spencer; Mims, Edwin; Glasson, William Henry; Few, William Preston; Boyd, William Kenneth; Wannamaker, William Hane (December 30, 1913). "The South Atlantic Quarterly". Duke University Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=Wj1ZAAAAIAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost.
- ↑ "Harvard Alumni Bulletin". Harvard Bulletin, Incorporated. December 30, 1912. https://books.google.com/books?id=8I8BAAAAYAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost&pg=PA239.
- ↑ Benoit, Shirley C. L. (December 30, 1986). "The Hants Journal's Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1898-1903". publisher not identified. https://books.google.com/books?id=GyphAAAAMAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost.
- ↑ "The Authors Club". 1918. https://books.google.com/books?id=gwesvQT9oJcC&q=walter+archer+frost.
- ↑ of 1901, Harvard University Class (December 30, 1920). "Secretary's ... Report". The University Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=SL7OAAAAMAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost.
- ↑ 'Writer Dies,' The Gettysburg Times (Pennsylvania), March 12, 1964, pg. 6
- ↑ "Catalog of copyright entries: Books. Part, group 1". Library of Congress, Copyright Office.. December 30, 1913. https://books.google.com/books?id=3RsDAAAAYAAJ&q=walter+archer+frost&pg=PA950.
- ↑ "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series"]. 1937. https://books.google.com/books?id=xFZhAAAAIAAJ.
- ↑ "Dramas and Works Prepared for Oral Delivery". 1953. https://books.google.com/books?id=__riAAAAMAAJ.
- ↑ Commager, Henry Steele (1950). "The St. Nicholas Anthology". https://books.google.com/books?id=BAhmAAAAMAAJ.
- ↑ "The Publisher". 1927. https://books.google.com/books?id=Jzw2AQAAIAAJ.
- ↑ Sampson, Robert (1983). Yesterday's Faces. ISBN 9780879726157. https://books.google.com/books?id=Sr5AAQAAIAAJ.
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