Morton Thompson (c. 1907 – July 7, 1953) was an American writer of newspaper journalism, novels and film screenplays.
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Career
Amongst his works were a collection of journalistic memoirs called Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player,[1] and the novels Not as a Stranger (which was turned into a film directed by Stanley Kramer and a radio play broadcast on Colombian network Radio Sutatenza in Spanish[2]) and The Cry and the Covenant.
He had a column in the Hollywood Citizen-News which he signed "N.N.W.," explaining that the initials came from a Shakespeare line, "I am but mad when the wind is North North West."[3]
Personal life
He was a friend of the writer Robert Benchley. His second wife, Frances Pindyck, a literary agent with the Leland Hayward Agency, represented Dashiell Hammett and Betty Smith, among others.
Thompson's Turkey
He was also the inventor of the recipe, Thompson Turkey.[4]
References
- ^ Thompson, Morton (1945). Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Incorporated.
- ^ "Radionovela «No serás un extraño», colección de ACPO (Acción Cultural Popular - Radio Sutatenza)". Banrepcultural (in Spanish). Colombia: Bank of the Republic (Colombia). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "16 Mar 1954, 34 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ "Thompson Turkey". no37.net. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
Further reading
- Morton Thompson's Turkey Stuffing
- An ode to Thompson's turkey - Chicago Tribune
- Morton Thompson Turkey Recipe - Food.com
- Morton Thompson's Turkey
- Morton Thompson’s black turkey by Jeff Fournier, of 51 Lincoln, for Boston Herald - YouTube
- Turkey-Recipe-Of-Morton-Thompson rec.food.cooking
- Thompson's Turkey (TASTE with David Rosengarten, TV FOOD NETWORK) - Recipelink.com
- Morton Thompson's Turkey - unexpurgated at the Wayback Machine (archived November 24, 2007)
- A Turkey Tale | Notes from the Dreamtime
- Thompson's Turkey - Chowhound
External links
- Morton Thompson at IMDb
- Works by Morton Thompson at Faded Page (Canada)
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