John Fleming Wilson

Writing

John Fleming Wilson

Born February 22, 1877 · Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Died March 5, 1922 · aged 45

John Fleming Wilson was an American author, newspaperman, and prolific writer of short stories and adventure novels. He is best known for his travel books about sea life, while also having many of his short stories made into films during the 1910s through the 1930s.

Known For

The Man Who Came BackThe Man Who Came Back · 1931
The Man Who Came Back
4.31931
MovieDrama
A spoiled carefree rich kid gets into too much trouble for his father who sends him out on his own to prove himself capable of making a respectable man of himself.
Uncharted SeasUncharted Seas · 1921
Uncharted Seas
7.51921
MovieRomance
After her drunken husband Tom brings home three cabaret women, Lucretia can no longer bear the abuse and turns to Arctic explorer Frank, who has long loved her and promised to come back to her whenever she needs his help. A lost film.
The Bonded WomanThe Bonded Woman · 1922
The Bonded Woman
4.81922
MovieDrama
Angela Gaskell travels and sails around the Pacific Ocean to rescue the man she loves, John Somers. Her task takes her from San Francisco bondage-servitude to a dance-hall in Honolulu to a remote South Seas island. She survives a shipwreck along the way.
The Man Who Came BackThe Man Who Came Back · 1924
The Man Who Came Back
10.01924
MovieDrama
Henry Potter is the irresponsible playboy son of a New York millionaire. Fearing he will disgrace the family name if he stays in New York, the father sends him to San Francisco to work in the family shipyards and, to make a man out of him, he is told he will have to start at the bottom and work his way up. Henry decides this is not a good idea and resents it to the point he will indeed start at the bottom but will work his way down from there, and disgrace the family name in San Francisco.
Their Golden WeddingTheir Golden Wedding · 1915
Their Golden Wedding
1915
MovieDrama
Jane Darling is an invalid, whose husband, Charles, was formerly a famous actor, but in his old age has come down to be doorkeeper at a theater. For his wife's happiness, Charles still lets her think he is a famous star.
The Making of a ManThe Making of a Man · 1911
The Making of a Man
6.51911
MovieDrama
A young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She sneaks away to join him in the next town, but her father forces her to return home...
The Master KeyThe Master Key · 1914
The Master Key
1914
MovieActionAdventure
A movie serial from 1914

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