Editing Richard Connell

{{Short description|American author and journalist (1893–1949)}}
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| name               = Richard Connell 
| birth_name         = Richard Edward Connell Jr.
| image              = File:Richard Connell, circa 1923.jpg
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| caption            = Connell, c. 1923
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1893|10|17}}
| birth_place        = [[Poughkeepsie, New York]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1949|11|22|1893|10|17}}
| death_place        = [[Beverly Hills, California]]
| occupation         = Author, journalist
| alma_mater         = [[Harvard University]]<ref name= "HUL">{{cite web|url=http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua23013|title=Connell, Richard Edward, 1893-1949. Richard Edward Connell personal archive, 1912-1972, bulk 1912-1915: an inventory|website=Harvard University Libraries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403032306/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua23013|archive-date=April 3, 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=December 18, 2017}}</ref>
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'''Richard Edward Connell Jr.''' (October 17, 1893 &ndash; November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist. He is most notable for his short story "[[The Most Dangerous Game]]" (1924). Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time. His stories were published in ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' and ''[[Collier's]]'' magazines. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter, and was nominated for an [[14th Academy Awards|Academy Award in 1942]] ([[Academy Award for Best Story|Best Original Story]]) for the movie ''[[Meet John Doe]]'' (1941), directed by [[Frank Capra]] and based on his 1922 short story "[[:Wikisource:A Reputation|A Reputation]]".

==Life and career==

Connell was born on October 17, 1893, in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]],<ref name="HUL" /> the son of [[Richard E. Connell]] and Mary Miller Connell. He began his writing career for ''[[The Poughkeepsie Journal]]'', and attended [[Georgetown College (Georgetown University)|Georgetown College]] for a year before going to [[Harvard University]]. While at Harvard, Connell edited ''[[The Lampoon]]'' and ''[[The Crimson]]''. He subsequently worked on the city staff of ''[[The New York American]]'' and as a copy writer for [[J. Walter Thompson]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=|title=Richard Connell, Novelist, is Dead: Short-Story and Screen Writer Worked on Many Successful Films--Once in Advertising|last=|first=|date=November 24, 1949|work=The New York Times|access-date=}}</ref> Connell served in [[France]] with the [[US Army]] during [[World War I]]. While in the army, he was the editor of his camp's newspaper.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/connell-most-dangerous-game.html |title=The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123164538/http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/connell-most-dangerous-game.html |archive-date=23 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After the war, he turned to writing short stories, and eventually wrote over 300.<ref name=":0" />

==Screenplays==
* ''[[The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]'' (1932) (contributing writer)
* ''[[The Milky Way (1936 film)|The Milky Way]]'' (1936) (writer)
* ''[[F-Man]]'' (1936) (writer)
* ''[[Our Relations]]'' (1936) (screen story)
* ''[[Love on Toast]]'' (1937) (writer)
* ''Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu'' (1937) (writer)
* ''[[The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film)|The Cowboy and the Lady]]'' (1938) (contributing writer) (uncredited)
* ''[[Doctor Rhythm]]'' (1938) (writer)
* ''[[Hired Wife]]'' (1940) (writer)
* ''[[Nice Girl?]]'' (1941) (writer)
* ''[[Rio Rita (1942 film)|Rio Rita]]'' (1942) (screenplay)
* ''[[Presenting Lily Mars]]'' (1943) (screenplay)
* ''[[Two Girls and a Sailor]]'' (1944) (writer)
* ''[[Thrill of a Romance]]'' (1945) (writer)
* ''[[Her Highness and the Bellboy]]'' (1945) (writer)
* ''[[Luxury Liner (1948 film)|Luxury Liner]]'' (1948) (writer)

==Novels==
* ''The Mad Lover'' (1927)
* ''Murder at Sea'' (1929)
* ''Playboy'' (1936)
* ''What Ho!'' (1937)

==Short story collections==

*''The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and Other Humorous Tales'' (1922)&nbsp;– Also known as ''Mister Braddy's Bottle and Other Humorous Tales''
*''Apes and Angels'' (1924)&nbsp;– Includes "The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee".<ref>''[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/000061111 Apes and angels]'' at WorldCat</ref>
*''Variety'' (1925)&nbsp;– Includes "[[The Most Dangerous Game]]".<ref>''[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/002995736 Variety]'' at [[WorldCat]]</ref>
*''Ironies'' (1930)&nbsp;– Includes "The Law Beaters".<ref>''[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/002995655 Ironies]'' at WorldCat</ref>
*''The Most Dangerous Game''

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Wikisource author-inline|Richard Connell}}
* {{Gutenberg author | id=38837}}
* {{FadedPage|id=Connell, Richard|name=Richard Connell|author=yes}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Richard Edward Connell}}
* {{Librivox author |id=2649}}
* {{IMDb name|0175028}}
* [http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&TBL=PN&Type=YP&ID=129739&pName=%20Richard%20Connell Richard Connell] at [[The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100123164538/http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/connell-most-dangerous-game.html Additional biography and text of ''The Most Dangerous Game'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20240808010253/https://wikilivres.org/wiki/Richard_Connell Works by Richard Connell] (public domain in Canada)
* [http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00524 Louise Fox Connell Papers, 1904-1986] at [[Harvard University Library]]

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