George Barr McCutcheon

George Barr McCutcheon
Born	July 26, 1866
Died	October 23, 1928
Notable works	Brewster's Millions

George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866 – October 23, 1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include a series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and the novel Brewster's Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films.

Life[]

McCutcheon was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. His father, despite his own lack of formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. During McCutcheon's childhood, his father had a number of jobs that required travel around the county. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the newspaper and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.

Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he disliked the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting.

He was the older brother of noted cartoonist John T. McCutcheon and died in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

McCutcheon, along with a number of other Indiana authors of the same period, is considered to be part of the Golden Age of Indiana Literature.^[1]

Selected bibliography[]

Graustark novels[]

• Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind a Throne (1901), ISBN 1-4043-5098-5
• Beverly of Graustark (1904), ISBN 1-4179-3249-X
• Truxton King: A Story of Graustark (1909), ISBN 1-4179-0333-3
• The Prince of Graustark (1914), ISBN 1-4179-4103-0
• East of the Setting Sun (1924), ISBN 1-4179-1787-3
• The Inn of the Hawk and the Raven (1927)

Other novels[]

Plays[]

• (1910)
• (1911)

Filmography[]

• Brewster's Millions (dir. Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille, 1914)
• What's His Name (dir. Cecil B. DeMille, 1914)
• The Circus Man (dir. Oscar Apfel, 1914)
•  [it] (1915, short film)
• Graustark (dir. Fred E. Wright, 1915)
• Nedra (dir. Edward José, 1915)
• The Prince of Graustark (dir. Fred E. Wright, 1916)
• In the Hollow of Her Hand (dir. Charles Maigne, 1918)
• The Mystery Girl (dir. William C. deMille, 1918)
• Cowardice Court (dir. William C. Dowlan, 1919)
• Black Is White (dir. Charles Giblyn, 1920)
• A Fool and His Money (dir. Robert Ellis, 1920)
•  [fr] (dir. Ida May Park, 1920)
• Sherry (dir. Edgar Lewis, 1920)
• The City of Masks (dir. Thomas N. Heffron, 1920)
• Brewster's Millions (dir. Joseph Henabery, 1921)
• Truxton King (dir. Jerome Storm, 1923)
• The Prisoner (dir. Jack Conway, 1923)
• The Man from Brodney's (dir. David Smith, 1923)
• The Fast Worker (dir. William A. Seiter, 1924)
• A Fool and His Money (dir. Erle C. Kenton, 1925)
• Graustark (dir. Dimitri Buchowetzki, 1925)
• Miss Brewster's Millions (dir. Clarence G. Badger, 1926)
• Beverly of Graustark (dir. Sidney Franklin, 1926)
• A Royal Romance (dir. Erle C. Kenton, 1930), uncredited
• Brewster's Millions (dir. Thornton Freeland, UK, 1935)
• Brewster's Millions (dir. Allan Dwan, 1945)
• Three on a Spree (dir. Sidney J. Furie, UK, 1961)
• Brewster's Millions (dir. Walter Hill, 1985)

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Barr McCutcheon.

• Works by George Barr McCutcheon at Project Gutenberg
• Works by George Barr McCutcheon at Faded Page (Canada)
• Works by or about George Barr McCutcheon at Internet Archive
• Works by George Barr McCutcheon at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Article on McCutcheon at "Our Land, Our Literature" site
• Inventory of George Barr McCutcheon papers at Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
• Page in a bestsellers database about Graustark, including a short biography of McCutcheon