Booth Tarkington

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Booth Tarkington

Writing July 29, 1869

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Newton Booth Tarkington (1869–1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only fou…

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The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

7.3 1942 Movie
Alice Adams

Alice Adams

6.7 1935 Movie
On Moonlight Bay

On Moonlight Bay

6.5 1951 Movie
Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars

6.4 1943 Movie
Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

6.5 1930 Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

5.9 2002 Movie
Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire

5.7 1946 Movie
Mississippi

Mississippi

6.8 1935 Movie
Cameo Kirby

Cameo Kirby

5.9 1923 Movie
The River of Romance

The River of Romance

5.7 1929 Movie
Gentle Julia

Gentle Julia

9.0 1923 Movie
The Man From Home

The Man From Home

5.7 1922 Movie

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Newton Booth Tarkington (1869–1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered America's greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Tarkington, along with Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2002
    The Magnificent Ambersons

    Movie Novel

  2. 1951
    On Moonlight Bay

    Movie Story

  3. 1946
    Monsieur Beaucaire

    Movie Novel

  4. 1943
    Presenting Lily Mars

    Movie Novel

  5. 1942
    The Magnificent Ambersons

    Movie Novel

  6. 1941
    Father's Son

    Movie Story

  7. 1940
    Little Orvie

    Movie Novel

  8. 1940
    Seventeen

    Movie Novel

  9. 1938
    Penrod's Double Trouble

    Movie Story

  10. 1938
    Penrod and His Twin Brother

    Movie Story

  11. 1937
    Penrod and Sam

    Movie Novel

  12. 1937
    Clarence

    Movie Theatre Play

  13. 1936
    Gentle Julia

    Movie Novel

  14. 1935
    Alice Adams

    Movie Novel

  15. 1935
    Mississippi

    Movie Story

  16. 1932
    Business and Pleasure

    Movie Novel

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  1. 1931
    Penrod and Sam

    Movie Story

  2. 1931
    Father's Son

    Movie Novel

  3. 1930
    Monte Carlo

    Movie Novel

  4. 1930
    Cameo Kirby

    Movie Theatre Play

  5. 1929
    Mister Antonio

    Movie Theatre Play

  6. 1929
    The River of Romance

    Movie Original Story

  7. 1929
    Geraldine

    Movie Original Story

  8. 1925
    The Man Who Found Himself

    Movie Co-Writer

  9. 1925
    Pampered Youth

    Movie Novel

  10. 1924
    The Turmoil

    Movie Novel

  11. 1924
    Monsieur Beaucaire

    Movie Novel

  12. 1924
    The Fighting Coward

    Movie Theatre Play

  13. 1924
    Pied Piper Malone

    Movie Story

  14. 1923
    Boy of Mine

    Movie Story

  15. 1923
    Gentle Julia

    Movie Novel

  16. 1923
    Cameo Kirby

    Movie Original Story

  17. 1923
    Penrod and Sam

    Movie Novel

  18. 1923
    Alice Adams

    Movie Novel

  19. 1922
    The Flirt

    Movie Novel

  20. 1922
    Clarence

    Movie Theatre Play

  21. 1922
    The Man From Home

    Movie Writer

  22. 1922
    Penrod

    Movie Novel

  23. 1921
    The Conquest of Canaan

    Movie Novel

  24. 1921
    You Find it Everywhere

    Movie Novel