Penrod
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| Penrod | |
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 1st edition |
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| Author(s) | Booth Tarkington |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 1914 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Followed by | Penrod and Sam |
Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States, in a similar vein to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.[1][2] In Penrod, Tarkington established characters who appeared in two further books, Penrod and Sam (1916) and Penrod Jashber (1929). The three books were published together in one volume, Penrod: His Complete Story, in 1931.
[edit] On stage and screen
This list includes all films based on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington, including the sequels to Penrod.
- Penrod (1918), play adapted by Edward E. Rose and staged in New York City.
- Penrod (1922), silent film, with Wesley Barry as Penrod.
- Penrod and Sam (1923), silent film, based on the first sequel to Penrod, with Ben Alexander as Penrod.
- Penrod and Sam (1931), with Leon Janney as Penrod.
- Snakes Alive (1931), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- One Good Deed (1931), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Batter Up! (1931), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Detectuvs (1932), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- His Honor -- Penrod (1932), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Hot Dog (1932), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Penrod's Bull Pen (1932), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Penrod and Sam (1937), with Billy Mauch as Penrod, the first of three Penrod films starring the Mauch twins.
- Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938), with Billy and Bobby Mauch as the leads.
- Penrod's Double Trouble (1938), with Billy and Bobby Mauch as the leads.
- On Moonlight Bay (1951), a musical with Billy Gray [1] as Wesley Winfield (Penrod), Doris Day as his sister Marjorie (the lead), and Gordon MacRae as her love interest.
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), the musical sequel to On Moonlight Bay, with the same cast.
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