Long Lost Father (novel)

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Long Lost Father
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First US edition
Author Gladys Bronwyn Stern
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy drama
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf (US)
Publication date
1933
Media typePrint

Long Lost Father is a 1933 novel by the British writer Gladys Bronwyn Stern. [1] A woman's long-lost wastrel father comes back into her life after many years absence.

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Film adaptation

In 1934 it was made into an American film of the same title produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and starring John Barrymore and Helen Chandler and Alan Mowbray. [2]

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References

  1. Watson & Willison p.743
  2. Goble p.441

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