The Great Gay Road (novel)

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The Great Gay Road is a novel by the British writer Tom Gallon first published in 1910. It inspired the 1918 play The Call of the Road by Mrs George Norman. [1]

Tom Gallon was a British playwright and novelist. He was the brother of author and publicist Nellie Tom-Gallon, who founded the Tom-Gallon Trust Award for beginning writers in memory of her brother.

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Film adaptations

The novel has twice been adapted into films. A 1920 silent version The Great Gay Road and a 1931 sound film The Great Gay Road .

The Great Gay Road is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Norman MacDonald and starring Stewart Rome, Pauline Johnson and John Stuart. It was an adaptation of a 1910 novel The Great Gay Road by Tom Gallon which was later made as a sound film The Great Gay Road in 1931.

The Great Gay Road is a 1931 British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Stewart Rome, Frank Stanmore and Kate Cutler.

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  1. Nicoll p.858

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