Gladys Gordon (aka G.G. Pendarves, Gladys Gordon Trenery and Marjory E. Lambe, lived 1885–1938) was an English novelist and screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era.[1][2]
Gladys Gordon | |
|---|---|
| Other names | G.G. Pendarves Gladys Gordon Trenery |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, author |
Biography edit
Gordon was born in England in 1885.[2] On all of her screenplays, she collaborated with fellow writer Ada McQuillan.[3][4][2] Under her "G.G. Pendarves" name, Gordon was known for her short stories on the occult and ghosts, which were published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales.[1][2][5] Gordon also wrote adventure fiction about the exploits of Westerners in North Africa; these were published in the pulp magazines Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.[5]
Gordon died in late 1938, in The Wirral, Cheshire.[5] In the December 1938 issue of Weird Tales, editor Farnsworth Wright published an obituary for her, revealing that "G. G. Pendarves" had been Gordon's pseudonym.[5]
Selected filmography edit
- The Girl He Didn't Buy (1928)
- Golden Shackles (1928)
- Wilful Youth (1927)
- Web of Fate (1927)
Selected bibliography edit
Short fiction edit
- The Return (1924)
- The Devil's Graveyard (1924)
- The Power of the Dog (1927)
- The Lord of the Tarn (1927)
- The Eighth Green Man (1928)
- The Ruler of Zem-Zem (1928)
- The Doomed Treveans (1928)
- The Laughing Thing (1929)
- The Grave at Goonhilly (1930)
- The Footprint (1930)
- The Black Camel (1930)
- The Veiled Leopard (1930)
- Thirty Pieces of Silver (1931)
- The Secret Trail (1931)
- El Hamel, the Lost One (1932)
- The Djinnee of El Sheyb (1932)
- From the Dark Halls of Hell (1932)
- The Altar of Melek Taos (1932)
- Abd Dhulma, Lord of Fire (1933)
- Passport to the Desert (1934)
- Werewolf of the Sahara (1936)
- The Dark Star (1937)
- The Whistling Corpse (1937)
- Thing of Darkness (1937)
- The Black Monk (1938)
- The Sin-Eater (1938)
- The Withered Heart (1939)
Collections edit
- Pendarves, G. G. Thing of Darkness. Midnight House, Seattle, Wash., 2005. ISBN 978-0-9740589-9-3
- Pendarves, G. G. Thirty Pieces of Silver. Black Dog Books, Normal, Il., 2009. ISBN 1-928619-85-1
References edit
- ^ a b Dalby, Richard. The Virago book of ghost stories. The twentieth century Virago, London, 1987. ISBN 9780860688105 (p.328)
- ^ a b c d Howard, Robert E.; Quinn, Seabury (2003-08-01). Far Below and Other Horrors from the Pulps. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 9781592241682.
- ^ "Web of Fate (1927) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ "Thing of Darkness". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ a b c d Weinberg, Robert E. "Beware the Black Camel", in Thirty Pieces of Silver by G. G. Pendarves. Black Dog Books, 2009. ISBN 1928619851 (pg. 7-10)