Bruce Manning (Author)

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Bruce Manning (born July 15, 1902 in New York , † August 3, 1965 in Encino , San Fernando Valley , California ) was an American journalist, writer and filmmaker.

Life

Manning worked as a journalist mainly in New Orleans ( Louisiana ) for the Times-Picayune . There he soon met the writer Gwen Bristow , and in 1929 the two married in New Orleans.

Manning wrote four detective novels with her and published them under their names. Manning later went to Hollywood with his wife , where he also wrote some scripts . In 1943 he directed his only film, The Amazing Mrs. Holliday .

Manning later settled with his wife in Encino, north of Los Angeles , in the San Fernando Valley. There he died three weeks after his 63rd birthday on August 3, 1965 and was also buried there.

Works

Scripts (selection)
Detective novels
  • The Invisible Host , 1930
  • The Gutenberg Murders , 1931
  • The Mardi Gras Murders , 1932
  • Two and Two Make Twenty-two , 1932

Film adaptations

literature

  • Armin Arnold u. a. (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer. Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 85.

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personal data
SURNAME Manning, Bruce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist, writer and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 1965
Place of death Encino , San Fernando Valley , California