Edward Streeter

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Edward Streeter (born August 1, 1891 in Buffalo , New York , † March 31, 1976 in New York City ) was an American journalist and writer .

Life

Edward Streeter studied at Harvard University and after graduating in 1914 became a journalist with the Buffalo Express . He was a war reporter and travel journalist in Europe during the First World War . During the war he became known with the humorous column Dere Mable . After the end of the war, his contributions were republished in the two books Dere Mable (1918) and Thats me all over, Mable (1919). When he returned to the USA, he ended his career as a journalist and switched to the business world. He was Vice President of Fifth Avenue Bank , later the Bank of New York , for nearly 25 years .

During this time, however, he continued to write short stories and articles for magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and McCall's . With Daily Except Sundays his first novel published in 1938 and Father of the Bride 1949 his most successful. The latter was a comedy published in 1950 by Herbig Verlag under the title Der Brautvater in the German-speaking area. The book was filmed a year later with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor in the leading roles under the title Father of the Bride and served as a template for a television series that ran from 1960 to 1961. In addition, his second successful novel Mr. Hobbs' Vacation was made into a film in 1962 with James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara in the lead roles under the title Mr. Hobbs is on vacation .

Works

  • 1918: Dere Mable
  • 1919: Thats me all over, Mable
  • 1938: Daily Except Sunday
  • 1949: Father of the Bride
    • 1950: The bride's father . Herbig Verlag, 221 pages
  • 1952: Skoal Scandinavia
  • 1954: Mr. Hobbs' Vacation
    • 1955: Father's vacation . Herbig Verlag, 276 pages
  • 1956: Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter
  • 1957: Mr. Robbins Rides Again
  • 1957: Window on America
  • 1961: Chairman of the Bored
    • 1962: Sixty-five is not an age . Herbig Verlag, 300 pages
  • 1964: Along the Ridge
  • 1969: Ham Martin, Class of '17

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SURNAME Streeter, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1976
Place of death New York City , United States