Gladys Gordon

Summary

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 namesG.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

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

  1. ^ a b Dalby, Richard. The Virago book of ghost stories. The twentieth century Virago, London, 1987. ISBN 9780860688105 (p.328)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Web of Fate (1927) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  4. ^ "Thing of Darkness". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  5. ^ 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)