Penrod
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| Author | Booth Tarkington |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
| Publication date | 1914 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Followed by | Penrod and Sam |
Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the trials and misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States, in a similar vein to Tom Sawyer. Penrod establishes the characters and the relationships between them who go on to appear in two further books, Penrod and Sam (1916) and Penrod Jashber (1929). The three books were published together in one volume, Penrod: His Complete Story, in 1931.
[edit] On stage and screen
This list includes all films based on the Penrod stories by Booth Tarkington, including the sequels to Penrod.
- Penrod (1918), play adapted by Edward E. Rose and staged in New York City.
- Penrod (1922), silent film, with Wesley Barry as Penrod.
- Penrod and Sam (1923), silent film, based on the first sequel to Penrod, with Ben Alexander as Penrod.
- Penrod and Sam (1931), with Leon Janney as Penrod.
- Snakes Alive (1931), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- One Good Deed (1931), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Batter Up! (1931), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Detectuvs (1932), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- His Honor -- Penrod (1932), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Hot Dog (1932), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Penrod's Bull Pen (1932), (comedy short), with Billy Hayes as Penrod.
- Penrod and Sam (1937), with Billy Mauch as Penrod, the first of three Penrod films starring the Mauch twins.
- Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938), with Billy and Bobby Mauch as the leads.
- Penrod's Double Trouble (1938), with Billy and Bobby Mauch as the leads.
- On Moonlight Bay (1951), a musical with Billy Gray as Wesley Winfield (Penrod), Doris Day as his sister Marjorie (the lead), and Gordon MacRae as her love interest.
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), the musical sequel to On Moonlight Bay, with the same cast.
[edit] External links
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- Penrod, available at Project Gutenberg.
