Andrew Soutar

Andrew Soutar (1879 – 1941) was a British novelist and journalist.

Andrew Soutar
Born	1879 Swindon, Wiltshire
Died	24 November 1941 Cornwall, England United Kingdom
Other names	Edward Andrew Stagg
Occupation(s)	Writer, Journalist

Biography

Born Edward Andrew Stagg, Soutar married Elspeth Soutar Swinton in 1907 at Prestwich, Lancashire adopting the name Soutar shortly after. Soutar was a correspondent, but is better known today for his novels, which were often serialized in newspapers. He also wrote pulp adventure stories for magazines.^[1] Soutar's stories proved very popular with filmmakers, with a number being made into films during the silent era.

Selected novels

• Back From the Dead (London, 1920) was made into a 1925 film Back to Life

Filmography

• The Black Night, directed by Harold Weston (UK, 1916, based on the novel The Black Night)
• The Green Orchard, directed by Harold Weston (UK, 1916, based on the novel The Green Orchard)
• The Streets of Illusion, directed by William Parke (1917, based on a story by Andrew Soutar)
• Souls Adrift, directed by Harley Knoles (1917, based on a story by Andrew Soutar)
• High Stakes [fr], directed by Arthur Hoyt (1918, based on the short story High Stakes)
• The Great Game, directed by A. E. Coleby (UK, 1918, based on the novel The Straight Game)
• His Parisian Wife, directed by Émile Chautard (1919, based on the novel The Green Orchard)
• The Sealed Envelope, directed by Douglas Gerrard (1919, based on a story by Andrew Soutar)
• Snow in the Desert, directed by Walter West (UK, 1919, based on the novel Snow in the Desert)
• Other Men's Shoes, directed by Edgar Lewis (1920, based on the novel Other Men's Shoes)
• A Beggar in Purple [fr], directed by Edgar Lewis (1920, based on the novel A Beggar in Purple)
• Courage, directed by Sidney Franklin (1921, based on a story by Andrew Soutar)
• The Imperfect Lover, directed by Walter West (UK, 1921, based on the novel The Imperfect Lover)
• Love's Redemption, directed by Albert Parker (1921, based on the short story On Principle)
• Was She Justified?, directed by Walter West (UK, 1922, based on the play The Pruning Knife)
• Hornet's Nest, directed by Walter West (UK, 1923, based on the novel Hornet's Nest)
• In the Blood, directed by Walter West (UK, 1923, based on the novel In the Blood)
• Back to Life, directed by Whitman Bennett (1925, based on the novel Back from the Dead)
• Romances of the Prize Ring, seven short films (UK, 1926, based on stories by Andrew Soutar)
• Butterflies in the Rain, directed by Edward Sloman (1926, based on the novel Butterflies in the Rain)
• The Phantom in the House, directed by Phil Rosen (1929, based on the novel The Phantom in the House)
• Worldly Goods, directed by Phil Rosen (1930, based on a story by Andrew Soutar)
• Almost Married, directed by William Cameron Menzies (1932, based on the novel The Devil's Triangle)
• The Man Called Back, directed by Robert Florey (1932, based on the novel Silent Thunder)

Screenwriter

• A Bag of Gold (UK, 1915, short film)
• I Hear You Calling Me (dir. A. E. Coleby, UK, 1919)
• A Gipsy Cavalier (dir. J. Stuart Blackton, UK, 1922)

References

1. Brooker and Thacker p. 201

Bibliography

• Peter Brooker & Andrew Thacker. The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Volume II: North America 1894-1960. Oxford University Press, 2012.

External links

• Andrew Soutar at IMDb
• Play by Andrew Soutar on Great War Theatre website