Marcus Goodrich

{{Short description|American screenwriter and novelist}} {{Infobox person |name = Marcus A. Goodrich |image= |caption= |birth_date = {{birth date|1897|11|28}} |birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S |death_date = {{death date and age|1991|10|20|1897|11|28}} |death_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |occupation = Screenwriter, novelist |spouse = {{marriage|Olivia de Havilland<br>|August 26, 1946|1953|end=div}} |notable_works = ''Delilah'' | children =1 }}

'''Marcus Aurelius Goodrich''' (November 28, 1897 – October 20, 1991) was an American screenwriter and novelist.

==Biography== He was the first husband of the actress Olivia de Havilland. Their only son Benjamin was born on September 27, 1949. He was married beforehand to Elizabeth Norton, Henriette Alice McCrea-Metcalf, Caroline Sleeth, and Renee Oakman.<ref name="University of Kentucky Libraries">{{cite web|title=Henrietta Alice Metcalf Performing Arts Photographic Collection|url=https://nyx.uky.edu/fa/findingaid/?id=xt7gxd0qsz74|website=University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center|accessdate=8 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The longest story never told: An enigmatic author puzzles over his sequel - 12 Dec 1982, Sun • Page 295|journal=Chicago Tribune|date=1982|page=295|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16364085/chicago_tribune/|accessdate=8 January 2018}}</ref>

He associated with the Ernest Hemingway group in Paris and was a protégé of Philip Wylie. He is best known for his 1941 novel ''Delilah''.

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{{Tree chart |P24| |P22|V|P21|-|P23| |P20| |P2|V|P1|V|P3| |P6|V|P9 |P1=Olivia Mary de Havilland<br />1916–2020 |P2=Marcus Goodrich<br />1897–1991 |P3=Pierre Galante<br />1909–1998 |P6=Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland<br />1917–2013 |P9=William McElroy Dozier<br />1908–1991 |P20=Hereward de Havilland<br />1894–1976 |P21=Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland<br />1882–1965 |P22=Louise Thomas<br />{{c.|1879}}–1949 |P23=Joan Mary Frith<br />1900–1974 |P24=Ivon Molesworth Charles Jordan de Havilland<br />1879–1905 |boxstyle_P1=background:pink; |boxstyle_P2=color:yellow; background-color: green; |boxstyle_P3=background:lightblue; |boxstyle_P6=background:pink; |boxstyle_P22=background:pink; |boxstyle_P23=background:pink; |boxstyle_P9=background:lightblue; |boxstyle_P20=background:lightblue; |boxstyle_P21=background:lightblue; |boxstyle_P24=background:lightblue; }}

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==External links== {{IMDb name|0329318}}

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