Thompson Buchanan

'''Thompson Buchanan''' (June 21, 1877 - October 15, 1937) was an American writer. While a journalist he began writing novels, and then turned to plays, with 1909's ''A Woman's Way'' starring Grace George being his first hit. He began writing for movies in 1916, and also wrote radio sketches.<ref name="rogers">[https://books.google.com/books?id=mVCwTF5Zt_IC&pg=PA195 The Papers of Will Rogers], p. 195 (2005)</ref><ref name="eaton">Eaton, Walter Prichard. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Kos0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR8 Introduction to A Woman's Way] (1915)</ref>

Buchanan was married twice. First to Katharine Winterbotham<ref name="first">(4 June 1915). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/06/04/106786943.pdf Thompson Buchahan Weds], ''The New York Times''</ref> from 1915-1927, and then actress Joan Lowell from 1927-1929.<ref name="joan1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=P_ODoCwz2EsC&pg=PA138 Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook], p. 138 (2009)</ref> When Winterbotham married a man from India, Kumar Jehan Seesodia-Warliker, Buchanan successfully sued for custody of their son on the grounds that Seesodia-Warliker was not white.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Jul 10, 1933 |title=National Affairs: Custody |url=https://time.com/archive/6752970/national-affairs-custody/ |journal=Time}}</ref>

Buchanan died in Louisville, Kentucky on October 15, 1937, suffering a heart attack during a trip to visit family.<ref name="nyobit">(16 October 1937). [https://www.nytimes.com/1937/10/16/archives/thompson-buchanan-long-a-playwright-radio-sketch-writer-and-former.html Thompson Buchanan, Long a Playwright], ''The New York Times''</ref>

==Selected bibliography== * ''The Castle Comedy'' (1904 novel)<ref name="castle1">(24 September 1904). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/09/24/101398492.pdf The Love of a Willful Maid], ''The New York Times''</ref> * ''Judith Triumphant'' (1905 novel)<ref name="judith1">(29 April 1905). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/04/29/101704864.pdf The Triumph of Judea (review)], ''The New York Times''</ref> * ''The Intruder'' (1908 play)<ref name="intruder1">(10 April 1908). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/04/10/104722272.pdf "The Intruder" Deals With Divorce Theme], ''The New York Times''</ref> * ''A Woman's Way'' (1909 play) * ''The Cub'' (1910 play)<ref name="cub1">(2 November 1910). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/11/02/102050676.pdf "The Cub" Satirizes Feuds in Kentucky], ''The New York Times''</ref> * ''The Rack'' (1911 play)<ref name="rack1">(16 September 1911). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/09/16/104875112.pdf Slow Torture at the Playhouse], ''The New York Times''</ref> * ''Life'' (1914 play)<ref name="life1">(1 November 1914). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/11/01/301755762.pdf Life Behind the Scenes A Serious Proposition], ''The New York Times''</ref> * ''Civilian Clothes'' (1919 play) * ''The Sporting Thing To Do'' (1922 play)

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==External links== * {{IBDB name|8884}} * {{IMDb name|0118083}} * {{Internet Archive author|sname=Thompson Buchanan}} * {{Librivox author |id=15299}}

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