Christopher Morley

Christopher Morley was born on May 05, 1890 in USA. Christopher Morley's big-screen debut came with Kitty Foyle directed by Sam Wood in 1940.

Christopher Morley was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania in 1890. His father was a mathematics professor at Haverford College. As a child Morley was a dedicated bookworm. He was graduated from Haverford and won a Rhodes scholarship which enabled him to attend New College, Oxford. While there he published his first book, a volume of poems. He returned to the States; in 1913 he began work at Doubleday. His first novel, "Parnassus on Wheels", essentially a story about a bookmobile -- the first one -- was a success on both sides of the Atlantic, and he followed it with "The Haunted Bookshop". In New York, he contributed to many magazines, and was a contributing editor of "The Saturday Review". Morley earned the loyalty of many who worked with and for him. He continued to publish short stories, plays, poems, and novels. Many, including stories for children, are still in print. His novel _Kitty Foyle (1940)_ starred 'Ginger Rodgers', who garnered an Academy Award for her performance.