Douglas sold the motion picture rights to The Robe, though the film, starring Richard Burton, was not released until 1953, after Douglas's death. The Robe sold more than 2 million copies, without any reprint edition. Hudson's Secret Journal, a prequel to The Magnificent Obsession, aired on syndicated television in 1955-1957. The film of Disputed Passage was released in 1939. White Banners, starring Claude Raines and Fay Bainter, came to the screen in 1938. Magnificent Obsession was adapted for the screen twice, first in 1935 in a film starring Robert Taylor and Irene Dunne, and in 1954, with Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman.ĭouglas then wrote Forgive Us Our Trespasses Precious Jeopardy Green Light White Banners Disputed Passage Invitation To Live Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal The Robe, and The Big Fisherman, In 1937, Green Light was made into a film starring Errol Flynn. Critics held that his type of fiction was in the tradition of the great religious writings of an earlier generation, such as Ben-Hur and Quo Vadis. His first novel, Magnificent Obsession, published in 1929, was an immediate success. His biographer, Louis Sheaffer, comments, 'he never stated publicly why he changed denominations.' James United Church in Montreal, Quebec, from which pulpit he retired to write. Minister of the First Congregational Church of Akron from 1920 to 1926, then to Los Angeles, California, and finally to St.

The next six years, he was minister of The First Congregational Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from there moving to Akron, Ohio, and serving as the Sr. From 1911 to 1915, he was director of religious work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He served in pastorates in North Manchester, Indiana, Lancaster, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. degree from Wittenberg College (now Wittenberg University) in Springfield, Ohio, in 1903, Douglas was ordained in the Lutheran ministry. Douglas, 4 at the time and Virginia V Douglas, 2 at the time.Īfter receiving the A.M. According to the 1910 Census Douglas was listed as a Lutheran clergyman. He was born in Columbia City, Indiana, spending part of his boyhood in Monroeville, Indiana, Wilmot, Indiana and Florence, Kentucky, where his father, Alexander Jackson Douglas, was pastor of the Hopeful Lutheran Church. Lloyd Cassel Douglas (Aug– February 13, 1951) was an American minister and author.ĭouglas was one of the most popular American authors of his time, although he did not write his first novel until he was 50. The Robe, The Big Fisherman, Magnificent Obsession

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