The "Sun" Short Stories of Alan Wardrope : Boy journalist to Hollywood executive, the journey of an old school writer., Volume 1: Boy journalist to Hollywood executive, the journey of an old school writer.

By Godl, John, F.

Book Id: WPLBN0100750113
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Reproduction Date: 2/12/2024

Title:	The "Sun" Short Stories of Alan Wardrope : Boy journalist to Hollywood executive, the journey of an old school writer., Volume 1: Boy journalist to Hollywood executive, the journey of an old school writer.
Author:	Godl, John, F.
Volume:	Volume 1
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, History of America, Motion picture industry in US and Australia.
Collections:	Authors Community, Biographies
Historic Publication Date:	2024
Publisher:	Wardrope Bros Production.

Member Page:	John Godl
Citation APA MLA Chicago Godl, J. F., & Wardrope, A. J. (2024). The Sun Short Stories of Alan Wardrope : Boy journalist to Hollywood executive, the journey of an old school writer., Volume 1. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
With a constant need for entertaining copy Alan earned a good side income by writing short stories for the "Sun" Short Story section; here are a selection of 16 of these stories published in the 1940's and 50's which reveal his inner novelist, a great story teller of the less is more school. A talent which would resurface again in his retirement with critically acclaimed novels 'Lost Expectations' (2011) and 'The Returning' (2013).

Summary
At age 18 aspiring writer Alan James Wardrope got his dream job, secured a cadetship with Associated Newspapers to train to become a journalist with the prominent Sydney newspaper The Sun. Embarking on a career modern journalism students could only dream of. Taking him to Hollywood where he moved in the highest circles of power, before returning to Australia at the invitation of the government to help launch its motion picture industry on the world stage in the 1970's.

Excerpt
“Galston Silver stood at the french window watching the rain start from a sullen sky. It was as if the heavens were weeping, he thought, because tonight Weston must die." - Psychological Factor.

Table of Contents
Preface: Setting the scene A Wrong Choice …..................... 8 Finishing Touch …..................... 10 Fools Rush In …..................... 13 His One Regret …...................... 15 Lifeboat ….............................. 18 Matter of Principal ….................. 20 Nightmare …............................ 22 Quiet Town …............................ 24 Sunday Reverie …........................ 27 The Big Wait …......................... 30 The Casual Man …...................... 33 The Eyes of Sweeny …................... 35 The Methodical Man …................... 37 The Set Up ….......................... 39 The Stand In …........................ 41 Two of a Kind …...................... 44 Tomorrows Destiny …................... 47 Psychological Factor …................. 49 The New Man …......................... 51 The Uninvited …....................... 54 Epilogue: Scrapbook of my career - a look back at an amazing life, behind the scenes.