The_Ball_of_Fortune_(novel)

<i>The Ball of Fortune</i> (novel)

The Ball of Fortune (novel)

1925 novel

The Ball of Fortune is a 1925 sports mystery novel by the British writer Sydney Horler, a prolific author. As with many other of his novels during the decade it was serialised by the News of the World.[1]

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Film adaptation

In 1926 it was adapted into a silent film of the same title featuring real-life football Billy Meredith as well as actors Mabel Poulton, Dorothy Boyd and John Longden.[2] Shooting took place at Elland Road, home of Leeds United.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Glynn p.26-27
  2. [2]
    Goble p.228
  3. [3]
    Glynn p.27

Bibliography

  • Glynn, Stephen. The British Football Film. Springer, 2018.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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