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- Lloyd Cassel Douglas was a noteworthy American minister and author. He was born in Columbia City, Indiana, spent 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. He died in Los Angeles, California. Douglas was one of the most popular American authors of his time, although he didn't write his first novel until he was 50 yrs. of age. He was the son of a minister, and after receiving the A.M. degree from Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio, in 1903, he was ordained in the Lutheran ministry. He served in pastorates in North Manchester, Indiana, Lancaster, Ohio, and Washington, D.C.. From 1911 to 1915, he was director of religious work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 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. Minister of the First Congregational Church of Akron from 1920 - 1926 then to Los Angeles, California and finally to the St. James United Church at Montreal, Quebec, from which pulpit he retired to write. His biographer, Louis Sheaffer, comments, "he never stated publicly why he changed denominations. " His written works were of a moral, didactic, and distinctly religious tone. His first novel, Magnificent Obsession, published in 1929, was an immediate and sensational success. 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. Douglas 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. The Robe sold more than 2 million copies, without any reprint edition. Douglas sold the motion picture rights to this story, though the film, starring Richard Burton, was not released until 1953, after Douglas's death. His own unhappy experience of filming prompted Douglas, when he produced The Big Fisherman as the sequel to The Robe, to stipulate that The Big Fisherman would be his last novel, and that he would not permit it to be made into a motion picture, used over the radio, condensed or serialised. Eventually, The Big Fisherman was filmed in 1959, starring Howard Keel in one of his few non-singing screen roles as Peter. His last book was the autobiographical Time To Remember which described his life up to his childhood and education for the ministry. He died before he was able to write the intended second volume but the task was completed in The Shape of Sunday by his daughters, Virginia Douglas Dawson and Betty Douglas Wilson. Douglas is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
- Lloyd Cassel Douglas byl americký luteránský pastor a autor několika úspěšných historických románů z doby počátku křesťanství. Jeho romány jsou podobné v Česku mnohem známějším románům Henryka Sienkiewicze.
- Lloyd Cassel Douglas fue un famoso escritor estadounidense nacido en 1877 en Columbia, Indiana y fallecido en 1951. Para comprender la temática de sus novelas hay que saber que fue educado y formado como pastor luterano, y fue sólo en 1933, cuando se dedicó exclusivamente a la profesión de escritor. Para la temática de sus novelas le fueron muy útiles sus estudios bíblicos y su educación religiosa. Debe su popularidad sobre todo a que muchas de sus obras fueron llevadas al cine, su novela más conocida El manto de Cristo fue adaptada en 1953 por Henry Koster en la película titulada La túnica sagrada, que sería la primera película en Cinemascope. Otra novela suya sobre los primeros tiempos del cristianismo que también fue adaptada fue El Gran Pescador, en la que relataba la historia de San Pedro. En la novela Sublime Obsesión, donde también se exaltan los valores cristianos, contaba la vida de un médico del siglo XX. Esta novela fue llevada magistralmente dos veces al cine, una en los años treinta y otra en los cincuenta.
- Lloyd Cassel Douglas est un pasteur et également un auteur américain des plus populaires de son temps. Dans un premier temps il fut pasteur, marié et père de deux filles. À plus de 50 ans il commença à écrire et prit sa retraite pour se consacrer à l'écriture de romans dès 1933. Son premier roman, Magnificent Obsession, publié en 1929, fut immédiatement un véritable succès adapté au cinéma dès 1935. Il écrivit ensuite Forgive Us Our Trespasses; Precious Jeopardy; Green Light (Le Signal vert); White Banners (Les Bannières blanches); Disputed Passage (Le Passage disputé); Invitation to Live; Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal; The Robe (La Tunique), The Big Fisherman (Le Grand Pécheur). Ses livres veulent transmettre un message chrétien soit à travers une expérience moderne s'inspirant notamment du thème de la médecine, soit à travers des récits romancés contemporains du Christ, qui font évoluer des personnages dont il transforme la vie.
- Lloyd Cassel Douglas, foi um ministro da Igreja Luterana, além de escritor de romances voltados para a religião e para moral, nascido a 27 de agosto de 1877, em Colúmbia City, Estados Unidos da América, e falecido em Los Angeles, Califórnia, a 13 de fevereiro de 1951. Douglas tornou-se ministro luterano em 1903, dedicando sua vida inteira aos estudos bíblicos e históricos, logrando, ao fim de 30 anos de pesquisa, realizar com êxito a artística combinação de verdade e ficção, através do romance O Manto de Cristo, publicado em 1942, considerada sua obra mais importante. O Manto de Cristo é uma reconstituição do período imediatamente seguinte a crucificação de Jesus Cristo, na Palestina, e dos primórdios do cristianismo entre gregos e romanos, tendo por base de ficção o imaginário destino da túnica inconstútil de Cristo. O Manto de Cristo deu origem a primeira fita cinematográfica em CinemaScope, intitulada O Manto Sagrado(título no Brasil), dirigida por Henry Koster, em 1953, pela 20th Century Fox. Os direitos de filmagem do romance de Douglas pertenciam ao estúdio RKO pictures desde 1943, mas jamais conseguiram levá-lo as telas, logo, resolveram vender os direitos autorais para 20th Century Fox. O Chefão do estúdio, Darryl F. Zanuck ofereceu o personagem Marcellus Gallio a Tyrone Power, como forma de conseguir a renovação de seu contrato junto a Fox. Power não aceitou a proposta. Logo, o papel acabou nas mãos do ator galês Richard Burton, que iniciava sua trajetória em Hollywood. No elenco ainda, os famosos ícones do cinema Victor Mature, Jean Simmons, e Michael Rennie. Lloyd Douglas foi um escritor fecundo. Também escreveu, entre outras, as seguintes obras: A Vida cotidiana de um Ministro(1924); Sublíme Obsessão(1929), que foi também levada as telas do cinema em duas versões: uma em 1935, com Robert Taylor e Irene Dunne, e outra em 1955, com Rock Hudson e Jane Wyman, ambos da Universal Pictures; o Perigo Precioso(1933); O Diário Secreto do Dr. Hudson(1936); Bandeiras Brancas(1936); Convite para Viver(1940); O Grande Pescador(1948), romance sobre a vida de São Pedro, que foi levado ao cinema em 1959, com Howard Keel no papel do apóstolo de Cristo; e a autobiografia Uma época para recordar, em 1951.
- Lloyd C. Douglas var en amerikansk författare. Han skrev bland annat historiska och religiösa romaner. Både Den purpurröda manteln och Magnificent obsession har filmatiserats.
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- Lloyd Cassel Douglas was a noteworthy American minister and author. He was born in Columbia City, Indiana, spent 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. He died in Los Angeles, California. Douglas was one of the most popular American authors of his time, although he didn't write his first novel until he was 50 yrs. of age.
- Lloyd Cassel Douglas byl americký luteránský pastor a autor několika úspěšných historických románů z doby počátku křesťanství. Jeho romány jsou podobné v Česku mnohem známějším románům Henryka Sienkiewicze.
- Lloyd Cassel Douglas fue un famoso escritor estadounidense nacido en 1877 en Columbia, Indiana y fallecido en 1951. Para comprender la temática de sus novelas hay que saber que fue educado y formado como pastor luterano, y fue sólo en 1933, cuando se dedicó exclusivamente a la profesión de escritor. Para la temática de sus novelas le fueron muy útiles sus estudios bíblicos y su educación religiosa.
- Lloyd Cassel Douglas est un pasteur et également un auteur américain des plus populaires de son temps. Dans un premier temps il fut pasteur, marié et père de deux filles. À plus de 50 ans il commença à écrire et prit sa retraite pour se consacrer à l'écriture de romans dès 1933. Son premier roman, Magnificent Obsession, publié en 1929, fut immédiatement un véritable succès adapté au cinéma dès 1935.
- Lloyd Cassel Douglas, foi um ministro da Igreja Luterana, além de escritor de romances voltados para a religião e para moral, nascido a 27 de agosto de 1877, em Colúmbia City, Estados Unidos da América, e falecido em Los Angeles, Califórnia, a 13 de fevereiro de 1951.
- Lloyd C. Douglas var en amerikansk författare. Han skrev bland annat historiska och religiösa romaner. Både Den purpurröda manteln och Magnificent obsession har filmatiserats.
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