After reading the autobiography (HOW TO BECOME A COMPLETE
NONENTITY) of Richard Wormser, pulp writer, screen writer and
novelist, I looked him up on the Internet Movie Database
(Imdb) and was surprised to see him listed as the producer of
a documentary aired on PBS years after his death.
A little research turned up the second Richard Wormser and I
submitted a correction to Imdb and the error has been
eliminated. I was interested enough to order the companion
book to the young Mr. Wormser's series "The Rise and Fall of
Jim Crow" and am glad I did. It is a fine history with many
striking photographs.
The older Wormser's autobiography was published just last
year by a nephew in a POD edition from iUniverse. It is
frustrating in many ways and does not even mention his Gold
Medal novels. I suspect it was an early draft to which
Wormser did not return to complete or polish. But I still
enjoyed it quite a bit, especially his recollections of
writing for the pulps such as Argosy and his years as a
screenwriter for Columbia, Universal and Republic. He also
wrote an interesting cook book (SOUTWEST COOKERY Doubleday
1969) with many recipes I might try and some I won't, such as
that for Morcilla de Cabrito, even if I could find a quart of
kid's blood.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for separating the two Wormsers. Yet more
evidence that any
> facts gathered from the internet should be
corroborated. Here's
another
> bio of Wormser the documentarian (with no credit for
the other
Wormser's
> Gold Medal work):
>
>
www.bookrags.com/biography/richard-wormser-aya
>
> Sounds like he'd also be of interest here, with his
documentaries
and/or
> books on Pinkerton and hobos.
>
> Mark
>
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