Lloyd C. Douglas

Lloyd Cassel Douglas (August 27, 1877 – February 13, 1951) was an American minister and author. Although Douglas was one of the most popular American authors of his time, he did not write his first novel until the age of 50.

Biography Douglas was born in Columbia City, Indiana. His father was a minister and the family lived for part of Douglas's boyhood in Monroeville and Wilmot, Indiana and Florence, Kentucky. In Florence, his father was the pastor of the Hopeful Lutheran Church.

After receiving a degree from Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio in 1903, Douglas was ordained in the Lutheran ministry. He served in pastorates in North Manchester, Indiana, Lancaster, Ohio and Washington, D.C.

After his ordainment, Douglas married Bessie I. Porch. They had two daughters together: Bessie J. Douglas, born about 1899, and Virginia V. Douglas, born about 1901.

Adaptations

Magnificent Obsession (1935), film directed by John M. Stahl, based on novel Magnificent Obsession Green Light (1937), film directed by Frank Borzage, based on novel Green Light White Banners (1938), film directed by Edmund Goulding, based on novel White Banners Disputed Passage (1939), film directed by Frank Borzage, based on novel Disputed Passage The Robe (1953), film directed by Henry Koster, based on novel The Robe Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), film directed by Delmer Daves, based on novel The Robe Magnificent Obsession (1954), film directed by Douglas Sirk, based on novel Magnificent Obsession Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1955–1957), series directed by Peter Godfrey and Harry R. Sherman, based on novel Doctor Hudson's Secret Journal Luz da Esperança (1956), series based on novel Green Light Sublime Obsessão (1958), series directed by Dionísio Azevedo, based on novel Magnificent Obsession The Big Fisherman (1959), film directed by Frank Borzage, based on novel The Big Fisherman