Andrew Soutar
Andrew Soutar was a British novelist and journalist.
Biography
Born Edward Andrew Stagg, Soutar married Elspeth Soutar Swinton in 1907 at Prestwich, Lancashire adopting the name Soutar shortly after. Soutar was a correspondent, but is better known today for his novels, which were often serialized in newspapers. He also wrote pulp adventure stories for magazines. Soutar's stories proved very popular with filmmakers, with a number being made into films during the silent era.Selected novels
- Back From the Dead was made into a 1925 film ''Back to Life''
Filmography
- The Black Night, directed by Harold Weston
- The Green Orchard, directed by Harold Weston
- The Streets of Illusion, directed by William Parke
- Souls Adrift, directed by Harley Knoles
- ', directed by Arthur Hoyt
- The Great Game, directed by A. E. Coleby
- His Parisian Wife, directed by Émile Chautard
- The Sealed Envelope, directed by Douglas Gerrard
- Snow in the Desert, directed by Walter West
- Other Men's Shoes, directed by Edgar Lewis
- ', directed by Edgar Lewis
- Courage, directed by Sidney Franklin
- The Imperfect Lover, directed by Walter West
- Love's Redemption, directed by Albert Parker
- Was She Justified?, directed by Walter West
- Hornet's Nest, directed by Walter West
- In the Blood, directed by Walter West
- Back to Life, directed by Whitman Bennett
- Romances of the Prize Ring, seven short films
- Butterflies in the Rain, directed by Edward Sloman
- The Phantom in the House, directed by Phil Rosen
- Worldly Goods, directed by Phil Rosen
- Almost Married, directed by William Cameron Menzies
- The Man Called Back, directed by Robert Florey
Screenwriter
- A Bag of Gold
- I Hear You Calling Me
- ''A Gipsy Cavalier''