Writing

Philip Wylie

Born — Died

1902-05-12 — 1971-10-25

Place of birth

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

6 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971) was an American author of works ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire, to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, Wylie was the son of Presbyterian minister Edmund Melville Wylie and the former Edna Edwards, a novelist, who died when Philip was five years old. His family moved to Montclair, New Jersey, and he later attended Princeton University from 1920–1923. A writer of fiction and nonfiction, his output included hundreds of articles, novels, serials, short stories, syndicated newspaper columns, and works of social criticism…

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7.3

Presents a filmed, intercontinental conversation that links moderator Edward R. Murrow in New York with three internationally known figures located in different parts of the world. What set this apart from other televised interview/discussion programs was the fact that its participants could not see each other but could hear one another via telephone lines and radio.

Small World

1958

Island of Lost Souls poster
6.9

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

Island of Lost Souls

1932

Murders in the Zoo poster
5.9

Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman sees a prime opportunity to dispatch the dashing Roger and anyone else who might cross him.

Murders in the Zoo

1933

Night Unto Night poster
5.4

A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by incurable illness and a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband.

Night Unto Night

1949

King of the Jungle poster
5.8

A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.

King of the Jungle

1933

Johnny Tiger poster
7.0

Teacher George Dean packs up his children to accept a job instructing Native American children on a Seminole reservation in Florida.

Johnny Tiger

1966

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