Le May also wrote and produced (but did not direct) Quebec (1951), also starring John Drew Barrymore.. He is most remembered for two classic Western novels, The Searchers (1954) and The Unforgiven (1957).
DeMille, and starring Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard and John Wayne, and Blackbeard the Pirate (1952; directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Robert Newton and Linda Darnell.. He attended Stetson University in DeLand, Florida in 1916 In 1918 he registered for the World War I draft in Aurora, and then enlisted and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.. He published his first novel, Painted Ponies, in 1927 (about the Cheyenne and the U.. File size: 1 MB BornJune 3, 1899Indianapolis, IndianaDiedApril 27, 1964 (aged 64)OccupationWriter (novelist)NationalityAmericanPeriod20th centuryGenreWestern fictionAlan Brown Le May (June 3, 1899 – April 27, 1964) was an American novelist and screenplay writer.. He moved with his family, including his sister Elizabeth, to Aurora, Illinois as a teenager in the 1910s.
Le May wrote and directed High Lonesome (1950) starring John Drew Barrymore and Chill Wills and featuring Jack Elam.. He wrote the original source novel for Along Came Jones (1945; produced by and starring Gary Cooper), as well as a score of other screenplays and an assortment of other novels and short stories.



2WorksBiography[edit]He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to John and Maude Brown Le May.. His father was a public school teacher and his maternal grandfather (Daniel L Brown, Sr.. He also wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for North West Mounted Police (1940; directed by Cecil B.. ) and uncle (Daniel L Brown, Jr ) were both lawyers He first lived with his parents and uncle at his grandparents home at 3229 North Illinois Street in Indianapolis.. The NOOK Book (eBook) of the The Searchers by Alan Le May at Barnes & Noble Film director John Ford's The Searchers defined the spirit of America, influenced a generation of filmmakers, and was.. He was promoted to First Lieutenant Field Artillery for the Illinois National Guard in 1923.. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard), Reap the Wild Wind (1942; directed by Cecil B. 5ebbf469cd