Morton Thompson (c. 1907 – July 7, 1953) was an American writer of newspaper journalism, novels and film screenplays. Amongst his works were a collection of journalistic memoirs called Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player,[1] and the novels Not as a Stranger (which was turned into a film directed by Stanley Kramer) and The Cry and the Covenant. He was also the inventor of the Thompson Turkey.[2] He was a friend of the writer Robert Benchley. His second wife, Frances Pindyck, a literary agent with the Leland Hayward Agency, represented Dashiell Hammett and Betty Smith, among others.
He had a column in the Hollywood Citizen-News which he signed "N.N.W.," explaining that the initials came from a Shakespeare line, "I am but mad when the wind is North North West."[3]
External links
- Morton Thompson at IMDb
- Morton Thompson's Turkey Stuffing
- An ode to Thompson's turkey - Chicago Tribune
- Morton Thompson Turkey Recipe - Food.com
- Morton Thompson's Turkey
- Morton Thompson’s black turkey by Jeff Fournier, of 51 Lincoln, for Boston Herald - YouTube
- Turkey-Recipe-Of-Morton-Thompson rec.food.cooking
- Thompson's Turkey (TASTE with David Rosengarten, TV FOOD NETWORK) - Recipelink.com
- Morton Thompson's Turkey - unexpurgated at the Wayback Machine (archived November 24, 2007)
- A Turkey Tale | Notes from the Dreamtime
- Thompson's Turkey - Chowhound
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