托德·罗宾斯

美国编剧

托德·罗宾斯托德·罗宾斯

ClarenceAaronRobbins(1888–1949)knownprofessionallyasTodRobbinswasanAmericanauthorofhorrorandmysteryfiction,particularlynovelsandshortstorycollections.RobbinsattendedWashingtonandLeeUniversity(Lexington,Virginia)and—alongwithMarkW.Sheafe(1884?–1949)andThorntonWhitneyAllen(1890–1944)—wrotethecollegesong"WashingtonandLeeSwing."Sheafewrotethetunein1905,Allensetthemusicdownonpaperin1909andRobbinsprovidedthewords.Thecompletedversionwaspublishedin1910.Robbinsauthoredtwoshortstorycollectionsandseveralnovels.Hisworkoftencontainsbizarreandfrighteningplots,sometimesinfluencedbywriterslikeOscarWilde(Robbins'"TheLivingPortrait"isahomagetoThePictureofDorianGray)[1]andRobertW.Chambers.[2]Robbins'sMysteriousMartin(1912)isanearlynovelaboutaserialkiller.[1]HisnovelTheUnholyThree(1917)wastwiceadaptedforthescreen,asilentversiondirectedbyTodBrowningin1925andasoundversiondirectedbyJackConwayin1930;bothadaptationsstarredLonChaney.Robbinswasalsotheauthoroftheshortstory"Spurs",whichBrowningusedasthebasisforFreaks(1932),afilmwhichlaterdevelopedacultfollowing.[1]SomeofRobbins'sworkwaslaterreprintedinthe"Creeps"seriesofhorroranthologieseditedbyCharlesBirkin.

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      基本信息

      性别: 男

      星座: 巨蟹座

      生卒日期: 1888年06月25日 至 1949年05月10日

      出生地: 美国,纽约,国王县,布鲁克林

      职业: 编剧

      更多外文名: Clarence Aaron Robbins / Clarence Tod Robbins / Tod Robbins

      imdb编号: nm0730317