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The Cinema Murder

Name: The Cinema Murder
Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
ISBN: 9781479411504

by E. Phillips Oppenheim, H. Weston Taylor (Illustrator)

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Overview

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, inventing the "rogue male" school of adventure thrillers and writing over 150 novels of all sorts. The Cinema Murder (1917) -- also know as The Other Romilly -- was adapted into a now-lost silent movie of 1919 starring Marion Davies.

About the Author, E. Phillips Oppenheim

On October 22, 1866, E. Phillips Oppenheim was born in London England. He attended school at Wyggestan Grammar School located in Leicester. He left school at the age of 17. He left school to help out at his father’s leather company. The business was going through some problems. Oppenheim never appreciated the family business and yearned to continue his writing.
Oppenheim had his first story published when he was only 18 years old. When he was 20 he had published his first novel. At age 30 he had written 5 novels in a year and he continued to write at a rapid pace. He continued to write 3 to 5 novels a year until his death.