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3 unusual facts about George Ade


Freshman Love

Freshman Love is a 1936 sound film based on George Ade's oft filmed play The College Widow.

McClure Newspaper Syndicate

The company lost money during its first few years, eventually turning a profit while distributing and promoting such American authors as George Ade, John Kendrick Bangs, William Jennings Bryan, Joel Chandler Harris, William Dean Howells, Fannie Hurst, Sarah Orne Jewett, Jack London, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain and Woodrow Wilson.

The Slim Princess

The Slim Princess is a 1920 comedy film starring Mabel Normand, directed by Victor Schertzinger, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and written by Gerald C. Duffy from a story by George Ade.


Harry G. Leslie

Leslie enjoyed humor and among his close friends were George Ade and Will Rogers.


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