It was directed by Joseph M. Newman from an adaptation by George Callahan and William Rose of James Hadley Chase's book of the same name.
The series was edited by William Rose, who solicited current authorities in such areas as history, literature, religion, psychology, science, and economics.
Edited by William Rose, this series of books focused on interesting and significant poets, dramatists and novelists.
William Shakespeare | William Laud | William Blake | William | William III of England | William Morris | William McKinley | William Howard Taft | William Ewart Gladstone | William the Conqueror | William S. Burroughs | William Shatner | William Faulkner | William Randolph Hearst | William Wordsworth | William Tecumseh Sherman | Rose | William Hogarth | Rose Bowl Game | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | Rose Bowl | Pete Rose | William Penn | William Jennings Bryan | William Gibson | William Wilberforce | William James | William Makepeace Thackeray | Fort William | William Hanna |
Editor William Rose solicited leading authorities of the time, including Roger Fry, C. G. Seligman, Maurice Dobb, F. J. C. Hearnshaw, G. D. H. Cole, J. C. Flügel, R. R. Marett, and J. W. N. Sullivan among others, to contribute informative essays written for the common reader.
# Information about William Rose is sourced from "The Gilcomston Story", an account of Gilcomston South Church from its beginnings to 1945, written by Francis Lyall.
General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, GCB, GCSI, DCL (21 June 1819 – 23 June 1876), was a British military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870.