Talk:Corey Ford/Archive 1

Archive 1

Article name

Apologies - somehow created this with a lower case last name and can't figure out how to fix it...

All better now, though we're stuck with a redirect.

Jay.ricketts 18:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Article focus

I've added some more mention of his writings: he was a significant humorist and "Best remembered" for far more that Eustace Tilley (a minor blip in his career) or his connection to Rugby. Who ever wrote the article has not done any literary research, and probably has never opened one of Ford's books. Saxophobia (talk) 18:17, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

i agree, his notability here should be based on his significance during his life, primarily, and not so much for rugby or tilley. i tried to rearrange a bit. hope its better.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 18:57, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much. Maybe a few quotations could be added, his semi-autobiography "A Time for Laughter" might help. if I can find my copy.Saxophobia (talk) 15:24, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

"Hollywood Boy," Richard Wright

I have a John Riddell collection in front of me (Meaning No Offense), and the piece in it called "Hollywood Boy" is not about Richard Wright. It's about Carl Van Vechten and his novel Spider Boy. Meaning No Offense came out in 1928. Black Boy came out in 1945. Did Ford/Riddell actually use the Hollywood Boy title twice? It strikes me as unlikely, but I don't know for sure. Relgif (talk) 18:50, 30 June 2014 (UTC)