Myles Connolly

Mr. Connolly wrote short stories and novels and was editor of Columbia, the Knights of Columbus magazine. He wrote more than 20 screenplays and produced or helped to produce more than 30 motion pictures.

His books included “Mr. Blue,” “The Bump on Brannigan's Head,” “Dan England and the Noonday Devil” and “Three Who Ventured.” “Mr. Blue,” first published by the Macmillan Company in 1928, has been reprinted numerous times and also has been published in England and Brazil. The story of Mr. Blue, described las a modern St. Francis, has been required reading in many colleges and high schools in the United States.

While editor of Columbia in 1928, Mr. Connolly served on the first board of directors of the Catholic Book Club. His first Hollywood assignment after leaving the magazine was a producer for R. K. O.

Mr. Connolly, a native of Boston, was a graduate of the Boston Latin School and Boston College. He served in the Navy in World War I. After the war he was with The Boston Post for two years, first as a reporter and then as Sunday editor.