Editing Damon Runyon (section)

==Literary works==

===Books===
====Poems====
* ''The Tents of Trouble'' (1911)
* ''Rhymes of the Firing Line'' (1912)
* ''Poems for Men'' (1947)

====Story collections====
* ''Guys and Dolls'' (1932)
* ''Blue Plate Special'' (1934)
* ''Money From Home'' (1935)
* ''More Than Somewhat'' (1937)
* ''Furthermore'' (1938)
* ''Take It Easy'' (1938)
* ''My Wife Ethel'' (1939)
* ''My Old Man'' (1939)
* ''Runyon à la Carte'' (1944)
* ''In Our Town'' (1946)
* ''The Three Wise Guys and Other Stories'' (1946)
* ''Damon Runyon Favorites'' (1946)
* ''Trials and Other Tribulations'' (1947)

====Collected newspaper columns====
* ''[https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20121228 Short Takes]'' (1946)
* ''Trials and Other Tribulations'' (1947)

====Compilations containing previously collected material====
* ''The Best of Runyon'' (1940)
* ''Damon Runyon Favorites'' (1942)
* ''The Damon Runyon Omnibus'' (1944)
* ''Runyon First and Last'' (1949)
* ''Runyon on Broadway'' (1950; introduction by [[E.C. Bentley]])
* ''More Guys and Dolls'' (1950)
* ''The Turps'' (1951)
* ''Damon Runyon from First to Last'' (1954)
* ''A Treasury of Damon Runyon'' (1958)
* ''The Bloodhounds of Broadway and Other Stories'' (1985)
* ''Romance in the Roaring Forties and other stories'' (1986)
* ''On Broadway (1990)
* ''Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Damon Runyon on Baseball'' (2005; Jim Reisler, editor)
* ''Guys and Dolls and Other Writings'' (2008; introduction by Pete Hamill)

====Play====
* ''A Slight Case of Murder'' (with Howard Lindsay, 1940)

====Biography====
* ''Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker'' (with W. Kiernan, 1942)

===Stories===
There are many collections of Runyon's stories, in particular ''Runyon on Broadway'' and ''Runyon from First to Last''. A publisher's note in the latter claims that collection contains all of Runyon's short stories not included in ''Runyon on Broadway'',<ref>Publisher's Note included in ''Runyon from First to Last'' (1954), Constable</ref> but two Broadway stories originally published in ''Collier's Weekly'' are not in either collection: "Maybe a Queen"<ref>''Collier's Weekly'', December 12, 1931</ref> and "Leopard's Spots",<ref>''Collier's Weekly'', May 6, 1939</ref> both collected in ''More Guys And Dolls'' (1950). The radio show, in addition, has a story, "Joe Terrace", that appears in 'More Guys and Dolls' and the August 29, 1936, issue of ''Colliers''. It is one of his "Our Town" stories that does not appear in the "In Our Town" book, and the only episode of the show which is not a Broadway' story, however, the action is changed in the show from Our Town to Broadway.

The "Our Town" stories are short vignettes of life in a small town, largely based on Runyon's experiences. They are written in a simple, descriptive style and contain twists and odd endings based on the personalities of the people involved. Each story's title is the name of the principal character. Twenty-seven of them were published in the 1946 book ''In Our Town''.

''Runyon on Broadway'' contains the following stories:
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'''More Than Somewhat'''
* Breach of Promise
* Romance in the Roaring Forties
* Dream Street Rose
* The Old Doll's House
* Blood Pressure
* The Bloodhounds of Broadway
* Tobias the Terrible
* The Snatching of Bookie Bob
* The Lily of St. Pierre
* Hold 'em, Yale
* Earthquake
* 'Gentlemen, the King!'
* A Nice Price
* Broadway Financier
* The Brain Goes Home

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'''Furthermore'''
* Madame La Gimp
* Dancing Dan's Christmas
* Sense of Humour
* Lillian
* Little Miss Marker
* Pick the Winner
* Undertaker Song
* Butch Minds the Baby
* The Hottest Guy in the World
* The Lemon Drop Kid
* What, No Butler?
* The Three Wise Guys
* A Very Honourable Guy
* Princess O'Hara
* Social Error
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'''Take It Easy'''
* Tight Shoes
* Lonely Heart
* The Brakeman's Daughter
* Cemetery Bait
* It Comes Up Mud
* The Big Umbrella
* For a Pal
* Big Shoulders
* That Ever-Loving Wife of Hymie's
* Neat Strip
* Bred for Battle
* Too Much Pep
* Baseball Hattie
* Situation Wanted
* A Piece of Pie
* A Job for the Macarone
* All Horse Players Die Broke
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''Runyon from First to Last'' includes the following stories and sketches:
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'''The First Stories''' (early non-Broadway stories):
* The Defence of Strikerville
* Fat Fallon
* Two Men Named Collins. First published in Reader Magazine, [Date Unknown]
* As Between Friends
* The Informal Execution of Soupbone Pew
* My Father
'''Stories à la Carte''' (Broadway stories written in Runyonese):
* Money from Home
* A Story Goes With It
* Broadway Complex
* So You Won't Talk!
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* Dark Dolores
* Delegates at Large
* A Light in France
* Old Em's Kentucky Home
* Johnny One-Eye
* Broadway Incident
* The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown
* The Melancholy Dane
* Barbecue
* Little Pinks
* Palm Beach Santa Claus
* Cleo
* The Lacework Kid
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'''The Last Stories''' (Broadway stories written in Runyonese):
* Blonde Mink
* Big Boy Blues
'''Written in Sickness''' (sketches):
* Why Me?
* The Doctor Knows Best
* No Life
* Good Night
* Bed-Warmers
* Sweet Dreams
* Passing the Word Along
* Death Pays a Social Call

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''In Our Town'' contains the following stories:
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* Our Old Man (originally titled On Good Turns)
* Samuel Graze
* Pete Hankins
* Jeremiah Zore
* Mrs. Judson
* The Happiness Joneses
* Mrs. McGregor
* Doc Brackett
* Officer Lipscomber
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* Marigold and Maidie So
* Sterling Curlew
* Doc Mindler
* Mrs. Pilplay
* Sheriff Harding
* Boswell Van Dusen
* Dr. Davenport
* Mrs. Bogane
* Sam Crable
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* Ancil Toombs
* Amy Vederman
* Peter Chowles
* Judge Juggins
* Banker Beaverbrook
* Judge Joes
* Angel Kake
* Bet Ragle
* Hank Smith
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The following "Our Town" stories were not included in ''In Our Town'':
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* Joe Terrace
* Burge McCall
* Lou Louder
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===Uncollected stories===
* ''The Art of High Grading''. Illustrated Sunday Magazine, January 2, 1910
* ''The Sucker''. San Francisco Examiner, July 10, 1910
* ''Burge McCall''. Collier's, July 11, 1936 (not in Runyonese)
* ''Lou Louder''. Collier's, August 8, 1936 (not in Runyonese)
* ''Nothing Happens in Brooklyn''. Collier's, April 30, 1938 (partly in Runyonese, but includes past tense)

===Film===
[[File:Lady-for-a-Day-William-Robson.jpg|thumb|Dave the Dude ([[Warren William]]) and Apple Annie ([[May Robson]]) in ''[[Lady for a Day]]'' (1933)]]
Twenty of his stories became motion pictures.<ref>"Essay and Annotations" by Daniel R. Schwarz, ''Guys and Dolls and Other Writings'', 2008. Penguin Classics, UK. p. 616.</ref>
* ''[[Lady for a Day]]'' (1933) – Adapted by [[Robert Riskin]], who suggested the name change from Runyon's title "Madame La Gimp". The film garnered Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director ([[Frank Capra]]), Best Actress ([[May Robson]]), and Best Adaptation for the Screen (Riskin). It was remade by Capra as ''[[Pocketful of Miracles]]'' in 1961, with [[Bette Davis]] in the Apple Annie role (fused with the "raggedy doll" from Runyon's short story "The Brain Goes Home"); [[Frank Sinatra]] recorded the upbeat title song (his rendition is not used in the film). The film received Oscar nominations for composers [[Sammy Cahn]] and [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] and for co-star [[Peter Falk]] (Best Supporting Actor). In 1989, [[Jackie Chan]] adapted the story yet again for the Hong Kong action film ''[[Miracles (1989 film)|Miracles]]'', adding several of his trademark stunt sequences.
* ''[[Little Miss Marker (1934 film)|Little Miss Marker]]'' (1934) – The film that made [[Shirley Temple]] a star, launched her career, and pushed her past [[Greta Garbo]] as the nation's biggest film draw of the year. Also starred [[Charles Bickford]]. Subsequent remakes include ''[[Sorrowful Jones]]'' (1949) with [[Bob Hope]] and [[Lucille Ball]]; ''[[40 Pounds of Trouble]]'' (1962) with [[Tony Curtis]], and ''[[Little Miss Marker (1980 film)|Little Miss Marker]]'' (1980) with [[Walter Matthau]], [[Julie Andrews]], [[Bob Newhart]] and Curtis.
* ''[[The Lemon Drop Kid (1934 film)|The Lemon Drop Kid]]'' (1934) – Starring [[Lee Tracy]], [[The Lemon Drop Kid|remade in 1951]] with Bob Hope (and ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' co-star [[William Frawley]] appearing in both adaptations); the latter version introduced the Christmas song "[[Silver Bells]]".
* ''Princess O'Hara'' (1935) – Starring [[Jean Parker]], remade in 1943 as ''[[It Ain't Hay]]'' with [[Abbott and Costello]] and [[Patsy O'Connor]]
* ''[[Professional Soldier]]'' (1935) – an adventure story starring [[Victor McLaglen]] and [[Freddie Bartholomew]]
* ''[[The Three Wise Guys]]'' (1936) – starring
* ''[[A Slight Case of Murder]]'' (1938) with [[Edward G. Robinson]] – remade in 1953 as ''[[Stop, You're Killing Me]]'' with [[Broderick Crawford]] and [[Claire Trevor]]
* ''[[Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President]]'' (1939) with [[Ann Sothern]], [[Lewis Stone]] and [[Walter Brennan]].
* ''[[The Big Street]]'' (1942) – [[Henry Fonda]], Lucille Ball (adapted from Runyon's story "Little Pinks")
* ''Butch Minds the Baby'' (1942) – Broderick Crawford, [[Shemp Howard]]
* ''[[Johnny One-Eye]]'' – (1950) Starring [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]], Wayne Morris, Delores Moran, and Gayle Reed
* ''[[Money from Home]]'' (1953)  – Starring [[Dean Martin]] and [[Jerry Lewis]]
* ''[[Guys and Dolls (film)|Guys and Dolls]]'' (1955)  – [[Marlon Brando]], [[Jean Simmons]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Vivian Blaine]], and [[Stubby Kaye]]. Blaine and Kaye reprised their roles from the 1950 Broadway production. Adapted from the story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown". The big [[craps]] game is adapted from the story "Blood Pressure".
* ''[[Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952 film)|Bloodhounds of Broadway]]'' (1952) – Musical comedy starring [[Mitzi Gaynor]] and directed by [[Harmon Jones]]
* ''[[Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989 film)|Bloodhounds of Broadway]]'' (1989) – [[Ensemble cast]] starring [[Matt Dillon]], [[Jennifer Grey]], [[Madonna]], and [[Julie Hagerty]], among others. The film combines elements from four stories into one large one: "A Very Honorable  Guy", "The Brain Goes Home", "Social Error", and "The Bloodhounds of Broadway".

In 1938, his unproduced play ''Saratoga Chips'' became the basis of [[The Ritz Brothers]] film ''[[Straight, Place and Show]]''.

===Plays and musicals===
* ''[[A Slight Case of Murder]]'' (1935) co-written for Broadway with [[Howard Lindsay]]<ref>"Essay and Annotations" by Daniel R. Schwartz, ''Guys and Dolls and Other Writings'', 2008. Penguin Classics, UK. p. 625.</ref>
* ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' (1950) starring [[Robert Alda]] (Sky Masterson), [[Vivian Blaine]] (Miss Adelaide), [[Sam Levene]] (Nathan Detroit), [[Isabel Bigley]] (Sarah Brown), Pat Rooney Sr., [[B.S. Pully]], [[Stubby Kaye]], Johnny Silver, [[Tom Pedi]]. Adapted from Runyon's stories "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure".

===Radio===
''The Damon Runyon Theater'' radio series dramatized 52 of Runyon's short stories in weekly broadcasts running from October 1948 to September 1949 (with reruns until 1951).<ref name=digideli>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Damon-Runyon-Theatre.html |title=The Damon Runyon Theatre |publisher=The Digital Deli Too |access-date=March 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127043041/http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Damon-Runyon-Theatre.html |archive-date=January 27, 2012 }}</ref><ref>Goldin, David J. (2012). [http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Damon+Runyon+Theatre "The Damon Runyon Theatre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108050654/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Damon+Runyon+Theatre |date=November 8, 2011 }}, radioGOLDINdex database. Retrieved March 9, 2012.</ref> The series was produced by [[Alan Ladd]]'s Mayfair Transcription Company for syndication to local radio stations. [[John Brown (actor)|John Brown]] played the character "Broadway", who doubled as host and narrator. The cast also comprised [[Alan Reed]], [[Luis Van Rooten]], Joseph Du Val, [[Gerald Mohr]], [[Frank Lovejoy]], [[Herb Vigran]], [[Sheldon Leonard]], [[William Conrad]], [[Jeff Chandler]], [[Lionel Stander]], [[Sidney Miller (actor)|Sidney Miller]], [[Olive Deering]] and [[Joe De Santis]]. [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]] was initially engaged for the role of "Broadway". The original stories were adapted for the radio by [[Russell S. Hughes|Russell Hughes]].

"Broadway's New York had a crisis each week, though the streets had a rose-tinged aura", wrote radio historian [[John Dunning (detective fiction author)|John Dunning]]. "The sad shows then were all the sadder; plays like ''For a Pal'' had a special poignance. The bulk of Runyon's work had been untapped by radio, and the well was deep."<ref name="Dunning">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22The+Damon+Runyon+Theater,+dramatic+anthology%22&pg=PA189 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |page=189 |edition=Hardcover; revised edition of ''Tune in Yesterday'' (1976) |access-date=October 4, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|189|date=May 2013}}

===Television===
''[[Damon Runyon Theater|Damon Runyon Theatre]]'' aired on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1956.

[[Mike McShane]] told Runyon stories as monologues on British TV in 1994, and an accompanying book was released, both titled ''Broadway Stories''.

''[[Three Wise Guys]]'' was a 2005 TV movie.