Editing O. Henry (section)

== Legacy ==
The [[O. Henry Award]] is an annual prize named after Porter and given to outstanding short stories.

A film was made in 1952 featuring five stories, called ''[[O. Henry's Full House]]''. The episode garnering the most critical acclaim<ref>[[Bosley Crowther|Crowther, Bosley]] (October 17, 1952). "[https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9906E0DF103AE23BBC4F52DFB6678389649EDE The Screen in Review; Four O. Henry Short Stories Offered in Fox Movie at Trans-Lux 52d Street] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117175637/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9906E0DF103AE23BBC4F52DFB6678389649EDE |date=November 17, 2017 }}". ''New York Times''. Retrieved November 17, 2017.</ref> was "[[The Cop and the Anthem]]" starring [[Charles Laughton]] and [[Marilyn Monroe]]. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "[[The Last Leaf]]", "[[The Ransom of Red Chief]]", and "[[The Gift of the Magi]]".

''[[Strictly Business (1962 film)|Strictly Business]]'' is a 1962 Soviet comedy film, directed by [[Leonid Gaidai]], based on three short stories by O. Henry: "The Roads We Take", "[[Makes the Whole World Kin]]", and "[[The Ransom of Red Chief]]". The premiere of the film was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the birth of the writer. Henry was particularly popular in Russia in the 1920s, and was described by the critic Deming Brown in 1953 as "remain[ing] a minor classic in Russia".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Deming |title=O. Henry in Russia |journal=The Russian Review |date=October 1953 |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=253–258 |doi=10.2307/125957 |jstor=125957 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/125957 |access-date=February 18, 2024}}</ref> In 1962, the Soviet Postal Service issued a stamp commemorating O. Henry's 100th birthday.

A 1957 television series, ''[[The O. Henry Playhouse]]'', was syndicated in 39 episodes to 188 markets.<ref>''[[Billboard (magazine)|The Billboard]]'', May 13, 1957.</ref> Actor [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]] portrayed O. Henry in each episode as he interacted with his characters or related his latest story to his publisher or a friend.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ohenryplayhouse.com/ |title=Celebrating The O. Henry Playhouse |website=ohenryplayhouse.com |publisher= |access-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219063600/https://www.ohenryplayhouse.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 1986 Indian anthology television series ''[[Katha Sagar]]'' adapted several of Henry's short stories as episodes including "[[The Last Leaf]]".

An opera in one long act, ''The Furnished Room'', with music by [[Daniel Steven Crafts]] and libretto by Richard Kuss, is based on O. Henry's story of the same name.

The [[O. Henry House]] and [[O. Henry Hall]], both in Austin, Texas, are named for him. O. Henry Hall, now owned by the [[Texas State University System]], previously served as the federal courthouse in which O. Henry was convicted of embezzlement. The O. Henry House has been the site of the [[O. Henry Pun-Off]], an annual spoken word competition inspired by Porter's love of language, since 1978. ([[Samuel E. Gideon|Dr. Samuel E. Gideon]], a historical architect and professor at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], was a strong advocate for the saving of the O. Henry House in Austin.)

Several schools are named for Porter: William Sydney Porter Elementary in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]],<ref name="Named">{{cite book|last=Arnett|first=Ethel Stephens|title=For Whom Our Public Schools Were Named, Greensboro, North Carolina|year=1973|publisher=Piedmont Press|page=245}}</ref> O. Henry Elementary in [[Garland, Texas]], the O. Henry School (I.S. 70) in New York City,<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[New York Times]]|title=The toughest job in education|date=April 13, 1986 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/13/education/the-toughest-job-in-education.html}}</ref> and O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.austinisd.org/schools/website.phtml?id=036 |title=O. Henry Middle School, Austin, TX |publisher=Archive.austinisd.org |access-date=March 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004001333/http://archive.austinisd.org/schools/website.phtml?id=036 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[O. Henry Hotel]] in Greensboro is also named for Porter, as is [[US 29]], which is O. Henry Boulevard.

[[Asheville, North Carolina]], where Porter is buried, has O. Henry Avenue, the location of the ''[[Asheville Citizen-Times]]'' building.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2023/10/30/halloween-in-haunted-asheville-diy-tour-of-the-citys-ghost-sites/71330030007/|title=Halloween in haunted Asheville?: DIY tour of the city's ghost sites|last=Burgess|first=Joel|work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]]|date=October 31, 2023}}</ref>

On September 11, 2012, the United States Postal Service issued a stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of O. Henry's birth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2012/pr12_100.htm |title=Celebrating Master Storyteller O. Henry's 150th Birthday Anniversary |work=U.S. Postal Service |publisher=About.usps.com |access-date=March 25, 2014 |archive-date=March 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325143202/http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2012/pr12_100.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

On November 23, 2011, [[Barack Obama]] quoted O. Henry while granting pardons to two turkeys named "Liberty" and "Peace".<ref>Mark Memmot, "[https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/11/23/142707934/obama-quotes-o-henry-on-purely-american-nature-of-thanksgiving Obama Quotes O. Henry on 'Purely American' Nature of Thanksgiving]", ''The Two-Way'', NPR.org. Retrieved September 26, 2013.</ref> In response, political science professor P. S. Ruckman Jr. and Texas attorney Scott Henson filed a formal application for a posthumous pardon in September 2012, the same month that the U.S. Postal Service issued its O. Henry stamp.<ref name="Schlosser">Jim Schlosser, "[http://www.ohenrymag.com/?page_id=51 Please Mr. President, Pardon O. Henry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928062841/http://www.ohenrymag.com/?page_id=51 |date=September 28, 2013 }}", ''O. Henry Magazine'', October 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2013.</ref> Previous attempts were made to obtain such a pardon for Porter in the administrations of [[Woodrow Wilson]], [[Dwight Eisenhower]], and [[Ronald Reagan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2013-02-21/presidential-pardons-few-from-obama-and-none-for-o-henry/ |title=Presidential Pardons: Few from Obama, and None for O. Henry |publisher=Go.bloomberg.com |date=February 21, 2013 |access-date=March 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626155853/http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2013-02-21/presidential-pardons-few-from-obama-and-none-for-o-henry/ |archive-date=June 26, 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> but no one had ever bothered to file a formal application.<ref>Edith Evan Asbury, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/13/us/for-o-henry-a-hometown-festival.html For O. Henry, a Hometown Festival]", ''The New York Times'', April 13, 1985. Retrieved September 26, 2013.</ref> Ruckman and Henson argued that Porter deserved a pardon because (1) he was a law-abiding citizen prior to his conviction; (2) his offense was minor; (3) he had an exemplary prison record; (4) his post-prison life clearly indicated rehabilitation; (5) he would have been an excellent candidate for clemency in his time, had he but applied for pardon; (6) by today's standards, he remains an excellent candidate for clemency; and (7) his pardon would be a well-deserved symbolic gesture and more.<ref name=Schlosser /> The pardon remains ungranted.

In 2021 the [[Library of America]] included O. Henry in their list by publishing a collection of 101 of his stories, edited by [[Ben Yagoda]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loa.org/books/657-101-stories |title=O. Henry: 101 Stories Edited by Ben Yagoda |publisher=[[Library of America]] |access-date=September 14, 2021}}</ref>