Writer Damon Runyon allegedly based the character Sky Masterson, the gambler-hero of " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown " ( on which the musical " Guys and Dolls " is based ), on Thompson.

The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the short story Madame La Gimp by Damon Runyon.

She then joined Glenn Ford and Ann-Margret for the Frank Capra film A Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ) ( a remake of Capra's 1933 film, Lady for a Day ), based on a story by Damon Runyon.

In 1943 he played Billy Oldham on Joe and Ethel Turp, based on Damon Runyon stories.

This led to his next musical, Guys and Dolls ( 1950 ), based on the stories of Damon Runyon, and again produced by Feuer and Martin.

It is based on " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown " and " Blood Pressure ", two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably " Pick the Winner ".

The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend is based on the screenplay Lady for a Day by Robert Riskin, which was adapted from the Damon Runyon short story " Madame La Gimp ".

In 1980, he stepped behind the camera for his only feature film as a director, Little Miss Marker, based on the Damon Runyon story of the same name.

The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1951 comedy film based on the short story of the same name by Damon Runyon, starring Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell, and directed by Sidney Lanfield.

It was directed by David Butler and based on the unproduced play Saratoga Chips by Damon Runyon and Irving Caesar.

To New Yorkers of his generation, a " Damon Runyon character " evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde.

The adjective " Runyonesque " refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted.

Riskin's version deviated from the original Runyon story primarily in that it linked its central character and a number of plot developments to millions of Americans who were suffering from an economic crisis as a result of the onset of the Great Depression.

The character is meant to be Mafia accountant Otto Berman, best friend of writer Damon Runyon.

Oldman and the film's producer, Urbanski, reportedly accused the DreamWorks studio and director Rod Lurie of editing the original film to make it more Democrat-biased, mainly by making the Runyon character less sympathetic than was originally intended.

Over a year later, on May 29, 1975, the University Board of Trustees authorized a change in policy to admit " students of any race ," a move that occurred shortly before the announcement of the Supreme Court decision in Runyon v. McCrary ( 427 U. S. 160 ), which prohibited racial exclusion in private schools.

Runyon frequently contributed sports poems to the American on boxing and baseball themes, and also wrote numerous short stories and essays.

" When Berman was killed in a hit on Berman's boss, Dutch Schultz, Runyon quickly assumed the role of damage control for his deceased friend, correcting erroneous press releases ( including one that stated Berman was one of Schultz's gunmen, to which Runyon replied, " Otto would have been as effective a bodyguard as a two-year-old.

* After Runyon's death, his friend and fellow journalist, Walter Winchell, went on his radio program and appealed for contributions to help fight cancer, eventually establishing the “ Damon Runyon Cancer Memorial Fund ” to support scientific research into causes of, and prevention of cancer.

* The house in Manhattan, Kansas, where Runyon was born is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

* Runyon on Broadway ( 1950 ; introduction by E. C. Bentley )

* Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Damon Runyon on Baseball ( 2005 ; Jim Reisler, editor )

Damon Runyon Theatre aired on CBS-TV from 1955-56.

* Booknotes interview ( December 29, 1991 ) with Jimmy Breslin on his book, Damon Runyon: A Life

Eisner said that on one occasion a man who Eisner described as " a Mob type straight out of Damon Runyon, complete with pinkie ring, broken nose, black shirt, and white tie, who claimed to have ' exclusive distribution rights for all Brooklyn " asked Eisner to draw Tijuana bibles for $ 3 a page.

Runyon was pleased with the changes and later said, " Lady for a Day was no more my picture than Little Miss Marker, which, like the former picture, was almost entirely the result of the genius of the scenario writers and the director who worked on it.

Students zoned to Cuellar and Runyon continue on to Fred F. Florence Middle School ( 7-8 ) and W. W. Samuell High School ( 9-12 ).

This limit on freedom of association results from Section 1981 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as balanced against the First Amendment in the 1976 decision of Runyon v. McCrary.

The holding of Runyon is that the defendant private schools were free to express and teach their views, such as white separatism, but could not discriminate on the basis of race in the provision of services to the general public.

Based on the stories, The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown and Blood Pressure by Damon Runyon

Some of the most relevant Supreme Court case law on this is as follows: Runyon v. McCrary, 427 U. S. 160 ( 1976 ); Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U. S. 205 ( 1972 ); Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U. S. 510 ( 1925 ); Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U. S. 390 ( 1923 ).

The accompanying article claimed that Berman was a gunman for Schultz ; an angry Damon Runyon quickly submitted an editorial to the newspaper, defending Berman.

* The first ever telethon was hosted by Milton Berle in 1949 to raise funds for the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.

There is an homage to Runyon that makes use of this peculiarity ( Chronic Offender by Spider Robinson ) which involves a time machine.

Father's Footsteps: The Story of Damon Runyon by his Son.

A report published in Science ( Vol 313 ; Sept. 29, 2006 ) by Runyon, Mescher, and De Moraes, researchers at Penn State University, demonstrates that dodder use airborne volatile organic compound cues to locate their host plants.

The screenplay was written by William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, and Gladys Hellman after a short story of the same name by Damon Runyon.

Sugar had been referred to as " Runyonesque " ( in reference to Damon Runyon ) by Bob Costas, and " one of the foremost historians alive ," by the Boston Globe.

: His gritty performance in this fight would have been considered by many observers to have justified his sobriquet of The Hard Rock from Down Under given by renowned writer and journalist, Damon Runyon.

She won The Damon Runyon Award for outstanding contributions to journalism in 2000, and became the first Mary Alice Davis Lectureship speaker ( sponsored by the School of Journalism and the Center for American History ) at The University of Texas at Austin in 2005.

A perennial U. S. Open contender ( with seven top-10 finishes and second place in 1927 and 1936 ), Cooper was nicknamed " Lighthorse Harry " by Damon Runyon for his quick pace of play in winning the inaugural Los Angeles Open in 1926. Cooper played in the inaugural Masters Tournament and placed second there in 1936 and 1938.

Other offerings: humorous sketches by Damon Runyon ; O. Henry stories ; editorials by Arthur Brisbane ; Ring Lardner letter ; " Rippling Rhymes ," by Walt Mason ; literary articles by H. L. Mencken.

He competed in the ring for a time under the name " Hell's Kitchen Bill-Bill " ( a " hillbilly " reference which was suggested to him by the writer Damon Runyon ) but eventually settled on the moniker of " Stone Mountain ".