Gordon, Ted Allan and Sydney

Ted Allan (1916-1995) was a playwright, actor, screenwriter, novelist, and biographer. A dedicated Young Communist, Allan's works include This Time a Better Earth (1939) and Love Is a Long Shot (1984), which won the Stephen Leacock Award. The Scalpel, the Sword: The Story of Doctor Norman Bethune (1952) is his best-known work. Sydney Gordon (1915-1984) was a childhood friend and collaborator of Ted Allan in Montreal.;