For almost seventy years, people the world over have fallen in love with Frank Capra’s classic Christmas movie It’s a Wonderful Life. But few of those fans know that Capra’s film was based on a short story by author Philip Van Doren Stern, which came to Stern in a dream one night. Unable at first t...
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Contents: All About Eve (1950) - from The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr Bad Day at Black Rock (1954) - from Bad Time at Honda by Howard Breslin Blow Up (1966) - from Blow Up by Julio Cortazar The Body Snatcher (1945) - from The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson Don't Look Now (1973) - from Don't...
★★★★★ A lot of people rate this book down because it is so much less than the movie. However, this is the original idea that was printed as a Christmas card and sent out to the author’s friends in 1943. Really, it is a short story. Neat to read the “afterword” by the author’s daughter, discussing...
This collects 18 stories that were later made into classic films and it was enjoyable even if I'd only seen five: 'Freaks!', 'Psycho', 'Rear Window', 'Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House', and 'It's A Wonderful Life'. And I suppose you could count the 1980s remake of 'The Fly' with Jeff Goldblum, b...
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