Juri:
> Wasn't Budd Schulberg's ON THE WATERFRONT actually
a
> novelization? I think he wrote the script first and
then the
> novel.
That is interesting, since the endings differ so much. The
novel is a real downer, while the movie ending seems
"Hollywoodized" by comparison. If it really is a case of
novelization, perhaps it follows an earlier version of the
script that was deemed unsuitable? Sounds like an interesting
story in itself.
A few more suggestions:
Fredric Brown: THE SCREAMING MIMI (adapted by Gerd Oswald in
1958, and by Dario Argento in 1970 as THE BIRD WITH THE
CRYSTAL PLUMAGE)
John Reese: THE LOOTERS (into CHARLEY VARRICK - what a
wonderful movie!)
Eleazar Lipsky: THE KISS OF DEATH (no old lady in a
wheelchair in the novel, I'm afraid)
Guy Endore: METHINKS THE LADY (into Otto Preminger's
WHIRLPOOL). The novel is mostly told from the POV of a
psychotic woman, and somehow reminds me of the works of John
Franklin Bardin. I haven't seen the movie, but from what I
gather it's a pretty straightforward whodunit.
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