What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Bestselling Noir book with a two-word title, perhaps from the 30s/40s, perhaps a female author, that has been widely considered 'unfilmable' or 'impossible to adapt' to film.
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Meredith wrote: "Genre: Noir or crime fictionAuthor: Female or female sounding name (not 100% sure)
Year: Classic noir era, could be 30s/40s/50s (not 100% sure)
Two-word, title, best seller in its time. Something..."
The Expendable Man?
Three of Dorothy Hughes novels were made into films, but not this one.
Ooh - that sounds promising! It checks all the boxes for sure (this was a question from a library patron that I got yesterday - I'll see if it fits the bill). Thanks!
Author: Female or female sounding name (not 100% sure)
Year: Classic noir era, could be 30s/40s/50s (not 100% sure)
Two-word, title, best seller in its time. Something about it makes it popularly/widely considered unadaptable to film, even though people have purchased the rights to it and maybe tried to make it into a film.
It was mentioned by a host of Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, February 10, 2024 - they said, 'if you read it, you'll understand why' it is considered not filmable.