Anyway, I somehow started writing a book." The novel, which White described as "a preface to Malory", was titled "The Sword in the Stone". Published in 1938, it tells the story of the boyhood of King Arthur. White was also influenced by Freudian psychology and his lifelong involvement in natural history. "The Sword in the Stone" was critically well-received and was a Book of the Month Club selection in 1939.
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T. H. White | Writing
"The Sword in the Stone". "Earth Stopped", "Gone to Ground", "The Sword in the Stone" The Sword in the Stone, Earth Stopped, Gone to Ground. Earth Stopped, Gone to Ground, etc.
when did the arthurian legends reach their height of popularity
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With the outbreak of the Second World War.
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who was he?
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He was a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.
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who was he married to?
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Sorry. I cannot find the answer based on the context.
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any novel in which his romance tradition is continuing in 20th century?
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"The Once and Future King", "Arthur Rex", and "The Mists of Avalon".
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who was the author of the first one mentioned above?
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T.H.White.
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when was it first published?
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1958.
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has a film ever been made on this?
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Yes, "Camelot".
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any other novel written by the above author?
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Harty, editor of a collection of essays called "Cinema Arthuriana", says that the film is "slightly indebted to, rather than, as Warner publicity claims, actually based on" Chapman's novel.
Quest for Camelot | Critical response
Lewis, C. Jack "White Horse, Black Hat: A Quarter Century on Hollywood's Poverty Row" Scarecrow Press 2002
Jack Lewis (screenwriter) | References
Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English author best known for his Arthurian novels, "The Once and Future King", first published together in 1958. One of his most memorable is the first of the series, "The Sword in the Stone", published as a stand-alone book in 1938.
T. H. White | Introduction
"From the Whipple Museum to the University Arms Hotel, intellectuals and tourists turned pale. What could have caused it, this catastrophic sound?" The novel includes many quotations, not only from Tennyson but also from Thomas Hood, William Thackeray, and W. H. Auden.
Floating Down to Camelot | Summary
The Ill-Made Knight is a fantasy novel by British writer T. H. White, the third book in the series "The Once and Future King". It was first published in 1940, but is usually found today only in collected editions of all four books of the novel.
The Ill-Made Knight | Introduction
Scheuer, reviewing for the "Los Angeles Times", described the film as "more intimate than usual with a somewhat smaller cast of characters—animal as well as human. Otherwise, the youngsters should find it par the usual Disney cartoon course. It may not be exactly what T. H. White had in mind when he wrote this third of his sophisticated trilogy about King Arthur, but it's a good [bit] livelier than the stage "Camelot" derived from another third." On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 68% based on 28 reviews with an average score of 5.95/10.
The Sword in the Stone (1963 film) | Critical reception
She wanted her husband to be remembered as "well-meaning, fallibly human but ultimately idealistic," devoted to his country's interests above his own.
Camelot (film) | John F. Kennedy
The film was based on an original story by Cecil Kellaway which he had written in between acts while performing in "White Horse Inn" on stage. Hall liked the basic idea but said Kellaway was unable to put it down to paper. Hall originally imported American writer Carl Dudley to adapt it into a feature film script. He then had it worked on by playwright and actor Frank Harvey, who had recently joined Cinesound as a dialogue director. Harvey went on to write all of Ken G. Hall's films for Cinesound. Hall says he had considerable input to the film as well.
It Isn't Done | Development
What he doesn't count on is White's apparently bottomless reserve of angst-fueled writer's block. A local bookseller, Annie Black (Rebecca Pidgeon), tries to provide White with inspiration.
State and Main | Plot
Prescott's novel "The Man on a Donkey", which tells the story of the Pilgrimage of Grace.
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury | Film, fiction, television
Anyway, I somehow started writing a book." The novel, which White described as "a preface to Malory", was titled "The Sword in the Stone". Published in 1938, it tells the story of the boyhood of King Arthur. White was also influenced by Freudian psychology and his lifelong involvement in natural history. "The Sword in the Stone" was critically well-received and was a Book of the Month Club selection in 1939.
T. H. White | Writing
In 1946, White settled in Alderney, the third-largest Channel Island, where he lived for the rest of his life. The same year, White published "Mistress Masham's Repose", a children's book in which a young girl discovers a group of Lilliputians (the tiny people in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels") living near her house. "Mistress Masham's Repose" was influenced by John Masefield's book "The Midnight Folk". In 1947 he published "The Elephant and the Kangaroo", a novel in which a repetition of Noah's Flood occurs in Ireland. In the early 1950s White published two non-fiction books. "The Age of Scandal" (1950) is a collection of essays about 18th-century England.
T. H. White | Later life
"I said to [the reporter] that I thought we were both just stealing from T. H. White: very straightforward." Gregory Maguire was influenced by "White's ability to be intellectually broadminded, to be comic, to be poetic, and to be fantastic" in the writing of his 1995 novel "Wicked", and crime fiction writer Ed McBain also cited White as an influence.
T. H. White | Influence
White's novel "Earth Stopped" (1934) and its sequel "Gone to Ground" (1935) are science fiction novels about a disaster that devastates the world. "Gone to Ground" contains several fantasy stories told by the survivors that were later reprinted in "The Maharajah and Other Stories". White wrote to a friend that in autumn 1937, "I got desperate among my books and picked [Malory] up in lack of anything else. Then I was thrilled and astonished to find that (a) The thing was a perfect tragedy, with a beginning, a middle and an end implicit in the beginning and (b) the characters were real people with recognizable reactions which could be forecast...
T. H. White | Writing
He is survived by his wife and one daughter.
White Horse (film) | Plot
Producer Ismail Merchant had previously worked with British author Kazuo Ishiguro, whose Booker Prize-winning novel "The Remains of the Day" had been successfully adapted into one of Merchant Ivory’s most successful films. Merchant said: "For a producer or director to have a writer of this caliber working with you is wonderful," and "I don’t know of any other writer who would be so keenly able to reflect the details of life at that time. We are really in the best of hands." Ivory asked Ishiguro to adapt the novel "The Diary of a Mad Old Man" by Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki.
The White Countess | Production
The film is now considered a lost film, but the screenplay still exists. While working on this film, an affair between Hugh Williams and Renee Gadd began.
White Face | Preservation status
"The Goshawk" (1951) is an account of White's attempt to train a northern goshawk using traditional rather than modern falconry techniques. Written at his cottage in the mid-1930s, it was published only after its chance discovery by and at the insistence of White's agent, David Garnett. In 1954 White translated and edited "The Book of Beasts", an English translation of a medieval bestiary written in Latin.
T. H. White | Later life
A young Malory appears as a character at the end of T. H. White's book "The Once and Future King" (1958), which was based on "Le Morte d'Arthur". This cameo is included in the Broadway musical "Camelot" (1960), and in its film adaptation (1967), where his name is given as "Tom of Warwick". In addition to White's treatment, many other modern versions of the Arthurian legend have their roots in Malory, including John Boorman's film "Excalibur" (1981). The discovery of Malory's book and its acquisition by William Caxton form key elements in "The Load of Unicorn" (1959), a novel for children by Cynthia Harnett.
Thomas Malory | In fiction
Hill was raised in Canada, and wrote for the Canadian motor-sports magazine Track & Traffic in his early days. He moved out to Hollywood after his first novel "King of White Lady" was optioned to be made into a film. In 1979, Monte Hellman was hired to adapt the book into a screenplay, and Francis Ford Coppola was attached to direct and produce through his American Zoetrope production banner, but the project was ultimately abandoned after Coppola became pre-occupied with the troubled production of Apocalypse Now. The book would go on to be optioned several more times, but as of today, remains unfilmed.
R. Lance Hill | Career
The romance Arthur has become popular in film and theatre as well. T. H. White's novel was adapted into the Lerner and Loewe stage musical "Camelot" (1960) and Walt Disney's animated film "The Sword in the Stone" (1963); "Camelot", with its focus on the love of Lancelot and Guinevere and the cuckolding of Arthur, was itself made into a film of the same name in 1967. The romance tradition of Arthur is particularly evident and in critically respected films like Robert Bresson's "Lancelot du Lac" (1974), Éric Rohmer's "Perceval le Gallois" (1978) and John Boorman's "Excalibur" (1981); it is also the main source of the material used in the Arthurian spoof "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975).
King Arthur | Modern legend
The plot closely follows Nesbit's own testimony regarding White's seduction and assault, followed by a scene of the murder and Thaw's imprisonment in New York prison The Tombs. Finally, the film shows Thaw's acquittal, though in reality, he had not yet been acquitted at the time of the film's release.
The Unwritten Law (1907 film) | Plot
He was born in Bombay, British India, to English parents Garrick Hanbury White, a superintendent in the Indian police, and Constance Edith Southcote Aston. White had a troubled childhood, with an alcoholic father and an emotionally cold mother, and his parents separated when he was 14.
T. H. White | Early life
While waiting for "King of White Lady" to go into production at Paramount, Hill wrote a spec script about Harry Tracy, which would go on to become his first produced screenplay, Harry Tracy, Desperado. The film starred Bruce Dern and Helen Shaver and was nominated for several Genie Awards in 1983, including Best Original Screenplay. Fellow Canadian Gordon Lightfoot wrote music for the film, and also appears onscreen as U.S. Marshal Nathan.
R. Lance Hill | Career
Lionel White (9 July 1905 – 26 December 1985) was an American journalist and crime novelist, several of whose dark, noirish stories were made into films. His books include "The Snatchers" (made into a film as "The Night of the Following Day" directed by Hubert Cornfield and starring Marlon Brando), "The Money Trap" (made into a movie by Burt Kennedy starring Glenn Ford and Elke Sommer), "Clean Break" (adapted by Stanley Kubrick as the basis for his 1956 film, "The Killing"), and "Obsession" (adapted by Jean-Luc Godard as the basis for his 1965 film, "Pierrot le fou") and by the Finnish director Seppo Huunonen for the 1974 film "The Hair" (Karvat) and "Rafferty", adapted by 1980 Soviet Lenfilm production of the same title.
Lionel White | Introduction
In 1959, Alan Jay Lerner and Moss Hart decided to adapt T. H. White's "The Once and Future King" as their next project. As discussed in Lerner's 1978 book, "The Street Where I Live", Frederick Loewe, who initially had no interest in the project, agreed to write music, with the understanding that if things went badly, it would be his last score. After the tremendous success of "My Fair Lady", expectations were high for a new Lerner and Loewe musical. However, the show's production met several obstacles. Lerner's wife left him during the writing process, causing him to seek medical attention and delaying the production.
Camelot (musical) | Background
"Behind the Screen" (Arthur Barker, 1938) (Editor), subtitled "How Films are Made". "The Pale Horse" (Macmillan, 1943), a collection of short stories (not to be confused with the later novel by Agatha Christie with the same name). "The Sound of the Trumpet" (Selwyn H Blount, 1946), a novel.
Stephen G. Watts | Books
Fantasy writer Michael Moorcock enjoyed White's "The Once and Future King", and was especially influenced by the underpinnings of realism in his work. Moorcock eventually engaged in a "wonderful correspondence" with White, and later recalled that White gave him "some very good advice on how to write". J. K. Rowling has said that White's writing strongly influenced the "Harry Potter" books; several critics have compared Rowling's character Albus Dumbledore to White's absent-minded Merlyn, and Rowling herself has described White's Wart as "Harry's spiritual ancestor." Author Neil Gaiman was asked about the similarities between Harry Potter and Gaiman's character Timothy Hunter, and he stated that he did not think Rowling had based her character on Hunter.
T. H. White | Influence
A week after the death of JFK, Jacqueline Kennedy summoned White to the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port to rescue her husband's legacy. She proposed that White prepare an article for "Life" magazine drawing a parallel between her husband and his administration to King Arthur and the mythical Camelot. At the time, a play of that name was being performed on Broadway and Jackie focused on the ending lyrics of an Alan Jay Lerner song, "Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot." White, who had known the Kennedys from his time as a classmate of the late President's brother, Joseph P.
Theodore H. White | "Making of the President" series
White went to Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire, a public school, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was tutored by the scholar and occasional author L. J. (Leonard) Potts. Potts became a lifelong friend and correspondent, and White later referred to him as "the great literary influence in my life." While at Queens' College, White wrote a thesis on Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", and graduated in 1928 with a first-class degree in English. White then taught at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire for four years. In 1936 he published "England Have My Bones", a well-received memoir about a year spent in England.
T. H. White | Education and teaching
So she was able to present Tim in such a light that a reviewer could call him a raging homosexual. Perhaps a heterosexual affair would have made her blush."
T. H. White | Personal life
The White Cliffs of Dover is a 1944 American war drama film based on the verse novel "The White Cliffs" by Alice Duer Miller. It was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Clarence Brown, and produced by Clarence Brown and Sidney Franklin. The screenplay was by Claudine West, and George Froeschel, with the credit for additional poetry by Robert Nathan. Nathan stated in an interview that he wrote the screenplay as his first work as a contracted writer for MGM but the studio credited Claudine West who died in 1943 as a tribute to her.
The White Cliffs of Dover (film) | Introduction
Lancelot and Guinevere (known as Sword of Lancelot in the U.S.) is a British 1963 film starring Cornel Wilde, his real-life wife at the time, Jean Wallace, and Brian Aherne. This lesser-known version of the Camelot legend is a work shaped predominantly by Cornel Wilde, who co-produced, directed, co-wrote, and played Lancelot.
Lancelot and Guinevere | Introduction
Despite writing the novel using what was ostensibly a simple murder-mystery (or even a "potboiler") structure, Carter shied away from straightforward trope characters, believing that all the characters should be complex, and their motives should not be all entirely straightforward or pure.
New England White | Development history
The White Tower is a 1945 novel by James Ramsey Ullman. It was the fourth best-selling novel in the US in 1945 and was reprinted as an Armed Services Edition. It was filmed in 1950 under the direction of Ted Tetzlaff and starring Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains, Lloyd Bridges, Cedric Hardwicke, and Oskar Homolka.
The White Tower (Ullman novel) | Introduction
"He's made that very clear to me: 'I have no other desire than to play what's in that script.' And what's in that script is a pretty despicable guy at times, and pretty nefarious and nasty and selfish." Carnahan also touched upon how he trimmed down the novel's numerous subplots because "I always thought that as much as I love "White Jazz", it became almost unfilmable at some point, because there are so many strands, so much, and it became so psychotic ... that's what made it such a great book, but those things would not carry over into the filmic realm, I thought, with ease."
White Jazz | History
Camelot is a 1967 American musical drama fantasy film directed by Joshua Logan and starring Richard Harris as King Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere and Franco Nero as Lancelot. The film is an adaptation of the 1960 stage musical of the same name by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Lerner also wrote the screenplay. In April 1961, the rights to produce a film adaptation of "Camelot" were obtained by Warner Bros. with Lerner attached to write the screenplay. However, the film was temporarily shelved as the studio decided to adapt "My Fair Lady" into a feature film first. In 1966, development resumed with the hiring of Logan as director.
Camelot (film) | Introduction
White developed a fascination with the character of Falstaff and was even known to dress up and go about "in character". This led to him writing and publishing in 1796 his only known book: "Original Letters, etc, of Sir John Falstaff and his friends", a collection of letters supposed to have been written by Falstaff and his friends, found in an archive kept by Mistress Quickly's heirs.
James White (1775–1820) | Personal life
He co-wrote the novel "SUPERSTAR MURDER: A Prose Flick." with Warren Wexler in 1976. This novel/screenplay was a murder-mystery romp based on the premise of a Bette Midler-styled drag queen being murdered at a bathhouse modeled after the Continental Baths in New York. The role of protagonist "Guido" was purportedly written to be played by David Cassidy.
John Paul Hudson | Writing
On several occasions Danny uses the term T.I.A. (This is Africa) when speaking to white foreigners . It is clear here that the use of this term by a white man in a black country details supposed inherent raced characteristics of Africa that are different to that of the white race . Hughey’s notion of the White Saviour is perfectly depicted in this film also. Not only does Danny Archer dedicate his time and resources to help Solomon Vandy find the diamond and thus his family, he asks for the help of other white characters such as Maddy Bowen which ultimately result in Danny Archer’s sacrifice of his own life and the money from the pink diamond to save Solomon Vandy and his family from definitive death.
Whiteness theory | Whiteness Theory in Audio-visual Studies
Ralph Thomas insisted on the film being shot in black and white as he felt the book "was written in black and white, and it's got to be made in black and white." He was influenced by a French film "Casque d'Or" set in a similar period which was in black and white. Thomas later said this was a mistake and the commercial after-life of the film would have been stronger if it had been in colour. He said the film "was very self indulgent because I wouldn't listen to advice. It's dangerous to have fashion and power and I was fashionable then." The film was the most expensive British production of its year.
A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film) | Production
The British author G. K. Chesterton wrote an epic poem titled "Ballad of the White Horse." In Book I, "The Vision of the King," he writes of earliest England, invoking the white horse hill figure and the gods:
White horses in mythology | Literature and art
Thompson was credited as writer on the following films:
Harlan Thompson | Film writer
Some of White's works have been adapted to motion pictures. White's original screenplays for "House on Haunted Hill" and "13 Ghosts" were both adapted for remakes.
Robb White | Film adaptations
The White Cockatoo is a murder mystery novel written by Mignon G. Eberhart. It was published by Doubleday, Doran & Co. in 1933. It was later released in December, 1993, by Thorndike Press. The film served as the basis of the 1935 film of the same name directed by Alan Crosland.
The White Cockatoo (novel) | Introduction
There are still a number of original black and white Tudor houses.
Twyning | Introduction
1906), from his marriage to Edith Rhoda Blackwood.
J. Fisher White | Introduction
King Arthur is preparing for a great battle against his friend, Sir Lancelot, a battle he does not wish to fight but has been forced into. Arthur reflects on the sad circumstances which have led him to this situation and asks his childhood mentor, Merlyn, for advice. Merlyn appears to him and tells Arthur to think back. Arthur thinks back to the night of his marriage to his now-estranged wife, Guenevere. It is an arranged marriage, and he has never met her before. He is understandably afraid of what lies ahead ("I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight"). His solitude is broken by Guenevere, who has fled from her entourage and enters the same woods that he has taken refuge in.
Camelot (film) | Plot
But that's what you get for getting embroiled in Hollywood." White had previously turned down Disney when they offered to make a film based on his book. According to the film's writer, Earl Hamner Jr., White's wife — who sometimes offered advice and suggestions to the filmmakers — would have preferred the music of Mozart in the film, rather than the music of the Sherman Brothers.
Charlotte's Web (1973 film) | E.B. White's reaction
Terre Haute is a 2006 play by the American writer Edmund White.
Terre Haute (play) | Introduction
Dave Langford reviewed "Ladyhawke" for "White Dwarf" #65, and stated that "Have fun spotting the obligatory film cliches - as when someone's running, hotly pursued, down an empty road; stumbles and falls; finds himself staring at mere inches' range at the boots (here hooves) of a previously unnoticed stranger. . . But Vinge's clear, witty writing makes up for much."
Ladyhawke (novel) | Reception
1888–1891 (Jack the Ripper)
List of films based on crime books | <a href="Whitechapel%20murders">Whitechapel murders</a>
1812 Trilogy: The Isaac Biggs Series The Oliver Baldwin Series Other Books
William H. White (maritime writer) | Published works
Lawes wrote several books. Several of his works were made into films. His most famous book, "Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing", was made into a 1932 movie under the same title, starring Spencer Tracy, and again in 1940 as "Castle on the Hudson", featuring John Garfield. "Over the Wall" was produced in 1938 based on the life of one of his inmates, Alabama Pitts. "Invisible Stripes" in 1939, with George Raft, was based on his novel of the same name, while Humphrey Bogart starred in "You Can't Get Away with Murder" in 1939, an adaptation of "Chalked Out", a play Lawes co-wrote.
Lewis E. Lawes | Writings
Other films include Cinderella; The Invisible Woman; The Duchess; "Vanity Fair", "Nightwatching" and "Notting Hill".
Richard McCabe | Other
Sometimes they have made great films, sometimes flawed ones, even bad ones, but never shabby or unworthy ones. Here is one that is good to better, poignant, patient, moving."
The White Countess | Critical response
Don't Touch the White Woman! is a 1974 French-Italian farce, an absurdist Western set in Paris, directed by Marco Ferreri.
Don't Touch the White Woman! | Introduction
A number of efforts have been made to make the novel into a film, which some have described as unfilmable or unadaptable. These have included attempts by Bernardo Bertolucci with Barbra Streisand, by David Lynch with Isabella Rossellini, by Simon Monjack with Brittany Murphy, and by Emir Kusturica with Nicole Kidman. In 1992, London artist Maty Grunberg created a portfolio "Don Giovanni" (woodcuts, limited edition); text - "Don Giovanni", the opening poem of the book. In August 2018, BBC Radio 4 broadcast an adaptation of Dennis Potter's screenplay, produced by Jon Amiel, producer of Potter's earlier "The Singing Detective", with author Thomas's reminiscences about the book's publication and various film proposals.
The White Hotel | Legacy
The script by Hugh Whitemore, focused on James, and played down Siegfried's eccentricity; for example, a speech he makes early in the film rebuking James for refusing to attend a call during the middle of the night is delivered straight, while in the book it was highly hypocritical, as Siegfried himself had earlier told James that he was 'spoiling' the farmers by coming out at all hours.
All Creatures Great and Small (film) | Writing
The Woman in White is a 1929 British silent mystery film directed by Herbert Wilcox (whose main career was as a producer) and starring Blanche Sweet, Haddon Mason and Cecil Humphreys. It was written by Robert Cullen and Herbert Wilcox, based on the 1859 mystery novel "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins. The film was made at Cricklewood Studios in London and was the first British film version of the novel. Some sources disagree on whether the film was actually made in England or in Scotland, however.
The Woman in White (1929 film) | Introduction
Thomas Ernest Bennett "Tibby" Clarke (7 June 1907 – 11 February 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the Ealing Studios comedies. His scripts always feature careful logical development from a slightly absurd premise to a farcical conclusion. In 1952 he was awarded a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his script for "The Lavender Hill Mob", making him one of just a handful of Britons to receive this award. He continued to work as a scriptwriter after Ealing ceased production in the mid-1950s, his later contributions including "Sons and Lovers" and the Disney film "The Horse Without a Head".
T. E. B. Clarke | Introduction
The magic Camelot of John F. Kennedy never existed." After Watergate and the fall of Richard Nixon, White broke his quadrennial pattern with "Breach of Faith: The Fall of Richard Nixon" (1975), a dispassionate account of the scandal and its players. There was no 1976 volume from White; the closest analogue was "Marathon" by Jules Witcover. After a volume of memoirs, published in 1978, he returned to presidential coverage with the 1980 campaign, and "America In Search of Itself: The Making of the President 1956–80" (1982), draws together original reporting and new social analysis of the previous quarter-century, focusing primarily but not exclusively on the Reagan-Carter contest.
Theodore H. White | "Making of the President" series
The White Heather is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Holmes Herbert, Ben Alexander and Ralph Graves. It was based on an 1897 play of the same title by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. The future matinee idol John Gilbert appeared in a supporting part.
The White Heather | Introduction
Robinson concluded that this was really a cover for homosexuality. Julie Andrews wrote in her autobiography, "I believe Tim may have been an unfulfilled homosexual, and he suffered a lot because of it." However, White's long-time friend and literary agent, David Higham, wrote, "Tim was no homosexual, though I think at one time he had feared he was (and in his ethos fear would have been the word)." Higham gave Warner the address of one of White's lovers "so that she could get in touch with someone so important in Tim's story. But she never, the girl told me, took that step.
T. H. White | Personal life
In this case, the rhyme refers to "Ten Little Fat Boys". (The film's plot bears no resemblance to Arthur Conan Doyle's original story of the same name.) The author of the movie's screenplay, Robert Florey, "doubted that [Christie] had seen "A Study in Scarlet", but he regarded it as a compliment if it had helped inspire her".
And Then There Were None | Possible inspirations
Jeff Fahey plays Pete Verrill, a character based on Viertel. George Dzundza's character is based on "African Queen" producer Sam Spiegel. Marisa Berenson's character Kay Gibson and Richard Vanstone's character Phil Duncan are based on Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, respectively. This was the last film that James Bridges worked on writing down a screenplay before dying in 1993.
White Hunter Black Heart | Introduction
These people, except for Skelton, as well as Askins, Audie Murphy, and Ed McGivern, were used as inspiration for characters in the Stephen Hunter novel "Pale Horse Coming".
Charles Askins | Legacy
But Hoja wonders why he and his slave are the persons they are and whether given knowledge of each other's most intimate secrets, they could actually exchange identities.
The White Castle | Plot introduction
Floyd C. Gale praised "The Sword in the Stone" as "blithely comic and entirely delightful", stating that it was "in utter contrast to the mounting tragedy" of the other three volumes of the series. Fantasy historian Lin Carter wrote, "... the single finest fantasy novel written in our time, or for that matter, 'ever' written, is, must be, by any conceivable standard, T. H. White's "The Once and Future King". I can hardly imagine that any mature, literate person who has read the book would disagree with this estimate. White is a great writer."
The Once and Future King | Reception
White (also known as L.W. Blanco) had been a crime reporter and began writing suspense novels in the 1950s. He wrote more than 35 books, all translated into a number of different languages. His earlier novels were published as Gold Medal crime fiction, but when Duttons began a line of mystery and suspense books, he also wrote for them. He was most well known as what a "New York Times" review described as "the master of the big caper." Seven years after White's death, director Quentin Tarantino credited him, among others, as an inspiration in his 1992 film "Reservoir Dogs".
Lionel White | Introduction
Whitey, original title: De Witte van Sichem, is a Belgian movie by Robbe De Hert released in 1980. The movie is an adaption of Ernest Claes' novel "De Witte". It is the second adaption of the book. The other movie was released in 1934 as De Witte. The title "Whitey" refers to the nickname of the main character: Louis Verheyden, a naughty blond boy of eleven years old.
Whitey (film) | Introduction
"George White's Scandals" is also the name of several movies set within the "Scandals", all of which focus primarily on the show's acts, with a thin backstage plot stringing them all together. The best known of these was 1934's "George White's Scandals" written by Jack Yellen, which marked the film debut of Alice Faye. Flapper-era cartoonist and designer Russell Patterson worked on Broadway in various capacities; for "George White's Scandals of 1936," he served as scenic designer. "George White's Scandals of 1920" was featured in an episode of the television series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles."
George White's Scandals | Introduction
In the final scene, it is a flashback where Shelley Winters and Montgomery Clift are rowing in a small boat from the set of A Place in the Sun. Clara is in bed. She is bleeding and writing poems. Kennedy then notes that Clift continues to grow; she says that all three male movie stars are to be mute. Clara is sharing her aspirations of being an African American writer from a very young age. People told her it was unrealistic. Eddie calls her passion for writing an "obsession to write". Eddie says that she has become shy and secretive.
A Movie Star Has To Star in Black and White | End
The White Circle is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and written by John Gilbert and Jules Furthman. The film stars Spottiswoode Aitken, Janice Wilson, Harry Northrup, John Gilbert, Wesley Barry, and Jack McDonald. It is based on the short story "The Pavilion on the Links" by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film was released on August 22, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.
The White Circle | Introduction
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
Camelot (film) | Awards and nominations
Hayes moved to Hollywood. His work includes an unused screenplay for "Planet of the Apes", titled "Return of the Apes" in 1994. In 2001, Hayes was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for his work on "From Hell". Hayes' debut novel, "I Am Pilgrim" was published by Transworld Publishers on 18 July 2013. That same month, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the film rights to the novel with Hayes attached to adapt it into a screenplay. His second novel entitled "The Year of the Locust" was planned for release in 2016, but has yet to be released. Publish dates vary from 2020 to 2045.
Terry Hayes | Hollywood
"Guillemots". (1907) Filmmakers: Oliver Pike and H. Armytage Sanders.
Harold Armytage Sanders | "Guillemots"
The novel has been adapted to a movie of the same name in 1942 directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine. It won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White.
This Above All | Adaptations
G. Wodehouse." While researching the book Fox also collected information about Beryl Markham, which was turned into another film.) Film rights were optioned by Michael White, a friend of Fox's, while the book was being written. The director was Michael Radford, who wrote the script with British playwright Jonathan Gems, who had never worked on a film before.
White Mischief (film) | Production
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
Quest for Camelot | Accolades
In a review for the African-American Literature Book Club, critic Kam Williams noted the improvement in Carter's writing in "New England White", with a reduction in the excessive verbiage which Williams felt was an issue in "The Emperor of Ocean Park". "Kirkus Reviews" described the novel as a "beefy, neatly constructed melodrama which distributes clues and juggles suspects with Grisham-like energy and efficiency" and stated that "Carter strikes again". Trade magazine "Publishers Weekly" predicted that the book would be another bestseller, due to the "richness of [Carter's] characters, both major and minor, and the intelligence of his writing".
New England White | Literary significance and reception
Why, for instance, is Arthur not shown extracting Excalibur from the rock instead of merely talking about it? Such is the stuff of film scenes." On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, "Camelot" holds an approval rating of 41%, based on 17 reviews with an average rating of 6.23/10.
Camelot (film) | Critical reaction
The film was originally written as a novel by Ly Taly in the late 1960s before it was produced as a film in 1970.
Tropeang Peay | Novel
Captain CG Biggar, a supporting character in the P. G. Wodehouse comic novel "Ring for Jeeves" (1953), is another example of the white hunter.
White hunter | Representations in literature and film
The film was based on a novel by Richard Sale published in 1975. Reviewing the novel, Larry McMurtry said Sale "chose a topic with great possibilities, turned it into a sharpened stake and proceeded to impale himself on it." Film rights were bought by Dino De Laurentiis, who signed Sale to adapt the novel. Sale said De Laurentiis was, along with Daryl Zanuck, one of the finest producers he ever worked with. Bronson signed to make the film in July 1975.
The White Buffalo | Production
White Acre vs. Black Acre is an 1856 plantation fiction novel written by William M. Burwell.
White Acre vs. Black Acre | Introduction
This series was in many ways a follow-up to Disney's much more successful "Davy Crockett".
Stewart Edward White | Writing
"The English Novel and the Movies" - Gontarski, S.E. (Ed. Michael Klein & Gilian Parker) Frederick Ungar Publishing Co /New York - "The Virgin and the Gypsy" - An English Watercolor "D.H.Lawrence - Fifty Years on Film" - Greiff, Louis K. (Southern Illinois University Press) 'Foxes and Gypsies on Film' "30 Ans de Cinéma Britannique" - Raymond Lefevre & Roland Lacourbe, (presse de la Sipe) - editions cinema 76
Christopher Miles | Related books
Alan White (born 23 February 1924) is an English novelist and journalist. He used his experiences as a Second World War commando leader in his writings. He also wrote using the names "Alec Haig", "James Fraser" and "Alec Whitney". Under the pseudonym "Joe Balham" he wrote seven novels based on "The Sweeney" television series. His novel "The Long Day's Dying " was made into a 1968 film directed by Peter Collinson. White wrote mysteries, as well as war and adventure novels.
Alan White (novelist) | Introduction
The White Trap is a 1959 British second feature thriller film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Lee Patterson. The screenplay is by playwright Peter Barnes, who went on to write the cult stage and film comedy "The Ruling Class" (1972); and the Oscar nominated screenplay for "Enchanted April" (1991).
The White Trap | Introduction
The original novel was published in 1939. Cineguild bought the film rights before the book had even been written.
Blanche Fury | Original novel
In 2010, the BBC announced the production of a four-part miniseries based on the novel; viewing started in April 2011. The adaptation's cast includes Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Gillian Anderson, Richard E. Grant, Shirley Henderson, Amanda Hale, Mark Gatiss, Tom Georgeson and Liz White; it was adapted by Lucinda Coxon and directed by Marc Munden. The director of photography was Lol Crawley.
The Crimson Petal and the White | In other media
Over the years T.M. Gray has teamed up with other writers. In 2003, she and fellow Maine horror writer Mark Edward Hall wrote "The Ruby Necklace", a short story published by Lost Village Publishing Enterprises. In 2004, Gray and British horror writer Mark West penned the novel "White Meat". A collaboration of a new novel is in the works by Gray, West and New York City horror writer, Darren Franz.
T. M. Gray | Collaborations
Prior to the theatrical release of the "Quest for Camelot" it's writers David Seidler and Jacqueline Feather were contracted to adapt The King and I for Morgan Creek, to be released under the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label. In 1998 it was revealed the plot had been "slightly altered" from the original musical "in the interest of family viewing." But no change could be made without approval by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, it was known that the family friendly changes would be a risk, but they hoped the film would "introduce a generation of younger people to the show, earlier than they might have been under normal circumstances" according to R&H President at the time Ted Chapin.
The King and I (1999 film) | Writing
The White Castle (original Turkish title: "Beyaz Kale") is a novel by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk.
The White Castle | Introduction
Christopher Clausen has argued that "The Ballad of the White Horse" was a significant influence on J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" fantasy novel. He argues that the basic structure and themes of the "Ballad" were borrowed and incorporated into the "Lord of the Rings". However, after Clausen's writing, it was revealed that Tolkien wrote disparagingly of parts of Chesterton's “Ballad” in his private letters. Robert E. Howard, the American author, poet, and widely known pulp magazine "fictioneer", was much impressed by Chesterton's "The Ballad of the White Horse". In a letter to his friend Tevis Clyde Smith, dated 6 August 1926 (when Howard was 20), he writes: "There is great poetry being written now.
The Ballad of the White Horse | Influence on other works
In 1998, Warner Bros. released an animated film titled "Quest for Camelot", which is loosely based upon Chapman's novel. Significant changes were made to the plot and themes of the story, including the following:
The King's Damosel | Film adaptation
Several of Smith's novels have been turned into movies and TV shows. In 1976 Smith said "At first I didn't have complete control over the screenplay when my novels were turned into films. Now I tell the producer and director that they either use my screenplay or else there is no movie. That saves a lot of time."
Wilbur Smith | Filmography
Kate Winslet thanked Richard Yates for writing such a powerful novel and providing such a strong role for a woman while accepting a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role in the film.
Richard Yates (novelist) | Novels
The plot of French Leave had been used in a play by Guy Bolton ("Three Blind Mice" - 1938) for which Bolton had already sold the rights to MGM. "Do we coyly reveal the fact that your play on which the book was founded has already been made into a picture three times?" Wodehouse wrote him in 1962. "Secrecy and silence, I think, don't you? All moneys will be paid to me as apparently the sole author and I will slip yours -- in pounds, if you are still in England when the advance comes in, or in dollars if you are over here." The titles of some of the French characters in the novel, the Marquis de Maufringneuse et Valerie-Moberanne, the Comte d'Escrignon and Prince Blamont-Chevry, are similar to those of some recurring characters in Honoré de Balzac's "La Comédie humaine": the Duchesse de Maufrigneuse, the Marquis d'Esgrignon and the Princesse de Blamont-Chauvry.
French Leave (novel) | Background