the motion pictures
Book vs. Film
Could it be a movie?: Stories from Ellery Queen’s (Part 2)
Welcome to “Could it be a movie?,” a segment in which TMP reads stuff and tells you whether or not the written materials would make good movies. In this installment, we look at two stories from a 1979 issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. “Early Warning” Who wrote it?: John Gloag Where does it appear?: … Continue reading
Could it be a movie?: John Cheever’s “The Enormous Radio”
Welcome to “Could it be a movie?,” a segment in which Lindsey reads stuff and tells you whether or not the written materials would make good movies. In this installment, we look at a great American short story by John Cheever. “The Enormous Radio” Who wrote it?: John Cheever Where does it appear?: May 17, … Continue reading
Could it be a movie?: Stories from Ellery Queen’s (Part 1)
Welcome to “Could it be a movie?,” a segment in which TMP reads stuff and tells you whether or not the written materials would make good movies. In this installment, we look at two stories from a 1977 issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. “The Rescue of Professor Parkinson” Who wrote it?: William Bankier Where … Continue reading
Book vs. film: The Secret Life of Bees
In 2002, Sue Monk Kidd published her Orange Broadband Prize-winning New York Times best-seller The Secret Life of Bees. Though set in the pivotal year of 1964, The Secret Life of Bees is not your average “South in the 1960s” period piece. The civil rights movement is one of the novel’s underlying themes, but the … Continue reading
Book vs. film: Valley of the Dolls
*This post contains mild spoilers for both the novel and film versions of Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls. I’ve tried to avoid major spoilers as much as possible! Valley of the Dolls, written by Jacqueline Susann, was originally published by Bernard Geis Associates in 1966. An instant and somewhat scandalous hit, the novel was … Continue reading
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