Farran Nehme Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Delightful look by @TomDohertyfilm at one of my favorite genres. Full of pithy phrases like "Hecht’s endlessly entertaining and occasionally reliable memoir A Child of the Century..." https://t.co/ygKmsKpnT4

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Robert Gottlieb's portrait of the life and times of Sinclair Lewis—whose novels had such an influence on 1930s cinema—is a great read. I didn't know Fran Dodsworth was a (pretty unfair) portrait of Lewis's first wife, Grace. https://t.co/QMC5B4ym1A

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RT @DepartedAviator: I had a chat with Ruth Negga about PASSING (novel and film), Nella Larsen, and understanding Clare Kendry’s last momen…

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@mattkeeley I did. And certainly this is what I think. But clearly they don't want to lose money on anything, ever. It's like Martin Amis's concept of "the life of pure money." The difference between Disney's 2021 profit without a $10 million loss on an art movie is meaningful to the suits.

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@LeavingFilmstrk The Kindness of Strangers, Salka's own memoir, is a must; The Lost One, Stephen D. Youngkin's bio of Peter Lorre; An Empire of Their Own; Pola Negri, Memoirs of a Star. She didn't stay, but Hildegard Knef's The Gift Horse is great and has a Hollywood section.

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“I hate men. They're rotten beasts. I wish all the men in the world were dead!” She means it, too: BEDELIA (Lance Comfort, 1946), with Margaret Lockwood in the très fatale title role. Based on a novel by Vera Caspary, who also wrote the novel LAURA. https://t.co/ljJzQyZ73O

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@theannestott Do you have Ben's wonderful book? He uses the opening paragraph of The Haunting of Hill House to show how beautifully they were used by Shirley Jackson. It makes you realize that her semicolons are essential.

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Ambitious soul you are. But my own pick is Wilkie Collins' NO NAME, which is probably even longer. https://t.co/TL1GuspIOq

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RT @Kathy__Gee: DAY 30 #Noirvember #noirnovelsbywomen I'll close this thread with a book I fell in love with: Maritta Wolff's Night Shift (…

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RIP, soulful and beautiful Yvette Mimieux. I love her so much in LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, and I also have a soft spot for JOY IN THE MORNING, based on a novel by Betty Smith of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" fame. https://t.co/ahsjDK3MyQ