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The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (1939)
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman is a 1939 stage play considered a classic of twentieth century American theater. Set in small Southern town 1900, it centers on Regina Hubbard Giddens, who conspires...
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How The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier Became a Terrifying Alfred Hitchcock Film
I made the mistake of seeing The Birds, a 1963 film by Alfred Hitchcock when I was young. Not being a fan of all things scary, I never quite recovered enough to give it a second view as an adult,...
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Miniseries and Film Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
If you’re the kind of Jane Austen fan who reads Pride and Prejudice every year or two, chances are good that you’ve seen at least one of its miniseries or film adaptations. Considering the unabated...
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1939 Film Adaptation of Wuthering Heights
The 1939 movie adaptation of Wuthering Heights, based on the novel by Emily Brontë, is considered an American film classic. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by William Wyler, the screenplay took...
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Rebecca — 1940 Film Based on the Novel by Daphne du Maurier
The 1940 film version of Rebecca, based on Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel of the same name, was a psychological thriller with nod to the gothic tradition. The black-and-white film, which captured the...
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Jane Eyre — 1943 film based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë
How can Charlotte Brontë’s masterwork, be crammed into a time frame of just over an hour and a half? This feat of compression was accomplished by Hollywood for the 1943 film version of Jane Eyre. To...
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Giant, the 1956 film based on Edna Ferber’s Epic Novel
Giant, the 1956 film, was based on the epic 1952 novel of the same title by Edna Ferber. The saga of a wealthy Texas ranching family, the film starred Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean,...
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The Enduring Power of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide by...
“Through my tears I found god in myself and I loved her fiercely” is perhaps the most iconic quote from For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange (1948 –...
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The 1994 Film Adaptation of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s Timeless Classic
Little Women, the beloved 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888), follows the lives of the four March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. The 1994 film adaptation of Little Women highlighted the...
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Babette’s Feast: The 1958 Short Story by Isak Dinesen, and the 1987 film
It may be fair to say that the acclaimed 1987 film, Babette’s Feast, is better known than the short story by Danish author Isak Dinesen upon which it’s based. In fact, it’s possible that fans of the...
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Film Adaptations of 17 Classic Children’s Novels by Women Authors
It’s fun and fascinating to watch film adaptations of classic children’s novels. Does the cast of characters match how you imagined them while reading? Is the film true to the book, or does it depart...
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Can A Wrinkle in Time Ever be Successfully Filmed?
As the 60th anniversary of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time (1962) approaches, with it will come a wave of nostalgia. A Wrinkle in Time follows the story of siblings, Meg and Charles Wallace, in...
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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (1927)
Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941) is recognized as one of the most groundbreaking modernist authors of the twentieth century. She is perhaps most widely known for iconic novels like Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and...
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Laura — the 1944 Film Based on the Novel by Vera Caspary
Laura, the 1944 film based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Vera Caspary, has earned a secure place among the finest of the film noir genre. The novel remains Caspary’s best-known work, and its...
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Fact and Fiction in All This, and Heaven Too: The 1938 Novel and 1940 Film
When it was freshly published in 1938, Rachel Field’s bestselling novel All This, and Heaven Too kept company on the shelf with other contemporary novels titled with allusions to Christianity but...
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Cimarron by Edna Ferber — the 1930 Novel and the 1931 Film
Cimarron by Edna Ferber was a 1930 novel by the prolific American author that was quickly adapted to film, earning accolades and winning 1931’s Academy Award for Best Picture. Though it wasn’t the...
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Reading (and Watching) Pride and Prejudice in India
Like most teenagers in India who enjoyed the English classics, Pride and Prejudice came into my life. It prompted me to borrow the Complete Works of Jane Austen from the library and to read all her...
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