Nigel Algar <
montana@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
Vince Keenan wrote:
>
> > For an in-depth look at this subject, I'd
recommend Woody Haut's
> > HEARTBREAK AND VINE. He focuses specifically on
the work noir
> > writers did for Hollywood and how it reflects
on their literary
> > output. I don't agree with Haut on everything,
but he always
> > knows whereof he speaks.
>
> I'd recommend this book too, but would advise
readers to be on
> the lookout for typos and howlers
[SNIP]
> and, more importantly, Haut later suggests that
there is a Goodis
> novel called RAVING BEAUTY. This produced a tremor
of excitement
> - why hadn't I heard of this? - but reference to the
Goodis biography
> (listed as a reference in Haut's bibliography)
confirms that this
> is an alternative title for SOMEBODY'S DONE FOR, his
last novel.
This rang a bell with me, as an article I wrote about Goodis
that appeared in _Crime Time_ included a list of Goodis
novels that had been filmed;
_Raving Beauty_ was one of the titles that had been filmed
(as _And Hope To Die_, by Renee Clement, in 1972).
Looking again at that list, it certainly *looks like* two
Goodis novels,
_Raving Beauty_ and _Someebody's Done For_ were adapted as
_And Hope To Die_.
I haven't seen a copy of Haut's _Heartbreak and Vine_ so I'm
not unable to check the section on Goodis, or look at his
references, but it seems like I might have led Woody astray
:-)
ED
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