Jim Beaver (JUMBLEJIM@prodigy.net)
Sun, 5 Sep 1999 12:00:19 -0700
>Jim, are you sure about that source credit? _The
Warner Brothers Story_
>(generally a reliable reference) says that _The Man
Who Talked Too Much_
>was based on an original screenplay written by Tom
Reed and Walter DeLeon.
>
>Edgar Wallace's _The Mouthpiece_ started life as a
stage play ca. 1930, and
>was first novelized in 1936. I've done a bit of
searching and haven't
>found any evidence that he ever published under the
name Frank J. Collins.
I'm certain. I've gone through the Warner Bros. production
material, and the New York Times review (for a more easily
accessible source) quotes the screenplay as being based on
the PLAY (my mistake) "The Mouthpiece," by Frank J. Collins.
In addition, I now notice, THE MAN WHO TALKED TOO MUCH is a
remake of a 1932 film, THE MOUTHPIECE, which the Times refers
to as based on a "recent" play by Frank J. Collins. Is it
possible that Edgar Wallace novelized Collins's play? Of
course, knowing the plotline of the Wallace novel and/or play
would resolve things.
Jim Beaver
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