On November 16, the Philadelphia City Council passed a
Resolution honoring David Goodis. The Resolution was
introduced by Councilman Jack Kelly. The Resolution passed
unanimously. The text is as follows:
RESOLUTION
Recognizing Philadelphia noir novelist David Goodis
WHEREAS, David Goodis was born March 2, 1917 and was raised
in Logan;and
WHEREAS, David Goodis graduated from the General David Bell
Birney Elementary School, Jay Cooke Junior High School, Simon
Gratz High School, and Temple University; and
WHEREAS, David Goodis began a remarkable career in New York
as an advertising and radio writer, and moved to Hollywood,
during World War II; and
WHEREAS, David Goodis gained national attention with his
novel Dark Passage, which was made into a movie starring
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; and
WHEREAS, after a contract with Warner Brothers as a
screenwriter, David Goodis returned to Philadelphia in the
early 1950's and settled in East Oak Lane; and
WHEREAS, David Goodis began the most productive stage of his
writing career as a noir novelist, writing some 15 novels and
a score of short stories, many of which were set in
Philadelphia, particularly in Port Richmond, the Tenderloin,
Southwark, and the Delaware River front; and
WHEREAS, David Goodis' novel The Burglar, was made into a
movie by Paul Wenkos and starred Jayne Mansfield; and
WHEREAS, the French film maker Francois Truffaut
adapted David Goodis' novel "Down There" into the movie
"Shoot the Piano Player" starring Charles Aznavour; and
WHEREAS, David Goodis died on January 7, 1967 at Albert
Einstein Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, in observance of the 40th anniversary of
his death and in honor of his literary contributions, the
works and life of David Goodis are being celebrated at
GoodisCon, a writers symposium, January 5, 6, and 7 in
Philadelphia; NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, that we
hereby note with pride the literary accomplishments of native
son David Goodis.
Aaron Finestone
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