![]() ![]() Beginning with the dawn of sound pictures, their accomplishments include the first gangster films of note ( The Public Enemy, Little Caesar, Angels with Dirty Faces) some of the outstanding early horror films ( Frankenstein, The Devil-Doll, The Raven) most of the interesting Katharine Hepburn films ( The Little Minister, Holiday, The Philadelphia Story, Woman of the Year, among others) and many other memorable women's films ( Kitty Foyle, The Bishop's Wife, Forever Amber) classic literary adaptations ( Becky Sharp, The House of the Seven Gables, A Christmas Carol, A Place in the Sun) many of the award-winning and box office bonanza war films (not only Casablanca but Destination Tokyo, Pride of the Marines, Hitler's Children, and Objective Burma, among others) political shockers like Mr. Their credits could easily fill a film encyclopedia. His life as a modernist fiction writer, realistic novelist, union educator, radiocollectively wrote, directed, or provided the original stories for well over a thousand movies. ![]() The sometime noir master Polonsky was "discovered" by Hollywood, publicly praised yet privately viewed as a troublemaker, suspected of monstrous conspiracies, cast out, and finally "rediscovered" decades later. Introduction Abraham Lincoln Polonsky is surely one of twentieth-century American culture's most intriguing personalities. ![]()
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