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Jan 27
Jim Knipfel at the Chiseler: “When 20th Century Fox acquired the rights shortly after the book’s publication, the initial question must have been ‘how do we present this material to a glum Depression-era audience?’ Well, the answer was simple. You hire Lee Tracy, toss the novel out the window, and rewrite it as a frothy screwball comedy.”

Jim Knipfel at the Chiseler: “When 20th Century Fox acquired the rights shortly after the book’s publication, the initial question must have been ‘how do we present this material to a glum Depression-era audience?’ Well, the answer was simple. You hire Lee Tracy, toss the novel out the window, and rewrite it as a frothy screwball comedy.”


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