Frankie and Johnny

by John Huston and John Houston

Book Overview

The ill-fated lovers Frankie and Johnny were already legends by 1930, the year of this illustrated drama's publication. The unique interpretation is a collaboration between John Huston, the future director of The Maltese Falcon and other film classics, and Miguel Covarrubias, an influential painter and caricaturist. Huston, who reputedly interviewed a neighbor of the real-life Frankie and Johnny, was inspired to adapt the tale of love gone...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486794679
• ISBN13: 9780486794679
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"