No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film

by David Wheeler

Book Overview

High Noon. The Misfits. All About Eve. Many of Hollywood's greatest movies were based on equally great short stories. Collected here are more than two dozen of the world's best-loved films as they... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140110909
• ISBN13: 9780140110906
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

At last, and all together

We hear or read in the credits about the short story from which particular movie was made. But for the most part, we don't get to see these originals. Now here's an opportunity: Between the two covers of No, But I Saw The Movie.There are 18 of these stories here, including the bases for All About Eve, High Noon, Jazz Singer, Rear Window, It Happened One Night. We can see how these tales got fleshed out for the screen versions. You can make your own judgment about the relative merits of the originals and the expansions. I accidently came across this at a second-hand booksale. It is out of print right now, but definitely deserves to be available again.

A delightful book, full or surprises

I already knew that there were some movies that were based on short stories rather than books, but until I saw this volume, I didn't know how many popular and famous movies were actually based on stories. This book contains introductory articles as well as stories (and which movies were made with the story as basis). Its good reading for movie fans as well as people who enjoy short stories.