Book Ad of the Week: SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

September 10, 1980

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture

by Abbie Hoffman

Perigee/Putnam,  1980

Despite the title, the major motion picture from Universal was never made.

Nice try, Abbie!

Book Ad of the Week: BURTON AND SPEKE (1982)

November 7, 1982

Burton and Speke

by William Harrison

St. Martin's/Marek, 1982

William Harrison's novel became the Bob Rafelson film MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON (1990), starring Patrick Bergin (as Richard Francis Burton) and Iain Glen (as John Hanning Speke), from a screenplay by Harrison and Rafelson.

Book Ad of the Week: KAMOURASKA (1973)

June 10, 1973

Kamouraska

by Anne Hébert

Crown, 1973

Anne Hébert's novel, first published in France in 1970, was the basis for the film KAMOURASKA (1973), directed by Claude Jutra and starring Geneviève Bujold and Richard Jordan.

Book Ad of the Week: THE BEAUTY TRAP (1969)

November 2, 1969

The Beauty Trap

by Jeanne Rejaunier

Trident Press, 1969

The Avco Embassy motion picture, to be presented by Joseph E. Levine, was never produced.

Book Ad of the Week: TOPLESS (1991)

August 16, 1991

Topless

by D. Keith Mano

Random House, 1991

The major motion picture from Carolco never materialized.

Book Ad of the Week: THE SHATTERED SILENCE (1971)

July 22, 1971

The Shattered Silence: The Eli Cohen Affair

by Zwy Aldouby and Jerrold Ballinger

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1971

The major motion picture -- directed by Daniel Mann (OUR MAN FLINT, BUTTERFIELD 8), from a screenplay by Albert Maltz (TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA, THE BEGUILED) -- was never produced.

Book Ad of the Week: MOVE! (1968)

May 26, 1968

Move!

by Joel Lieber

David McKay Company, 1968

Joel Lieber co-wrote the screenplay for MOVE (1970), the adaptation of his novel Move!, directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss, Genevieve Waite, John Larch, Joe Silver, and Ron O'Neal.