Book Ad of the Week: AFTER (1973)

July 30, 1973

After

by Robert Anderson

Random House, 1973

Best known for his plays TEA AND SYMPATHY and I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER and the film adaptations of both, Robert Anderson wrote the screenplays for UNTIL THEY SAIL (1957) and THE SAND PEBBLES (1966) and was Oscar-nominated twice -- for THE NUN'S STORY (1959) and the screen adaptation of I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (1970) -- but the major Paramount motion picture of his novel After was never produced.

Book Ad of the Week: THE TONGUES OF ANGELS (1990)

June 6, 1990

The Tongues of Angels
by Reynolds Price
Atheneum, 1990

The Tongues of Angels, written by the late novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, lyricist and Duke University professor Reynolds Price, has yet to be adapted for the screen.

Book Ad of the Week: THE SILVER BEARS (1974)

August 22, 1974

The Silver Bears

by Paul E. Erdman

Charles E. Scribner & Sons, 1974

For the 1978 film adaptation of Paul Erdman's novel The Silver Bears, a strong international cast was assembled: Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan, Stéphane Audran, David Warner, Tom Smothers, Martin Balsam, Jay Leno, Charles Gray, and Joss Ackland. Scripted by Erdman and Peter Stone, it was directed by Ivan Passer and released by American International Pictures.

Book Ad of the Week: THE ORDWAYS (1965)

June 25, 1965

The Ordways

by William Humphrey

Alfred A. Knopf, 1964

William Humphrey's debut novel, Home from the Hill, became the 1960 Vincente Minnelli movie of the same title starring Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard and George Hamilton, but his sophomore work, The Ordways, was never adapted for the screen.

Book Ad of the Week: THE COVENANT (1973)

June 22, 1973

The Covenant

by Paige Mitchell

Atheneum, 1973

Novelist-screenwriter (Judith) Paige Mitchell did a lot of writing for television, including the development of John Grisham's The Client as a short-lived series on CBS, but the major motion picture based on her novel The Covenant was never produced.

Book Ad of the Week: THE PAPERBOY (1995)

February 22, 1995

The Paperboy

by Pete Dexter

Random House, 1995

Pete Dexter's novel became the 2012 movie starring Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack, David Oyelowo, Scott Glenn, Ned Bellamy, and Macy Gray.

Book Ad of the Week: THE SEVEN MINUTES (1969)

September 29, 1969

October 27, 1969

The Seven Minutes
by Irving Wallace

Simon & Schuster, 1969

Irving Wallace's bestselling novel about an obscenity trial surrounding a book titled The Seven Minutes became independent filmmaker Russ Meyer's second -- and last -- major studio Hollywood production, THE SEVEN MINUTES (1971), starring Wayne Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, Philip Carey, Jay C. Flippen, Yvonne DeCarlo, Edy Williams, Charles Napier, James Iglehart, Charles Drake, Tom Selleck, Harold J. Stone, and John Carradine.