films based on novels resources??????

[rashikwa]

I'm doing a research on adaptation (from novel to film) , I need more internet resources any boday knows any wedsites ,e-books or something??? plz help
thanx

[Logos]

http://www.imdb.com/ is a very good resource. Just type in the search field the title of the book/movie, or the author :)

[rashikwa]

thank you so much that was so much helpful,

I'm trying to find something on the history of the relationship between novels and films, some historical trace of the veryfirst times movie makers turned to novels as a source material for their work.. things of this sort ,, if some body can help me with this I'll be greatful

[Logos]

Film making started in the 1900's :) maybe you could narrow your search a bit and pick a specific film maker or film based on a book and go from there or check out the American Film Institute or any number of these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_that_have_been_considered_the_greatest_ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Film_organizations or http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html

[Mark F.]

Film making started in the 1900's :) maybe you could narrow your search a bit and pick a specific film maker or film based on a book and go from there or check out the American Film Institute or any number of these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_that_have_been_considered_the_greatest_ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Film_organizations or http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html

1895, in France. I'm trying to think of the earliest adaptations, Murnau did a few in Germany in the 20's (Faust, Tartuff and Nosferatu which was the first version of Dracula on film). A French serial called Fantomas was based on popular pulp novels. That's in the 1910's. Those are the earliest ones I can think of.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016847/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017448/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013442/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002844/

[rashikwa]

thank you so much that was so much helpful

there is an article by Jean Mitry titled ( Remarks on the Problem of Cinematic Adaptation).
it's old I think...I need it. I couldn't find it in my country tried to search it on the net but I couldn't find it either..can u find it on-line for me plz?
sorry for asking too much..

[rashikwa]

I read that the 1930s and 1940s was a golden era for literary
adaptations specially after the introduction of sound to the cinema
in this time the finest examples of Hollywood's adaptations were produced
like : Frankenstein by James Whale (1931),
Crime and punishment by Josef von Sternberg (1935), Dr. Jekll and
Mr. Hyde by George Cukor (1932), Wuthering Heights by William Wyler
(1939), Pride and Prejudice by Robert Leonard (1940),
Rebecca by Alfred Hitchcock (1940), Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz.

any other suggestions??? plz if u know other examples I'll be greatful.
thanks in advance

[Mark F.]

Tod Browning's Dracula.