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an american master,
By tim metcalfe (los angeles,, ca USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dark Page (Paperback)
Sam Fuller was one of the great American movie directors, an old school, cigar chomping, pistol shooting auteur, and that rare thing, a man of action as well as one of thought. There were three main passions in his professional life, exemplified by the title of a fine documentary about him, "The Typewriter, The Rifle, and The Camera" directed by Adam Simon. The typewriter was his first love, or more accurately, the newspaper business centered on New York's Park Row in the roaring twenties; he began as a copyboy at twelve for Hearst's "New York Journal American" and by sixteen worked his way up to reporter for "The Evening Graphic", covering sordid crimes and scurrilous scandals. This background informs every chapter of his wonderful novel "The Dark Page", a book he first saw published as an infantryman in World War Two (a fine scene depicted in his autobiographical film "The Big Red One") and was recently, and luckily for all of us (original copies from the 40's are going for a couple thousand bucks, last I checked) re-issued by Kingly Reprieve. A trip back into a vanished time, it reads like a breeze, and yet feels contemporary in its humor and genial cynicism. This edition has a fine introduction, too, by the director Wim Wenders, who Sam acted for in several movies. The book is a gem, as is his posthumously published autobiography "A Third Face" co-written by his wife, Christa Lang Fuller. Treat yourself to both. And to all of Sam Fuller's movies.
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This book was the basis for the 1952 movie "Scandal Sheet" starring Broderick Crawford, John Derek and Donna Reed. The movie is excellent and the novel is equally gripping. For those of you wondering about the odd role of Donna Reed in the movie, in the book she has a much smaller role but one who's actions make sense. Apparently they beefed the part up for the movie and in the process made her character one that no longer fits.I highly recommend the movie and the book. I think I'd suggest you watch the movie first. Broderick Crawford and John Derek are excellent, and the movie's climactic ending is memorable. Plus there's no spoiler since you know Broderick is the killer from the opening pages/scenes.
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