THE BOOK The Magnificent Ambersons (1918)

THE MOVIE for TV (2002)
Directed by Alfonso Arau
Starring Madeleine Stowe, Bruce Greenwood, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Gretchen Mol, and Jennifer Tilly

THE MOVIE (1942)
Directed by Orson Wells
Starring Joseph Cotton, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, and Agnes Moorehead; narrated by Orson Welles

THE MOVIE PLOT (Drama)
The spoiled young heir of a wealthy family tries to sabotage the relationship of his recently widowed mother and a man she once loved, a widower with an attractive daughter. The son has feelings for the widower’s daughter, and his interference in his mother’s relationship affects his romance and causes the decay of his family’s fortunes.  

THE BOOK Alice Adams (1921)

THE MOVIE (1935)
Directed by George Stevens
Starring Katherine Hepburn and Fred MacMurray

THE MOVIE PLOT (Drama)
The mishaps of a small-town girl who attempts to climb the social ladder in a Midwestern town.

Editor’s note: Other movies adapted from novels written by Booth Tarkington are: Based on the Penrod novels: By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), On Moonlight Bay (1951); Penrod’s Double Trouble (1938), Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938), Penrod and Sam (1937, 1931, 1923), and Penrod (1922); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946, 1924); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Little Orvie (1941); Seventeen (1940, 1916); Business and Pleasure (1932); The Bad Sister (1931) based on The Flirt; Father’s Son (1931) based on Old Fathers and Young Sons; Monte Carlo (1930) based on Monsieur Beaucaire; The Turmoil (1924, 1916); Gentle Julia (1923); The Conquest of Canaan (1921, 1916); The Gentleman from Indiana (1915); Beau Brummel (1913); A Gentleman of France (1905)

June 6, 1933 Princeton Alumni Weekly

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