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<blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 266173" data-attributes="member: 5328">&quot;The Cruel Sea&quot; by Nicholas Montsarrat is superb and made a decent film.The early James Bond films were based on novels by Ian Fleming; later ones on the titles of Fleming stories; the latest on things Fleming might have said if he'd thought of them. &quot;On Her Majesty's Secret Service&quot; is probably the best, although it has the worst Bond.&quot;The African Queen&quot; with Humphrey Bogart and Kate Hepburn is a classic film and is based on a novel by CS Forester.Speaking of Forester, his novel &quot;The Happy Return&quot; was made into a film starring Gregory Peck and called, if memory serves, something like &quot;Captain Hornblower, RN&quot;.And speaking of Peck, he was in a decent film version of &quot;To Kill a Mockingbird&quot;.&quot;Pride and Prejudice&quot; is a must-read novel, and has been made into a film several times.&quot;The Three Musketeers&quot; is a great novel by Alexandre Dumas (pere), and has been made into a film several times. The recent brat pack production stank, but there is an old Gene Kelly version that is pretty good, and there was an outstanding version made by Rank/Fox and released in two parts in 1973-74 (starring Michael York, Racquel Welch, Charlton Heston, Fay Dunaway, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Spike Milligan...). Try to get the translation by Anthony Burgess.Speaking of Dumas (pere), the recent &quot;The Count of Monte Cristo&quot; was based on his novel of the same name and (the recent production) is better. Similarly, &quot;The Man in the Iron Mask&quot; is one of his, and the recent movie version with Gabriel Byrne, John Malkovitch etc. is good.Dumas (pere) naturally suggests Dumas (fils). &quot;Moulin Rouge&quot; was based on his novel &quot;La Dames aux Camélias&quot;, via his stage play adaptation &quot;Camille&quot; and Verdi's operatic version &quot;La Traviata&quot;.There are lots more. Give me time to think.Regards,Agback</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Agback, post: 266173, member: 5328"] "The Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Montsarrat is superb and made a decent film. The early James Bond films were based on novels by Ian Fleming; later ones on the titles of Fleming stories; the latest on things Fleming might have said if he'd thought of them. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is probably the best, although it has the worst Bond. "The African Queen" with Humphrey Bogart and Kate Hepburn is a classic film and is based on a novel by CS Forester. Speaking of Forester, his novel "The Happy Return" was made into a film starring Gregory Peck and called, if memory serves, something like "Captain Hornblower, RN". And speaking of Peck, he was in a decent film version of "To Kill a Mockingbird". "Pride and Prejudice" is a must-read novel, and has been made into a film several times. "The Three Musketeers" is a great novel by Alexandre Dumas (pere), and has been made into a film several times. The recent brat pack production stank, but there is an old Gene Kelly version that is pretty good, and there was an outstanding version made by Rank/Fox and released in two parts in 1973-74 (starring Michael York, Racquel Welch, Charlton Heston, Fay Dunaway, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Spike Milligan...). Try to get the translation by Anthony Burgess. Speaking of Dumas (pere), the recent "The Count of Monte Cristo" was based on his novel of the same name and (the recent production) is better. Similarly, "The Man in the Iron Mask" is one of his, and the recent movie version with Gabriel Byrne, John Malkovitch etc. is good. Dumas (pere) naturally suggests Dumas (fils). "Moulin Rouge" was based on his novel "La Dames aux Camélias", via his stage play adaptation "Camille" and Verdi's operatic version "La Traviata". There are lots more. Give me time to think. Regards, Agback [/QUOTE]

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