East_Side,_West_Side_(novel)

<i>East Side West Side</i> (novel)

East Side West Side (novel)

1947 novel

East Side, West Side is a 1947 novel by the American writer Marcia Davenport.[1] Set in New York City immediately after World War II, an unhappily married woman's life comes to a crisis in a single week. As with her two previous novels it was a commercial success, making the Publishers Weekly annual list of bestsellers.

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Film adaptation

In 1949 it was adapted into a film of the same title by MGM. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, it starred Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin and Ava Gardner.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Kirkpatrick p.193-194
  2. [2]
    Goble p.106

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Kirkpatrick, D. L. Twentieth-century Romance and Gothic Writers. Gale Research, 1982.
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