Bookadaptation &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:Bookadaptation @settima@mograph.social Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:47:39 +0200 Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-46qh <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="occasion" Tue/div div class="img" Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)/div div class="caption" Mario (Henri Virlojeux), bathhouse proprietor. A nearby wall calendar reads mardi, septembre 6. DP: Louis Page./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #HenriVerneuil #ZekialMarko #JeanGabin #AlainDelon #HenriVirlojeux #MichelMagne #LouisPage #crime #heist #BookAdaptation #jazz #Paris #Cannes #France #Italy #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)

Sep

6

Tue

Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)

Mario (Henri Virlojeux), bathhouse proprietor. A nearby wall calendar reads mardi, septembre 6. DP: Louis Page.

#FilmDuJour #September #HenriVerneuil #ZekialMarko #JeanGabin #AlainDelon #HenriVirlojeux #MichelMagne #LouisPage #crime #heist #BookAdaptation #jazz #Paris #Cannes #France #Italy #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-46qh Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Touchez pas au grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4fwg <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Touchez pas au grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="occasion" 1953/div div class="img" Touchez pas au grisbi (1954).png)/div div class="caption" A hand holds up a paper announcing a large reward for who knows more about eight stolen gold bars. The crime took place at Orly Airport on September 5, 1953. DP: Pierre Montazel./div div class="txt" "That's the trouble with young people - they're so doggone young!" ### – Max /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #JacquesBecker #AlbertSimonin #JeanGabin #RenéDary #DoraDoll #VittorioSanipoli #MarilynBuferd #DanielCauchy #LinoVentura #JeanneMoreau #JeanWiener #PierreMontazel #drama #crime #BookAdaptation #Paris #France #Italy #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Touchez pas au grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954)

Sep

5

1953

Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)

A hand holds up a paper announcing a large reward for who knows more about eight stolen gold bars. The crime took place at Orly Airport on September 5, 1953. DP: Pierre Montazel.

“That's the trouble with young people – they're so doggone young!”

– Max

#FilmDuJour #September #JacquesBecker #AlbertSimonin #JeanGabin #RenéDary #DoraDoll #VittorioSanipoli #MarilynBuferd #DanielCauchy #LinoVentura #JeanneMoreau #JeanWiener #PierreMontazel #drama #crime #BookAdaptation #Paris #France #Italy #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4fwg Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Corridor of Mirrors (Terence Young, 1948) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y6yg <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Corridor of Mirrors (Terence Young, 1948)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Corridor of Mirrors (1948)/div div class="caption" Mifanwy (Edana Romney) anachronistically smoking a cigarette. DP: André Thomas./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #TerenceYoung #ChristopherMassie #EdanaRomney #GeorgesAuric #AndréThomas #BookAdaptation #mystery #UK #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Corridor of Mirrors (Terence Young, 1948)

Sep

3

Corridor of Mirrors (1948)

Mifanwy (Edana Romney) anachronistically smoking a cigarette. DP: André Thomas.

#FilmDuJour #September #TerenceYoung #ChristopherMassie #EdanaRomney #GeorgesAuric #AndréThomas #BookAdaptation #mystery #UK #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y6yg Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200 La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-20bl <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" 1923/div div class="img" La horse (1970)/div div class="caption" Francis Grutti's (Armando Francioli) ID, handled by someone wielding a large stamp. His birthday is August 28, 1923. DP: Walter Wottitz./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #PierreGranierDeferre #GeorgesGodefroy #JeanGabin #DanièleAjoret #MichelBarbey #Christian Barbier #PierreDux #ArmandoFrancioli #SergeGainsbourg #WalterWottitz #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #France #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)

Aug

28

1923

La horse (1970)

Francis Grutti's (Armando Francioli) ID, handled by someone wielding a large stamp. His birthday is August 28, 1923. DP: Walter Wottitz.

#FilmDuJour #August #PierreGranierDeferre #GeorgesGodefroy #JeanGabin #DanièleAjoret #MichelBarbey #Christian Barbier #PierreDux #ArmandoFrancioli #SergeGainsbourg #WalterWottitz #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #France #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-20bl Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rwqs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" 1972/div div class="img" Dog Day Afternoon (1975)/div div class="caption" Sal (John Cazale) and Sonny (Al Pacino) in the bank, holding out with their increasingly impatient hostages. DP: Victor J. Kemper./div div class="txt" "He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me." ### – Leon /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #SidneyLumet #LeslieWaller #JohnCazale #AlPacino #ChrisSarandon #CarolKane #PenelopeAllen #LanceHenriksen #VictorJKemper #drama #heist #crime #LGBT #biography #BookAdaptation #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)

Aug

22

1972

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Sal (John Cazale) and Sonny (Al Pacino) in the bank, holding out with their increasingly impatient hostages. DP: Victor J. Kemper.

“He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me.”

– Leon

#FilmDuJour #August #SidneyLumet #LeslieWaller #JohnCazale #AlPacino #ChrisSarandon #CarolKane #PenelopeAllen #LanceHenriksen #VictorJKemper #drama #heist #crime #LGBT #biography #BookAdaptation #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rwqs Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zb65 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1959/div div class="img" Plein soleil (1960)/div div class="caption" A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Marge, my love, my angel." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)

Aug

20

1959

Plein soleil (1960)

A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Marge, my love, my angel.”

#FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zb65 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1961/div div class="img" Experiment in Terror (1962).png)/div div class="caption" A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop./div div class="txt" And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now. "And oh, are the Giants mad!" ### – announcer on PA /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)

Aug

18

1961

Experiment in Terror (1962)

A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.

And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now.

“And oh, are the Giants mad!”

– announcer on PA

#FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers [Cagliostro] (Richard... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bqs1 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers [Cagliostro] (Richard Oswald, 1929)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" 1785/div div class="img" Cagliostro (1929).png)/div div class="caption" A title card: LE 15 AOÛT 1785. DPs: Maurice Desfassiaux & Jules Kruger./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #RichardOswald #JohannesVonGünther #HansStüwe #RenéeHéribel #AlfredAbel #IvanKovalSamborsky #RinaDeLiguoro #MauriceDesfassiaux #JulesKruger #SilentFilm #fragment #drama #history #melodrama #BookAdaptation #Germany #France #Sweden #1920s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Cagliostro – Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers [Cagliostro] (Richard Oswald, 1929)

Aug

15

1785

Cagliostro (1929)

A title card: LE 15 AOÛT 1785. DPs: Maurice Desfassiaux & Jules Kruger.

 

#FilmDuJour #August #RichardOswald #JohannesVonGünther #HansStüwe #RenéeHéribel #AlfredAbel #IvanKovalSamborsky #RinaDeLiguoro #MauriceDesfassiaux #JulesKruger #SilentFilm #fragment #drama #history #melodrama #BookAdaptation #Germany #France #Sweden #1920s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bqs1 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tpvc <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" 1941/div div class="img" Kanzashi (1941).png)/div div class="caption" A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)

Aug

10

1941

Kanzashi (1941)

A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai.

 

#FilmDuJour #August #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tpvc Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5ccy <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Lady from Shanghai (1947)/div div class="caption" Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr../div div class="txt" "You need more than luck in Shanghai." ### – Elsa Bannister /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #OrsonWelles #SherwoodKing #RitaHayworth #EverettSloane #TedDeCorsia #WilliamCastle #HeinzRoemheld #CharlesLawtonJr #RudolphMaté #JosephWalker #BookAdaptation #drama #romance #mirrors #FilmNoir #Chinatown #USA #1940s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)

Aug

9

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr..

“You need more than luck in Shanghai.”

– Elsa Bannister

#FilmDuJour #August #OrsonWelles #SherwoodKing #RitaHayworth #EverettSloane #TedDeCorsia #WilliamCastle #HeinzRoemheld #CharlesLawtonJr #RudolphMaté #JosephWalker #BookAdaptation #drama #romance #mirrors #FilmNoir #Chinatown #USA #1940s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5ccy Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200