Immagine dell'autore.

Thorne Smith (1892–1934)

Autore di Topper

25+ opere 2,340 membri 48 recensioni 11 preferito

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Fonte dell'immagine: Library of Congress

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Opere di Thorne Smith

Topper (1926) 485 copie
The Night Life of the Gods (1931) 379 copie
Topper Takes a Trip (1932) 271 copie
Turnabout (1931) 180 copie
The Passionate Witch (1941) 136 copie
The Stray Lamb (1929) 136 copie
Rain in the Doorway (1933) 133 copie
The Bishop's Jaegers (1932) 125 copie
The Glorious Pool (1934) 107 copie
Skin and Bones (1933) 91 copie
Did She Fall? (1930) — Autore — 70 copie
The Thorne Smith 3-Decker (1933) 59 copie
The Thorne Smith Triplets (1944) 57 copie
Topper [1937 film] (1937) — Writer — 20 copie
Biltmore Oswald (1918) 13 copie
Lazy Bear Lane (1777) 10 copie
Dream's End (2013) 5 copie
Out O'Luck (1919) 4 copie

Opere correlate

Desert Island Decameron (1945) — Collaboratore — 57 copie
I Married a Witch [1942 film] (1942) — Orginal author — 49 copie
Classics of the Supernatural (1995) — Collaboratore — 40 copie
Topper Returns [1941 film] (1941) — Original characters — 29 copie
The Literary Horse: Great Modern Stories About Horses (1995) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Let's Go Naked: Love and Life in a Nudist Camp (1952) — Collaboratore — 2 copie

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Cosmo, a banker stuck in a rut, buys a car on a whim, despite being the car in which a young couple died in a few months before after crashing into a tree.

Little does he know, but the car is haunted by the dead couple, and soon the three are having a whale of a time. Topper escapes from his humdrum life (and wife), spends most of his time excessively drunk, getting into trouble and hanging around with a lot of dead people - and Oscar the dog.

I do vaguely remember the film with Cary Grant and I can just imagine the special effects being created for this - such as when Oscar can only (back) half appears.

Think the book would best be described as "screwball" which is a type of book - and film - which has fallen out of fashion, especially in early 21st century England. We like our humour different now I think. Whilst mildly amusing, this is not the funniest book I've read
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nordie | 16 altre recensioni | Oct 14, 2023 |
Had to DNF. Too difficult to get into with the writing and too slow in the beginning. Not intrigued enough.
 
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viiemzee | 10 altre recensioni | Feb 20, 2023 |
Very funny story of how some mythical gods cause havoc in New York when they come to life.
 
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kslade | 10 altre recensioni | Dec 8, 2022 |
A film starring Constance Bennett and Cary Grant (MGM, 1937).

Two ghosts decide to haunt a man for his own good.

C+ (Okay).

Despite the billing, this is not a Cary Grant movie. It's a Roland Young movie. He's good with the handful of physical gags, but his screen persona is too dull to carry an entire movie.

(Oct. 2022).
 
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comfypants | Oct 24, 2022 |

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Opere
25
Opere correlate
6
Utenti
2,340
Popolarità
#10,966
Voto
½ 3.7
Recensioni
48
ISBN
169
Lingue
8
Preferito da
11

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