London After Midnight: An English Translation of the 1929 French Novelization of

Description: London After Midnight by Thomas Mann Thomas Mann, who discovered the long-lost 1928 Boys Cinema literary version of the film (published by BearManor Media), now offers a new and comparably important discovery: an English translation of an equally "lost" French novelization of the story dating from 1929, written by someone who actually saw the film. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The last known copy of London After Midnight, the lost 1927 Lon Chaney film, was destroyed in an MGM studio fire in 1967. Since then researchers have been combing film archives throughout the world in hopes of finding a surviving copy, but without success. Different reconstructions of the film--one in book format, the other as a motion picture--have continued to generate interest in recent years, both relying primarily on the many surviving still photos, arranged in sequence according to the films surviving cutting continuity (with the motion picture cameras panning and zooming across them). Thomas Mann, who discovered the long-lost 1928 Boys Cinema literary version of the film (published by BearManor Media), now offers a new and comparably important discovery: an English translation of an equally "lost" French novelization of the story dating from 1929, written by someone who actually saw the film. In a detailed comparison of this literary take on the story to the movie itself (as represented by its cutting continuity), Mann sheds considerable new light on the range of incoherent plot problems known to have bedeviled the film, and on how they were creatively dealt with by a contemporary story teller. Thomas Mann is a retired librarian and independent scholar living in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Oxford Guide to Library Research (Oxford University Press, 2015). Lucien Boisyvon (1886-1967), author of Londres Après Minuit, was a prolific writer, newspaper critic, and popular novelist. Kieran ODriscoll holds a doctorate in French-English Literary Translation from Dublin City University. Among other works he has translated two plays by Jules Verne in BearManor Medias Palik Series of the North American Jules Verne Society. Long Description The last known copy of London After Midnight, the lost 1927 Lon Chaney film, was destroyed in an MGM studio fire in 1967. Since then researchers have been combing film archives throughout the world in hopes of finding a surviving copy, but without success. Different reconstructions of the film--one in book format, the other as a motion picture--have continued to generate interest in recent years, both relying primarily on the many surviving still photos, arranged in sequence according to the films surviving cutting continuity (with the motion picture cameras panning and zooming across them). Thomas Mann, who discovered the long-lost 1928 Boys Cinema literary version of the film (published by BearManor Media), now offers a new and comparably important discovery: an English translation of an equally "lost" French novelization of the story dating from 1929, written by someone who actually saw the film. In a detailed comparison of this literary take on the story to the movie itself (as represented by its cutting continuity), Mann sheds considerable new light on the range of incoherent plot problems known to have bedeviled the film, and on how they were creatively dealt with by a contemporary story teller. Thomas Mann is a retired librarian and independent scholar living in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Oxford Guide to Library Research (Oxford University Press, 2015). Lucien Boisyvon (1886-1967), author of Londres Apr Details ISBN1629333700 Author Thomas Mann Pages 174 Language English Year 2018 ISBN-10 1629333700 ISBN-13 9781629333700 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-09-26 Short Title London after Midnight Subtitle An English Translation of the 1929 French Novelization of the Lost Lon Chaney Film UK Release Date 2018-09-26 Publisher BearManor Media Imprint BearManor Media Illustrations Illustrations Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:119274900;

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