Dreiser on the Web

by Roger W. Smith

10. Films and Plays

The following sites provide information about the dates, production credits, casts, etc., of dramatic and film adaptations of Dreiser’s works.

“American Tragedy, An (1931).” The Internet Movie Database.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0021607 .

“Full Record: Carrie (Wyler/Olivier).” University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Media Resources Center.

http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/films/full.php?film_id=932 .

“Full Record: A Place in the Sun.” University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Media Resources Center.

http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/films/full.php?film_id=3861 .

Jacobson, Colin. Review of A Place in the Sun. DVD Movie Guide.

http://dvdmg.com/placeinthesun.shtml .

Review of My Gal Sal. TV Guide Online.

http://www.tvguide.com/Movies/database/ShowMovie.asp?MI=7968 . Contains cast and production credits.

“Shelley Winters: A Place in the Sun.” Turner Classic Movies.

http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/ThisMonth/Article/0,,12480,00.html . Includes link to trailer for film.

“Theodore Dreiser.” AMC Guide.

http://www.amctv.com/person/detail/0,,1217-1-EST,00.html . Provides links to information about The Prince Who Was a Thief (based on a story by Dreiser), A Place in the Sun, My Gal Sal, Jennie Gerhardt, and An American Tragedy.

“Theodore Dreiser.” Internet Broadway Database.

http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=8839 . Provides details about productions of the following plays: Case of Clyde Griffiths, An American Tragedy (original, 1926; revival, 1931), The Hand of the Potter, The Girl in the Coffin.