Tag Archives: “Rebecca”

Move Along, Movies

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Tonette Joyce

Best books-to-movies? I know that we have covered this; I absolutely know that I have brought up the best movies made from terrible books. Yes, it happens; books are not “always ruined” when made into movies. I will once again … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, Books, characters, dialogue, favorites, imagination, inspiration, movies, novels, performances, romance, Tonette Joyce | Tagged "Rebecca", casting movies, Daphne du Maurier, Debbie Reynolds, Forrest Gump, George Sanders, Gladys Cooper, Hary Potter, J.R.Rowling, Janet Evanovich, Jaon Fontaine, Katherine Heigl, Lawrence Olivier, Movies from books, Optioning intellectual property for movies, Robert Ben Garant, Ship of Fools, Stephanie Plum, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Time Traveler's Wife, Thomas Lennon, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit | 5 Comments

Cinema Magic, Book Enchantment

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are talking about books that we have read after seeing a movie on which they were based . I was surprised to realize I had done this quite a bit. Last week I brought up a sort … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged "Rebecca", A Christmas Memory, Agatha Christie, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Daphne du Maurier, Forrest Gump, Gladys Aylward, Harry Potter, In Cold Blood, Ingrid Bergman, James Hilton, Lilies of the Field, LOTR, Maria Von Trapp, Paul Scott, Roert Ben Garant, Ronald Coleman, Shangri-La, Sydney Poitier, The Bible, The Birds, The Good Book, The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Jewel in the Crown, The Lost Horizon, The Raj Quartet, The Scapegoat, The Small Woman, The Sound of Music, The Thanksgiving Visitor, The Time Traveler's Wife, Thomas Lennon, Truman Capote, Witness For the Procecution, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit | 6 Comments

“A Confession of Character” [R.W. Emerson]

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are talking about what character in a famous novel we’d like to be, (temporarily). Toughy! Although I might daydream about places or characters from stories, I never put myself in one as a character. I might want to … Continue reading →