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From the preview for Gene Kelly's simplification of Frank Tarloff's "Guide for the Married Man" …
From the coming attraction for John Ford's elucidation of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" …
From the trailer for George Steven's rendition of Edna Ferber's "Giant" (1956).
From the trailer for Elia Kazan's riff on Laura Z. Hobson's "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947).
Ted Kotcheff's loose adaptation of William S. Gray and Zerna Sharp's "Fun With Dick and …
From Arthur Lubin's transformation of David Stern's "Francis" (1950).
From King Vidor's improvement on Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" (1949).
Friz Freleng's adaptation of Michael Maltese's "Foney Fables" (1942).
From Wes Anderson's adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009).
From the trailer for Sidney Lumet's variation on Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler's "Fail Safe" …
From the trailer for William Dieterle's filming of Robert Standish's "Elephant Walk" (1954).
Walt Disney's animated take on Gregor Ziemer's "Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi" …
From the trailer for Elia Kazan's alteration of John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" (1954).
From the trailer for Richard Fleischer's reworking of Meyer Levin's "Compulsion" (1959).
From the trailer for Vincente Minnelli's version of William Gibson's "The Cobweb" (1955).
Elliot Silverstein's adaptation of Roy Chanslor's "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" (1965).
Henry King's adaptation of Samuel Shellabarger's "Captain From Castile" (1944).
Walter Lang's adaptation of Maurice Maeterlinck's "The Blue Bird" (1940).
Roy William Neill's adaptation of Cornell Woolrich's "Black Angel" (1946).
