Christmas Holiday (novel)
Somerset Maugham | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1939 |
| Media type | |
Christmas Holiday is a novel by the British writer
prostitute. She tells him both of the death of her father during the Russian Revolution abd her subsequent marriage in Paris to a man who then murdered his own friend. Despite knowing of his guilt she secretly sends money to him on the prison island in French Guiana because she is still in love with him.[1]
Film adaptation
In 1944 it was adapted into the American film of the same title often classified as a film noir, directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly.[2] [3] While the original story takes place in pre-war Europe, the adaptation shifts the setting the wartime New Orleans in Louisiana.
References
Bibliography
- Calder, Robin. Somerset Maugham and the Cinema. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2024.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Schwartz, Ronald. Houses of Noir: Dark Visions from Thirteen Film Studios. McFarland, 2013.
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