Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Jul 23, 2019 the best asset of home before dark 1958 is its spooky and compelling narrative, adapted by screenwriters eileen and robert bassing from an eponymous novel by the woman on the team. The film was adapted by robert and eileen bassing from eileen s samenamed novel. Very good clean tight hardback with only very light overall wear. The screenplay was written by eileen and robert bassing, based on the novel by eileen bassing. The spooky 1958 drama home before dark, starring jean simmons, was written by eileen and robert bassing. Wearing a curiously and perhaps deliberately unattractive blonde wig, jean simmons stars in the tense psychological drama home before dark. A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital. But occasionally, it nails eileen bassings novel with its stifling new england academic atmosphere and the rigidity of its codes. I recently read home before dark by eileen bassing and was shocked id never heard of her and am currently reading her other novel wheres annie. Home before dark by bassing, eileen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Home before dark by mervyn leroy jean simmons, dan oherlihy. Home before dark 1958 the best asset of home before dark 1958 is its spooky and compelling narrative, adapted by screenwriters eileen and robert bassing from an eponymous novel by the woman on the team. Home before dark by bassing, eileen, 1908publication date 1958 publisher.
Jean simmons plays charlotte bronn, a professors wife who has been hospitalized for a year after undergoing a nervous breakdown. Home before dark is the story of a young woman charlotte bronn su. Infinite jest by david foster wallace, set in a partly fictionalized boston. The script by eileen and robert bassing, from eileens novel makes the audience piece together the past events at the same time that. The house was before them, a shotgun house with a kitchen attached to the back of the side porch and a narrow, low porch on the front. The casthome before dark, screen play by eileen and robert bassing, based on the novel by mrs. What is remarkable about home before dark is that it is a film without a. Find films and movies featuring eileen bassing on allmovie. Home before dark is a 1958 warner brothers drama film, directed and produced by mervyn leroy, and starring jean simmons, dan oherlihy, rhonda fleming, and efrem zimbalist jr. Home before dark by bassing, eileen, 1908publication date 1958 publisher new york. Accessible book, lending library asked in authors, poets, and playwrights. With jean simmons, dan oherlihy, rhonda fleming, efrem zimbalist jr simmons is magnetic as charlotte, her lovely, delicate face reflecting the inner turmoil of a woman battling for sanity after she walks out of a mental institution. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
Home before dark 1958 opens with a beautiful wintry scene that turns out to be the grounds of a mental hospital. Feb 11, 2011 home before dark fromemilys illness ep. Eileen bassings home before dark was a more popular kind of chiller. Additional filming took place in the crystal room of the beverly hills hotel, which was used for the hotel in boston, and at point sequit on the coast at malibu for the scenes by the lobster traps. All the lonely women in home before dark and the night. For, once home, she suspects the increasing intimacy of her husband, arnold, and her stepsister, joan, and. Eileen bassing 19181977, author lake chapala artists and. A first novel shadows charlotte bronn, from her return home after two years in an asylum to her final acceptance of her repudiation by her husband some months later, and it is an uncomfortable record of the old resentments and new humilitations which bring her to the breaking point again. Home before dark by ruth park and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The book is signed by the author on the first inside page. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. The film was adapted by robert and eileen bassing from eileens samenamed novel.
Home before dark hardcover january 1, 1957 by eileen bassing author 4. In 1958, mervyn leroy, a veteran studio director who had great success in guiding actresses to. Eileen and her second husband robert bob bassing, both writers of some distinction, lived in ajijic between 1950 and 1954. Nov 04, 2016 the spooky 1958 drama home before dark, starring jean simmons, was written by eileen and robert bassing. Based on one womans battle to regain her slipping sanity, it is a romantic melodrama of considerable power and imprint. The author of the bestselling novel, eileen bassing, formerly lived in marblehead, ma, the basis for the fictional cape marble of the book and film. Last week, robert, now 91, got a letter from the academy of motion picture arts and. Why do jews have to be home before its dark answers. You will find great numbers of jews out bowling, or at the movies, or playing poker, or visiting, or at the evening service at the synagogue, after dark. Home before dark dvdr 1959 warner archive collection mod. Eileen bassing is the author of home before dark 4. Home before dark is the story of a young woman charlotte bronn suffering from bipolar disorder who has been confined to a mental hospital. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. She married young, at age 16, and had two sons from her first marriage, before marrying bob in 1948.
Home before dark should give the kleenex a vigorous workout. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Id liken her story telling to graham greene with some john steinbeck tossed in but in her own unique voice. The given day, novel by dennis lehane, takes place in postworld war i boston. Director mervyn leroys 1958 drama stars jean simmons, dan oherlihy, rhonda fleming, efrem zimbalist jr.
Charlotte bronn, 26, jean simmons, a fragile little childwife, is coming home. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. What is remarkable about home before dark is that it is a film without a villain. The skeletal plot, written by eileen and robert bassing based on a novel by eileen, is also something of a heartbreaker, with simmons cast as. This is where im going to live, stella thought, and let. Home before dark 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and.
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