Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film)
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| - | '''Howard Koch''' ([[December 2]], [[1902]] - [[August 17]], [[1995]]) was a [[United States|American]] [[screenwriter]] who was [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted]] by the [[Hollywood]] [[movie studio]] bosses in the 1950s. | + | '''''Letter from an Unknown Woman''''' is a [[1948 in film|1948]] film directed by [[Max Ophüls]]. It was based on the [[Letter from an Unknown Woman|novella]] of the same name. The film stars [[Joan Fontaine]], [[Louis Jourdan]], [[Mady Christians]] and [[Marcel Journet]]. |
| - | Born in [[New York City]], [[New York]], his first accepted screenplay was made into a 1940 film. Koch began writing for Hollywood studios, including [[Jack Warner]] of [[Warner Brothers]]. Koch contributed dialogue to the popular film ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' with [[Humphrey Bogart]], which he coscripted with writers Julius and Philip Epstein in 1943, and for which he received an [[Academy Award]]. | + | In 1992, ''Letter from an Unknown Woman'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". |
| - | His work includes the [[Orson Welles]] [[radio drama]] ''[[The War of the Worlds (radio)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (1938), ''[[Shining Victory]]'' (1941), and ''[[Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film)|Letter from an Unknown Woman]]'' (1948). Koch's play ''Invasion from Mars'', about the effect of the radio drama ''The War of the Worlds'' on some of its listeners, was made into a 1975 TV movie, ''The Night That Panicked America''. | + | == Plot == |
| + | In the early 1900's, pianist Stefan (Jourdan) receives a letter from Lisa (Fontaine) that begins with "by the time you read this I'll already be dead. | ||
| - | In 1943, at the request of [[Jack Warner]], Koch wrote the screenplay for ''[[Mission to Moscow]]'' (1943). The movie subsequently spawned controversy because of its positive portrayal of the [[Soviet Union]]. | ||
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| - | After the war, Koch was fired by Jack Warner after he was criticized by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] (HUAC) for his political views. Koch was blacklisted by Hollywood in 1951. | ||
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| - | After being blacklisted, Koch moved to the [[United Kingdom]] with other blacklisted writers where he wrote under the pseudonym "Peter Howard." | ||
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| - | Howard Koch died in 1995 in [[Woodstock, New York]]. He was a graduate of Bard College and [[Columbia Law School]]. | ||
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| - | == Bibliography== | ||
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| - | * "Invasion from Mars", (pl) CBS Oct 1938 | ||
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| - | * "Invasion from Mars", ed. Orson Welles, Dell 1949 | ||
| - | * "The Panic Broadcast", Little, Brown and Company 1970, Avon Books 1971 | ||
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| - | * "Invasion from Inner Space", (nv) in ''Star Science Fiction Stories #6'', ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1959 | ||
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| - | *''Invaders of Earth'', ed. Groff Conklin, Vanguard 1952, Pocket 1955, Tempo 1962 | ||
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| - | *''The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics'', ed. Harold W. Kuebler, Hanover House 1954 | ||
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| - | *''The Armchair Science Reader'', ed. Isabel S. Gordon & Sophie Sorkin, Simon & Schuster 1959 | ||
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| - | *''Enemies in Space'', ed. Groff Conklin, Digit 1962 | ||
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| - | *''Contact'', ed. Noel Keyes, Paperback Library 1963 | ||
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| - | *''Speculations'', ed. Thomas E. Sanders, Glencoe Press 1973 | ||
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| - | *''Bug-Eyed Monsters'', ed. Anthony Cheetham, Panther 1974 | ||
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| - | It is likely that all of the above publications were for the same story or play in one form or another. | ||
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Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 film directed by Max Ophüls. It was based on the novella of the same name. The film stars Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians and Marcel Journet.
In 1992, Letter from an Unknown Woman was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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In the early 1900's, pianist Stefan (Jourdan) receives a letter from Lisa (Fontaine) that begins with "by the time you read this I'll already be dead.
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