"book ""The Fifty Worst Films of All Time"". Jamaica Inn (film) Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name, the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted (the others were her novel ""Rebecca"" and short story ""The Birds""). It stars Charles Laughton and features Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. It is the last film Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before he moved to the United States. The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1819; the"
"which she had spun her popular novel ""Jamaica Inn"", which was adapted into a melodramatic film of the same name made by Alfred Hitchcock. Before living in the inn, she had resided in Fowey estuary, a house in Bodinnick and subsequently in Menabilly. She described the nocturnal activities of a smuggling ring based at the now celebrated inn, ""portraying a hidden world as a place of tense excitement and claustrophobia of real peril and thrill."" It should be noted though that in Du Maurier's novel, the Jamaica Inn is not functioning as an inn with many guests as it did"
"the film ""Jamaica Inn"" (1939) based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. When Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in March 1939 to begin his contract with David O. Selznick to direct films, Harrison went with him as an assistant and writer. She continued contributing to the screenplays for Hitchcock's films ""Rebecca"" (1940), also adapted from a du Maurier novel, ""Foreign Correspondent"" (1940), ""Suspicion"" (1941), and ""Saboteur"" (1942). She was also credited as one of the screenwriters for ""Dark Waters"" (1944). Harrison was an uncredited screenwriter for ""Ride the Pink Horse"" (1947) and ""Your Witness"" (1950). She became a film producer"
"1845, was building a chapel at Bolventor to accommodate those who lived in the Jamaica Inn area. In 1865, Murray wrote that the inn was frequented in the winter by sportsmen and offered only rudimentary accommodations. The current building still includes the extension of a coach house, stables and a tack room added in 1778. The inn was owned for a period by the novelist Alistair MacLean. The Jamaica Inn's past notoriety as the pirates' den was known to Du Maurier three years before she wrote her book, when she had lived in the inn, and on the basis of"
"television adaptation in 2014 starring Jessica Brown Findlay directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. In addition to its use in literature, and film, the hotel is referenced in ""Jamaica Inn"", a song written by Tori Amos on her album ""The Beekeeper"", written while she was travelling by car along the road of the Cornwall cliffs, and inspired by the legend she had heard of the inn. The inn became a Grade II listed building in 1988. The hill named ""Tuber"" or ""Two Barrows"", , is close-by. Jamaica Inn is on Bodmin Moor, near Bolventor. Brown Willy is situated to the north, while"
"test was sub par, but Laughton could not forget her eyes). After filming finished, Laughton brought her to Hollywood to play Esmeralda opposite his Quasimodo in 1939 version of ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"", where she became an international star. In March 1939, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood to begin his contract with David O. Selznick. Thus ""Jamaica Inn "" was his last British picture, as well as one of his most successful. Critics disparaged the film, largely because of the lack of atmosphere and tension which was present in the book, with its light-hearted, often camp banter, and portly landlord,"
"always wanted a daughter of his own, and treated her as such, and she later stated that Laughton's death in 1962 was like losing a parent. She worked well under Hitchcock, professing to have ""never experienced the strange feeling of detachment with Hitchcock that many other actors claimed to have felt while working with him."" On the contrary, Laughton was engaged in a bitter battle with Hitchcock throughout the production and resented many of Hitchcock's ideas, including changing the nature of the villain from the novel. Though ""Jamaica Inn"" is generally seen by critics and the director himself as one"
"potential and invested $200,000 plus, the land that he owned between the Mummy and Camelback Mountains. The Camelback Inn opened on December 15, 1936, under the management of Stewart, with the slogan ""Where Time Stands Still"". There were accommodations for 77 guests. Lincoln served as president of the Inn from 1936 to 1959. The resort became very popular among Hollywood celebrities and political leaders. Among the early celebrities who frequented the Inn were Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, and J.W. Marriott, Sr., who shared the Stewart's love for the Camelback Inn. In 1968, the Camelback"
"fourth novel, Jamaica Inn, in 1935 in Frimley where her soldier husband Frederick (Boy) Browning was based. Notable people buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's Church, Frimley include: In one of the ""Just William"" books by Richmal Crompton, William visits an aunt in Frimley for a few days. Charles Kingsley refers to """"a series of letters on the Frimley murder"""" in his ""Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet"". There is a brief mention of Frimley in Stephen King's ""Nightmares & Dreamscapes"" in the short story ""Crouch End"". It reads: 'He did indeed move into council housing, a two-above-the-shops in Frimley'."
"Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The Wolf Creek Inn was built along the Applegate Trail in 1883 for Henry Smith, a local entrepreneur. It is the oldest continuously operating inn in the Pacific Northwest, and is the site where author Jack London completed his novel ""Valley of the Moon"". The inn also housed actors from the early days of Hollywood when they wanted to escape from the film studios. Celebrities Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, and"
"subsequent succession as Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. The Stanley has influenced several authors. Ernest Hemingway stayed at the hotel on several occasions. In 1934, Hemingway stayed for several weeks while recovering from amoebic dysentery. During this time, he made notes for his novels ""The Green Hills of Africa"" and ""The Snows of Kilimanjaro"". Hemingway mentions the Stanley in these works, and is also credited with introducing the word ""safari"" to the English language. Hemingway returned to the hotel in 1954. Colonel John Henry Patterson, who wrote the true story ""The Man-eaters of Tsavo"" that inspired the"
"paranormal activity. Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The Wolf Creek Inn was built along the Applegate Trail in 1883 for Henry Smith, a local entrepreneur. It is the oldest continuously operating inn in the Pacific Northwest, and is the site where author Jack London completed his novel ""Valley of the Moon"". The inn also housed actors from the early days of Hollywood when they wanted to escape from the film studios. Celebrities Clark Gable, Carole"
"Donald Hamilton Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime fiction and westerns, such as ""The Big Country"". He is best known for his long-running Matt Helm series (1960-1993), which chronicles the adventures of an undercover counter-agent/assassin working for a secret American government agency. The noted critic Anthony Boucher wrote: ""Donald Hamilton has brought to the spy novel the authentic hard realism of Dashiell Hammett; and his stories are as compelling, and"
"a Nobel prize laureate, born and educated in St. Lucia, attended college in Jamaica. Other significant writers from the island include Claude McKay and Louis Simpson. Plays and works in Jamaican English, or patois, attract special attention. Louise Bennett, Andrew Salkey and Mikey Smith have contributed to this phenomenon by writing works in patois. Ian Fleming wrote his famous James Bond novels while living in Jamaica. Jean Rhys is also well known for her novel ""Wide Sargasso Sea"", which was set in Jamaica. Jamaican authors are always faced with the decision of writing in standard English for a huge worldwide"
"Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn, with inns, smuggling and a stranger involved. The film is not to be confused with the Pakistani ""Raat Ke Rahi"" (1960), which was directed by Iqbal Yousuf and starred Rehana, Darpan and Shamim Ara. Rita's (Jabeen) mother is dying and the priest tends to her. She asks for her older daughter Mary (Achala Sachdev), who stays in another village with her husband James (Nazir Hussain). Mary has written to say that she cannot come and is unable to meet her mother. Following the death of her mother, Rita has to move from her village and"
"The rooms were housed in small adobe ""casitas"" (Spanish for ""small houses""), each named after local cacti and decorated with Native American art. Camelback Inn opened on December 15, 1936 with the slogan ""Where Time Stands Still"". There were accommodations for 77 guests. Despite the poor economy of the Great Depression, the resort became an immediate success by catering to a wealthy clientele. Stewart operated Camelback Inn as a part-owner until 1968. The resort was acquired in 1968 by Bill Marriott of Marriott International who had first stayed at the resort with his parents as a 16-year-old in 1948. At"
"Camelback Inn Camelback Inn (officially titled: JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort and Spa) is a historic resort and spa owned by JW Marriott Hotels and located on the southern slope of Mummy Mountain in Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States. Established in 1936 by Jack Stewart and John C. Lincoln, the resort's popularity among Hollywood celebrities and political leaders made it a significant contributor to the region's growth. In 2012, Camelback Inn was one of three North American hotels which had maintained a AAA 5-Diamond rating since the award's inception in 1975. In 2013, AAA reduced the hotel's status to"
"from those of Emerson and Thoreau. Millen Brand Millen Brand (January 19, 1906 – March 19, 1980) was an American writer and poet. His novels ""Savage Sleep"" and ""The Outward Room,"" which addressed mental health institutions, were bestsellers in the 1960s and 1930s, respectively. Millen was born on January 19, 1906, in Jersey City, New Jersey, into a working-class family. He was of Pennsylvania German descent on his mother’s side. He graduated from Columbia University. After graduation (circa 1926), he began to work as a psychiatric aide and also a copywriter before accepting faculty posts at New York University and"
"National Steinbeck Center in Salinas. John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature ""for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."" He has been called ""a giant of American letters,"" and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature. During his writing career, he authored 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels ""Tortilla Flat"" (1935) and ""Cannery"
"Hall of Fame. Other Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American journalist, novelist, and short-story writer. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his public image brought him admiration from later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short-story collections, and two non-fiction works. Three of his novels, four short story collections, and three non-fiction works were"
"Anthony C. Winkler Anthony C. Winkler (25 February 1942 – 18 September 2015) was a successful Jamaican novelist and popular contributor to many post-secondary English literary texts. His first novel ""The Painted Canoe"" (1986), although taking the most time to write and publish, was his most rewarding, allowing him to move on and produce his best known book, ""The Lunatic"" (1987), which earned him a spot on the bestseller list. He also co-authored a number of English grammar textbooks, and other non-fiction works. Anthony C. Winkler was born in Kingston, Jamaica, where he lived until he was eight years old."
"Henry Morton Robinson Henry Morton Robinson (September 7, 1898 – January 13, 1961) was an American novelist, best known for ""A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake"" written with Joseph Campbell and his 1950 novel ""The Cardinal"", which ""Time"" magazine reported was ""The year's most popular book, fiction or nonfiction."" See movie The Cardinal Robinson was born in Boston and graduated from Columbia College in 1923 after serving in the US Navy during the First World War. He was an instructor in English at Columbia University, and a senior editor at ""Reader's Digest"". On December 23, 1960, he fell asleep in"
"based upon Hamilton's writings, which are much more realistic, gritty and ""noir"". DreamWorks optioned the film rights to Hamilton's books in 2002 and began planning a more serious adaptation of the Matt Helm novels, but the project is in limbo. Donald Hamilton Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime fiction and westerns, such as ""The Big Country"". He is best known for his long-running Matt Helm series (1960-1993), which chronicles the"
"President of the Jamaican Press Association; he worked throughout his professional career to promote the Jamaican sugar industry. Roger Mais (1905 – 1955), a journalist, poet, and playwright wrote many short stories, plays, and novels, including ""The Hills Were Joyful Together"" (1953), ""Brother Man"" (1954), and ""Black Lightning"" (1955). Ian Fleming (1908-1964), who had a home in Jamaica where he spent considerable time, repeatedly used the island as a setting in his James Bond novels, including ""Live and Let Die"", ""Doctor No"", ""For Your Eyes Only"", ""The Man with the Golden Gun"", and ""Octopussy and The Living Daylights"". In addition,"
"The Mermaid Chair The Mermaid Chair is a 2005 novel written by American novelist Sue Monk Kidd, which has also been adapted as a Lifetime movie. ""The Mermaid Chair"" is the soulful tale of Jessie Sullivan, a middle-aged woman whose stifled dreams and desires take shape during an extended stay on Egret Island, where she is caring for her troubled mother, Nelle. Once she returns to her childhood home, Jessie is forced to confront not only her relationship with her estranged mother, but her other emotional ties as well. After decades of marriage to Hugh, her practical yet conventional husband,"
"""Sadie Shapiro in Miami"" (1977) and ""Sadie Shapiro, Matchmaker"" (1980); as well as ""Jane's House"" (1982). The latter was made into a 1994 television movie of the ""same name"", starring James Woods and Anne Archer. Robert Kimmel Smith Robert Kimmel Smith (born July 31, 1930, Brooklyn, New York) is a novelist and award-winning American children's author. Smith was born in Brooklyn and first learned to read from his mother Sally. Smith was inspired to become a writer at age eight, when he became bedbound for three months while suffering rheumatic fever and amused himself by reading books, then inventing new"
"Most of his novels have been reprinted frequently. For example, The Paper Tiger press brought out reprints in 1996, complete with the original illustrations. Carmen Of The Rancho (1937) Frank H. Spearman Frank Hamilton Spearman (September 6, 1859 – December 29, 1937) was an American author. Spearman was known for his books in the Western fiction genre and especially for his fiction and non-fiction works on the topic of railroads. The books were illustrated by leading artists, such as N. C. Wyeth for ""Whispering Smith"". Although he wrote prolifically about railroads, his actual career was that of a bank president"
"and his wife, Pearl (née Pai Chu), own a home in Lolo, Montana. The couple have four children, including Alafair Burke, a law professor and best-selling crime writer. James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ""Black Cherry Blues"" (1990) and ""Cimarron Rose"" (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen, first by Alec Baldwin (""Heaven's Prisoners"") and then Tommy Lee"
"Seville"", 1929. ""The Outsider"", 1931. ""Sally in Our Alley"", 1931. ""The Water Gipsies"", 1932. ""Nine till Six"", 1932. ""Forbidden Territory"", 1934. ""The Passing of the Third Floor Back"", 1935. ""It's in the Bag"", 1945. ""The Ring"", 1927. ""Juno and the Paycock"", 1929. ""Murder"", 1930. ""The Skin Game"", 1931. ""Rich and Strange"", 1931. ""Number Seventeen"", 1932. ""Waltzes from Vienna"", 1934. ""The 39 Steps"", 1935. ""The Secret Agent"", 1936. ""Sabotage"", 1936. ""Young and Innocent"", 1937. ""The Lady Vanishes"", 1938. ""Jamaica Inn"", 1939. ""Suspicion"", 1941. ""Shadow of a Doubt"", 1943. ""The Paradine Case"", 1947. ""Stage Fright"", 1950. ""I Confess"", 1953 Alma Reville Alma"
"John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature ""for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."" He has been called ""a giant of American letters,"" and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature. During his writing career, he authored 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels ""Tortilla Flat"" (1935) and ""Cannery Row"" (1945), the multi-generation epic"
"Larom, Stanley, and Haliburton. Ernest Hemingway's signature is on one of the Chamberlin Inn's original guest registers and is displayed in Room 18, where the author stayed for several days in 1932. During this time, Ernest Hemingway had completed the manuscript for ""Death in the Afternoon"" and mailed the manuscript and several short stories to his publishers from his Cody, Wyoming location. Hemingway spent his days fishing the Clark's Fork River and was known to frequent the Irma Bar at night. The Chamberlin Inn has been featured in many travel magazines and books including Fodors ""Choice"", National Geographic Traveler Magazine,"
"The Hotel New Hampshire The Hotel New Hampshire is a 1981 coming of age novel by American writer John Irving, his fifth published novel. This novel is the story of the Berrys, a quirky New Hampshire family composed of a married couple, Win and Mary, and their five children, Frank, Franny, John, Lilly, and Egg. The parents, both from the small town of Derry, New Hampshire, fall in love while working at a summer resort hotel in Maine as teenagers. There, they meet a Viennese Jew named Freud who works at the resort as a handyman and entertainer, performing with"
"Julien Green Julien Green (September 6, 1900 – August 13, 1998) was an American writer who authored several novels (""The Dark Journey"", ""The Closed Garden"", ""Moira"", ""Each Man in His Darkness"", the ""Dixie"" trilogy, etc.), a four-volume autobiography (""The Green Paradise"", ""The War at Sixteen"", ""Love in America"" and ""Restless Youth"") and his famous ""Diary"" (in nineteen volumes, 1919–1998). He wrote primarily in French and was the first non-French national to be elected to the Académie française. Julian Hartridge Green was born to American parents in Paris, a descendant on his mother's side of a Confederate Senator, Julian Hartridge (1829–1879),"