List of plays adapted into feature films explained

This is a list of plays that have been adapted into feature films followed by a list of feature films based on stage plays.

Shakespeare plays

See main article: List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations. The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare's plays as having been produced, which makes him the most filmed author ever in any language.[1]

The Internet Movie Database lists Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,171 films, with 21 films in active production, but not yet released, . The earliest known production is King John from 1899.[2]

Other plays

This is a list of plays other than those written by William Shakespeare (covered by the above section) that have been adapted into feature films. The title of the play is followed by its first public performance, its playwright, the title of the film adapted from the play, the year of the film and the film's director. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.

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8 femmes (1958)8 Women (2002)François Ozon
The 24th DayTony PiccirilloThe 24th Day (2004)Tony Piccirillo
27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1946), and The Longest Stay Cut Short or The Unsatisfactory Supper (1946)[3] Tennessee WilliamsBaby Doll (1956)Elia Kazan[4]
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938)Robert E. SherwoodAbe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)John Cromwell
Abie's Irish Rose (1922)Anne NicholsAbie's Irish Rose (1928)Victor Fleming
Abie's Irish Rose (1946)A. Edward Sutherland
Accent on Youth (1934)Samson RaphaelsonAccent on Youth (1935)Wesley Ruggles
Mr. Music (1950)Richard Haydn
But Not for Me (1959)Walter Lang
The Admirable Crichton (1902)J. M. BarrieThe Admirable Crichton (1918)G. B. Samuelson
The Admirable Crichton (1957)Lewis Gilbert
After Love (1924)Henri Duvernois
Pierre Wolff		After Love (1924)Maurice Champreux
When Love Is Over (1931)Léonce Perret
After Love (1959)Maurice Tourneur
Agnes of God (1979)John PielmeierAgnes of God (1985)Norman Jewison
Ah, Wilderness! (1933)Eugene O'NeillAh, Wilderness (1935)Clarence Brown
Summer Holiday (1948)Rouben Mamoulian
Alfie (1963)Alfie (1966)[5] Lewis Gilbert
Alfie (2004)Charles Shyer
Amadeus (1979)Peter ShafferAmadeus (1984)Miloš Forman
American Buffalo (1975)David MametAmerican Buffalo (1996)Michael Corrente
Anastasia (1952)Marcelle MauretteAnastasia (1956)[6] Anatole Litvak
Anastasia (1997)Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
Anna Christie (1921)Eugene O'NeillAnna Christie (1923)John Griffith Wray
Anna Christie (1930)Clarence Brown
Anna Christie (1930)Jacques Feyder
Another Country (1981)Julian MitchellAnother Country (1984)Marek Kanievska
Arsenic and Old Lace (1941)Joseph KesselringArsenic and Old Lace (1944)Frank Capra
As Is (1985)William M. HoffmanAs Is (1986)Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Assunta Spina (1909)Salvatore di GiacomoAssunta Spina (1915)Gustavo Serena
Bad GirlViña DelmarBad Girl (1931)Frank Borzage
Bar Girls (1994)Lauran Hoffman Bar Girls (1994)[7] Marita Giovanni
Barefoot in the Park (1963)Neil SimonBarefoot in the Park (1967)Gene Saks
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1930)Rudolf BesierThe Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)Sidney Franklin
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)Sidney Franklin
Barstool WordsJosh Ben FriedmanKilling Zelda Sparks (2006)Jeff Glickman
Bashir LazharMonsieur Lazhar (2011)[8] Philippe Falardeau
Beautiful Thing (1993)Jonathan HarveyBeautiful Thing (1995)Hettie MacDonald
Becket or The Honor of God (1959)Jean AnouilhBecket (1964)Peter Glenville
Becky SharpLangdon MitchellBecky Sharp (1935)Rouben Mamoulian
The Big KnifeClifford OdetsThe Big Knife (1955)Robert Aldrich
L'Oiseau Bleu (The Blue Bird)Maurice MaeterlinckThe Blue Bird (1910)
The Blue Bird (1918)Maurice Tourneur
The Blue Bird (1940)Walter Lang
The Blue Bird (1970)Vasily Livanov
The Blue Bird (1976)George Cukor
Biloxi Blues (1984)Neil SimonBiloxi Blues (1988)Mike Nichols
Blithe SpiritNoël CowardBlithe Spirit (1945)David Lean
Blithe Spirit (2020)Edward Hall
Blue DenimJames Leo Herlihy (1958)Blue Denim (1959)[9] Philip Dunne
Born YesterdayGarson KaninBorn Yesterday (1950)George Cukor
Born Yesterday (1993)Luis Mandoki
The Boys in the BandMart CrowleyThe Boys in the Band (1970)William Friedkin
The Boys in the Band (2020)Joe Mantello
Breaker Morant: A Play in Two ActsKenneth G. RossBreaker Morant (1980)Bruce Beresford
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1982)Neil SimonBrighton Beach Memoirs (1986)[10] Gene Saks
A Bronx Tale (1988)Chazz PalminteriA Bronx Tale (1993)Robert De Niro
The Browning Version (1948)The Browning Version (1951)Anthony Asquith
The Browning Version (1955)
The Browning Version (1985)Michael A. Simpson
The Browning Version (1994)Mike Figgis
Bug (1996)Bug (2007)William Friedkin
Bus Stop (1955) and People in the WindBus Stop (1956)Joshua Logan
Butterflies Are Free (1969)Butterflies Are Free (1972)Milton Katselas
California Suite (1976)California Suite (1978)Herbert Moss
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)Richard Brooks
Chalked Out (1937)You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)Lewis Seiler
Chapter Two (1977)Chapter Two (1979)Robert Moore
Cher Antoine ou l'Amour raté (1969)Jean AnouilhYou Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)Alain Resnais
Chicago (1926)Chicago (1927)Cecil B. DeMille
Roxie Hart (1942)
Chicago (2002)Rob Marshall
Children of a Lesser God (1979)Children of a Lesser God (1986)Randa Haines
The Church Mouse (1928)The Church Mouse (1934)Monty Banks
Closer (1997)Closer (2004)Mike Nichols
Come Blow Your Horn (1961)Come Blow Your Horn (1963)Bud Yorkin
The Connection (1959)The Connection (1961)Shirley Clarke
Connie Goes Home (1923)The Major and the Minor (1942)Billy Wilder
You're Never Too Young (1955)Norman Taurog
Coquette (1927)George Abbott
Ann Preston Bridgers		Coquette (1929)Sam Taylor
Crimes of the Heart (1978)Crimes of the Heart (1986)Bruce Beresford
The Crucible (1953)Les Sorcières de Salem (1957)Raymond Rouleau
The Crucible (1996)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957)The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)Delbert Mann
Death of a Salesman (1949)Death of a Salesman (1951)László Benedek
Death of Yazdgerd (1979)Death of Yazdgerd (1982)Bahram Beyzai
Haute Surveillance (1947)Deathwatch (1965)Vic Morrow
Desk Set (1955)William MarchantDesk Set (1957)Walter Lang
A Doll's House (1879)Henrik IbsenA Doll's House (1918)Maurice Tourneur
A Doll's House (1922)Charles Bryant
A Doll's House (1943)Ernesto Arancibia
A Doll's House (1959)George Schaefer
A Doll's House (1973)Joseph Losey
A Doll's House (1973)[11] Patrick Garland
Don't Drink the Water (1966)Woody AllenDon't Drink the Water (1969)Howard Morris
Don't Drink the Water (1994)Woody Allen
(2004)Doubt (2008)John Patrick Shanley
Dracula (1924)Hamilton Deane
John L. Balderston		Dracula (1931)Tod Browning
Dracula (1979)John Badham
Driving Miss Daisy (1987)Alfred UhryDriving Miss Daisy (1989)Bruce Beresford
The Doughgirls (1942)Joseph FieldsThe Doughgirls (1944)James V. Kern
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1965)Paul ZindelThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1971)Paul Newman
Egor Bulychev (1932)Maxim GorkyYegor Bulychov and Others (1953)Yuliya Solntseva
Yegor Bulychyov and Others (1971)Sergei Solovyov
The Emperor Jones (1920) Eugene O'NeillThe Emperor Jones (1933)Dudley Murphy
Equus (1973)Equus (1977)[12] Sidney Lumet
Eurydice (1941)Jean AnouilhYou Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)Alain Resnais
Experience (1914)George V. HobartExperience (1921)George Fitzmaurice
Fanny (1931)Fanny (1932)Marc Allégret
Fanny (1933)Mario Almirante
The Black Whale (1934)Fritz Wendhausen
Port of Seven Seas (1938)James Whale
Fanny (1961)Joshua Logan
Fanny (2013)Daniel Auteuil
Fences (1985)August WilsonFences (2016)Denzel Washington
A Few Good Men (1989)Aaron SorkinA Few Good Men (1992)Rob Reiner
For Love or Money (1947)F. Hugh HerbertThis Happy Feeling (1959)Blake Edwards
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1987)Terrence McNallyFrankie and Johnny (1991)Garry Marshall
The Front Page (1928)Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur		The Front Page (1931)Lewis Milestone
His Girl Friday (1940) Howard Hawks
The Front Page (1974)Billy Wilder
Switching Channels (1988) Ted Kotcheff
Gas Light (1938)Patrick HamiltonGaslight (1940)Thorold Dickinson
Gaslight (1944) George Cukor
Geschäft mit AmerikaPaul Franck and Ludwig HirschfeldA Bit of Love (1932)Max Neufeld
Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (1932)Jean Boyer and Max Neufeld
Two Happy Hearts (1932) Baldassarre Negroni
Yes, Mr Brown (1933) Herbert Wilcox
Glengarry Glen Ross (1984)David MametGlengarry Glen Ross (1992)James Foley
God of Carnage (2008)Carnage (2011)[13] Roman Polanski
The Golden Legend of Schults (1939)James BridieThere Was a Crooked Man (1960)Stuart Burge
Goodbye Again George Haight
Allan Scott		Goodbye Again (1933)Michael Curtiz
Goodbye Charlie (1959)George AxelrodGoodbye Charlie (1964)Vincente Minnelli
The Grass is Greener (1956)Hugh Williams
Margaret Williams		The Grass Is Greener (1960)Stanley Donen
The Great Magoo (1932)Ben Hecht
Gene Fowler		Shoot the Works (1934)Wesley Ruggles
The Great White Hope (1967)Howard SacklerThe Great White Hope (1970)Martin Ritt
The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930)Zoe AkinsThe Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)Lowell Sherman
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) Jean Negulesco
Green Grow the Lilacs (1930)Lynn RiggsOklahoma (1955)Fred Zinnemann
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970)Kurt VonnegutHappy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)Mark Robson
Harvey (1944)Mary ChaseHarvey (1950)Henry Koster
Heath Cobblers (1864)Aleksis KiviThe Village Shoemakers (1923)Erkki Karu
Nummisuutarit (1938)Wilho Ilmari
Nummisuutarit (1957)Valentin Vaala
The History Boys (2004)The History Boys (2006)Nicholas Hytner
A Hole in the Head (1957)A Hole in the Head (1959)Frank Capra
Holiday (1928)Philip BarryHoliday (1930)Edward H. Griffith
Holiday (1938)George Cukor
I Am a Camera (1951)John Van DrutenI Am a Camera (1955)Henry Cornelius
Cabaret (1972)Bob Fosse
I'm Not Rappaport (1984)Herb GardnerI'm Not Rappaport (1996)Herb Gardner
The Iceman Cometh (1946)Eugene O'NeillThe Iceman Cometh (1973)John Frankenheimer
An Ideal Husband (1895)Oscar WildeAn Ideal Husband (1935)Herbert Selpin
An Ideal Husband (1947)Alexander Korda
An Ideal Husband (1999)Oliver Parker
An Ideal Husband (2000)William P Cartlidge
Idioglossia Mark HandleyNell (1994)[14] Michael Apted
Illatszertár (1937)Miklós LászlóThe Shop Around the Corner (1940)Ernst Lubitsch
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)Robert Z. Leonard
You've Got Mail (1998)Nora Ephron
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)Oscar WildeThe Importance of Being Earnest (1932)Franz Wenzler
Al Compás de tu Mentira (1950)Héctor Canziani
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)Anthony Asquith
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) Oliver Parker
Incendies (2003)Wajdi MouawadIncendies (2010)[15] Denis Villeneuve
Inherit the Wind (1955)Jerome Lawrence
Robert E. Lee		Inherit the Wind (1960)Stanley Kramer
It's Only the End of the World (1990)Jean-Luc LagarceIt's Only the End of the World (2016)[16] Xavier Dolan
The Jazz Singer (1925)Samson RaphaelsonThe Jazz Singer (1927)[17] Alan Crosland
The Jazz Singer (1952)Michael Curtiz
The Jazz Singer (1980)Richard Fleischer
Kind Sir (1953)Norman KrasnaIndiscreet (1958)Stanley Donen
Kiss and Tell (1943)F. Hugh HerbertKiss and Tell (1945)Richard Wallace
The Lady of the Camellias Alexandre Dumas, filsKameliadamen (1907)Viggo Larsen
Camille (1909)Ugo Falena
La Dame aux Camélias (1912)André Calmettes
Louis Mercanton
Henri Pouctal
La Signora delle Camelie (1915)Baldassarre Negroni
Camille (1915)Albert Capellani
Camille (1917)J. Gordon Edwards
Camille (1921)Ray C. Smallwood
Damen med kameliorna (1925)Olof Molander
Camille (1926)Fred Niblo
La Dame aux Camélias (1934)Fernand Rivers
Abel Gance
Camille (1936)George Cukor
La Dame aux Camélias (1953)Raymond Bernard
La Mujer de las camelias (1953)Ernesto Arancibia
La Dame aux Camélias (1981)Mauro Bolognini
Camille (1984)Desmond Davis
Life During Wartime The Alarmist (1997)Evan Dunsky
Liliom (1909)Ferenc MolnárCarousel (1956)Henry King
The Lion in Winter (1966)James GoldmanThe Lion in Winter (1968)Anthony Harvey
The Lion in Winter (2003)A. Konchalovsky
Loco (1947)Dale Eunson
Katherine Albert		How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)Jean Negulesco
Long Day's Journey into Night (1956)Long Day's Journey into Night (1962)Sidney Lumet
Long Day's Journey into Night (1996)David Wellington
Look Back in Anger (1956)Look Back in Anger (1959)Tony Richardson
Lost in Yonkers (1990)Lost in Yonkers (1993)Martha Coolidge
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994)Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)Joe Mantello
Luv (1964)Luv (1967)Clive Donner
Lysistrata (411 BC)AristophanesThe Second Greatest Sex (1955)George Marshall
Şalvar Davası (1983)Kartal Tibet
The Source (2011)Radu Mihăileanu
Chi-Raq (2015)Spike Lee
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1982)Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)George C. Wolfe
The Madness of George III (1991)The Madness of King George (1994)Nicholas Hytner
Major Barbara (1905)Major Barbara (1941)Gabriel Pascal
A Majority of One (1959)A Majority of One (1961)Mervyn LeRoy
The Marriage-Go-Round (1958)The Marriage-Go-Round (1960)Walter Lang
Marius (1929)Marius (1931)Alexander Korda
Marius (2013)Daniel Auteuil
The Matchmaker (1954)The Matchmaker (1958)Joseph Anthony
Hello, Dolly! (1969)Gene Kelly
Merry Andrew (1929)Lewis BeachHandy Andy (1934)David Butler
Young as You Feel (1940)Malcolm St. Clair
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1963)Boom! (1968)[18] Joseph Losey
The Miss Firecracker Contest (1979) Miss Firecracker (1989)Thomas Schlamme
The Moon Is Blue (1951) The Moon Is Blue (1953)Otto Preminger
Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach (1953)Otto Preminger
Mouthpiece (2015)Norah Sadava and Amy Nostbakken Mouthpiece (2018)Patricia Rozema
Mourning Becomes Electra (1931)Eugene O'NeillMourning Becomes Electra (1947)Dudley Nichols
Mrs. Black Is Back (1904)George V. HobartMrs. Black Is Back (1914)Thomas N. Heffron
My Lady Friends (1919)Frank Mandel
Emil Nyitray		My Lady Friends (1921)Lloyd Ingraham
'night, Mother (1982)'night, Mother (1986)Tom Moore
The Odd Couple (1965)The Odd Couple (1968)Gene Saks
Ofoti (1970)The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984)Harvey Laidman
Once More, with Feeling (1958)Once More, with Feeling! (1960)Stanley Donen
One Way Pendulum (1959)N. F. SimpsonOne Way Pendulum (1965)Peter Yates
The Only Game in Town (1968)The Only Game in Town (1970)George Stevens
Orphans (1983)Lyle KesslerOrphans (1987)Alan J. Pakula
Out of the Frying Pan (1941)Francis SwannYoung and Willing (1943)Edward H. Griffith
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904)J. M. BarriePeter Pan (1924)Herbert Brenon
Peter Pan (1953)Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Peter Pan (2003)P. J. Hogan
The Petrified Forest (1935)The Petrified Forest (1936)Archie Mayo
Picnic (1953)Picnic (1955)Joshua Logan
Plaza Suite (1968)Plaza Suite (1971)Arthur Hiller
Polly of the Circus (1907)Polly of the Circus (1917)Charles T. Horan
Edwin L. Hollywood
Polly of the Circus (1932)Alfred Santell
Pour avoir AdrienneLouis VerneuilThe Cheeky Devil (1932)Carl Boese
Heinz Hille
You Will Be My Wife (1932)
Prelude to a Kiss (1988)Prelude to a Kiss (1992)Norman René
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971)Neil SimonThe Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)Melvin Frank
Private Lives (1930)Noël CowardPrivate Lives (1931)Sidney Franklin
Pygmalion (1913)Pygmalion (1938)Anthony Asquith
Leslie Howard
My Fair Lady (1964)George Cukor
Quartet (1999)Quartet (2012)Dustin Hoffman
The Queen Was in the Parlour (1926)Noël CowardThe Queen Was in the Parlour (1927)Graham Cutts
Tonight Is Ours (1933)Stuart Walker
Rabbit Hole (2006)Rabbit Hole (2010)John Cameron Mitchell
A Raisin in the Sun (1959)A Raisin in the Sun (1961)Daniel Petrie
Real Women Have Curves (1990)Real Women Have Curves (2002)Patricia Cardoso
Rita Coventry (1923)Hubert OsborneDon't Call It Love (1923)William C. deMille
Reigen (1897)Arthur SchnitzlerThe Merry-Go-Round (1920)Richard Oswald
La Ronde (1950)Max Ophüls
Circle of Love (1964)Roger Vadim
The Ritz (1975)The Ritz (1976)Richard Lester
Rope (1929)Patrick HamiltonRope (1948)Alfred Hitchcock
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966)Tom StoppardRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)Tom Stoppard
The Seven Year Itch (1952)George AxelrodThe Seven Year Itch (1955)Billy Wilder
Seventh Heaven (1922)Austin StrongSeventh Heaven (1927)[19] Frank Borzage
Seventh Heaven (1937)Henry King
Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974)About Last Night... (1986)[20] Edward Zwick
About Last Night (2014)Steve Pink
Shirley Valentine (1986)Willy RussellShirley Valentine (1989)Lewis Gilbert
Shore Leave (1922)Hubert OsborneShore Leave (1925)John S. Robertson
Follow the Fleet (1936)Mark Sandrich
Six Degrees of Separation (1990)John GuareSix Degrees of Separation (1993)Fred Schepisi
Sleuth (1970)Anthony ShafferSleuth (1972)Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Sleuth (2007)Kenneth Branagh
Tamanna (2014)Steven Moore
So This Is London (1922)Arthur GoodrichSo This Is London (1930)John G. Blystone
So This Is London (1939)Thornton Freeland
Sonny (1920)George V. Hobart and Raymond HubbellSonny (1922)Henry King
A Sound of Hunting (1945)Harry BrownEight Iron Men (1952)Edward Dmytryk
Still Life (1936)Noël CowardBrief Encounter (1945)David Lean
Stop That Man (1918)George V. HobartStop That Man! (1928)Nat Ross
Strange Interlude (1928)Eugene O'NeillStrange Interlude (1932)Robert Z. Leonard
A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) Tennessee WilliamsA Streetcar Named Desire (1951)Elia Kazan
The Subject Was Roses (1964)Frank D. GilroyThe Subject Was Roses (1968)Ulu Grosbard
Sunday in New York (1961)Norman KrasnaSunday in New York (1963)Peter Tewksbury
Sunrise at Campobello (1958)Dore ScharySunrise at Campobello (1960)Vincent J. Donehue
The Sunshine Boys (1972)Neil SimonThe Sunshine Boys (1975)Herbert Ross
That Championship Season (1972)Jason MillerThat Championship Season (1982)Jason Miller
They Might Be Giants (1961)James GoldmanThey Might Be Giants (1971)Anthony Harvey
A Thousand Clowns (1962)Herb GardnerA Thousand Clowns (1965)Fred Coe
Thunder Rock (1939)Robert ArdreyThunder Rock (1942)Roy Boulting
Thieves (1974)Herb GardnerThieves (1977)John Berry
The Tiger (1963)The Tiger Makes Out (1967)Arthur Hiller
Tin Pan Alley (1928)Hugh Stanislaus StangeNew York Nights (1929)Lewis Milestone
Tropical Twins (Unpublished)Maxwell Anderson
Lawrence Stallings		The Cock-Eyed World (1929)Raoul Walsh
Twelve Angry Men (1954)Twelve Angry Men (1954)Franklin Schaffner
12 Angry Men (1957)[21] Sidney Lumet
Twentieth Century (1932)Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur		Twentieth Century (1934)Howard Hawks
Two for the Seesaw (1958)Two for the Seesaw (1962)Robert Wise
Two Worlds John Golden
Hubert Osborne		Strange Experiment (1937)Albert Parker
Veneer (1929)Hugh Stanislaus StangeYoung Bride (1932)William A. Seiter
Venus in Fur (2010)David IvesLa Vénus à la Fourrure (2013)Roman Polanski
Victoria Regina (1934)The Young Victoria (1963)Alan Burke
A View from the Bridge (1955)Vu du pont (1962)Sidney Lumet
What Price Glory? (1924)Maxwell Anderson
Lawrence Stallings		What Price Glory? (1926)Raoul Walsh
What Price Glory? (1952)John Ford
What's Your Husband Doing? (1917)George V. HobartWhat's Your Husband Doing? (1920)Lloyd Ingraham
What Say They? (1939)James BridieYou're Only Young Twice (1952)Terry Bishop
When We Are Married (1938)J. B. PriestleyWhen We Are Married (1943)Lance Comfort
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962)Edward AlbeeWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)Mike Nichols
Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? (1958)Norman KrasnaWho Was That Lady? (1960)George Sidney
Wildfire (1908)George V. Hobart and George BroadhurstWildfire (1915)Edwin Middleton
Wildfire (1925)T. Hayes Hunter
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1955)George AxelrodWill Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)Frank Tashlin
Woman to Woman (1921)Michael MortonWoman to Woman (1923)Graham Cutts
Woman to Woman (1929)Victor Saville
Woman to Woman (1947)Maclean Rogers
Women of Twilight (1951)Sylvia RaymanWomen of Twilight (1952)Gordon Parry
The Yankee Girl (1910)George V. HobartThe Yankee Girl (1915)Jack J. Clark
The Years Between (1944)The Years Between (1946)Compton Bennett
Yellow Jack (1934)Sidney Howard and Paul de KruifYellow Jack (1938)Guthrie McClintic
The Yellow Ticket (1914)Michael MortonThe Yellow Passport (1916)Edwin August
The Yellow Ticket (1918)William Parke
The Yellow Ticket (1931)Raoul Walsh
Yerma (1934)Federico García LorcaYerma (1984)Imre Gyöngyössy
Barna Kabay
Yerma (1998)Pilar Távora
Yes, My Darling Daughter (1937)Mark ReedYes, My Darling Daughter (1939)William Keighley
Yes or No (1917)Arthur GoodrichYes or No? (1920)Roy William Neill
You Can't Fool Antoinette (1927)Maurice Hennequin and
Pierre Veber		You Can't Fool Antoinette (1936)Paul Madeux
You Can't Take It with You (1936)George S. Kaufman
Moss Hart		You Can't Take It with You (1938)Frank Capra
Young America (1915)John Frederick BallardYoung America (1932)Frank Borzage
Young Medardus (1910)Arthur SchnitzlerYoung Medardus (1923)Michael Curtiz
Young Mrs. Winthrop (1882)Bronson HowardYoung Mrs. Winthrop (1915)
Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920)Walter Edwards
Young RomanceWilliam C. deMilleYoung Romance (1915)George Melford
Young Woodley (1925)John Van DrutenYoung Woodley (1928)Thomas Bentley
Young Woodley (1930)Thomas Bentley
Zaza (1898)Pierre Berton and Charles SimonZaza (1913)Adrien Caillard
Zaza (1915)Edwin S. Porter and Hugh Ford
Zaza (1923)Allan Dwan
Zaza (1939)George Cukor
Zaza (1944)Renato Castellani
Zaza (1956)René Gaveau
Zoot Suit (1979)Luis ValdezZoot Suit (1981)Luis Valdez

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Notes and References

  1. Young, Mark (ed.). The Guinness Book of Records 1999, Bantam Books, 358; Voigts-Virchow, Eckartm (2004), Janespotting and Beyond: British Heritage Retrovisions Since the Mid-1990s, Gunter Narr Verlag, 92.
  2. Web site: Shakespeare on Screen: The Bard from Beerbohm Tree to Branagh . Brooke . Michael . . 17 November 2016.
  3. Book: Kazan on Directing . registration . Kazan . Elia . Alfred A. Knopf . New York . 2009 . 196. 9780307264770 .
  4. An editor's section in Kazan on Directing, (Book: Kazan on Directing . registration . Kazan . Elia . Alfred A. Knopf . New York . 2009 . 196. 9780307264770 .) describes how Williams and Kazan collaborated on the story. Kazan as being the one who first put the two plays together, although The Long Stay is a secondary plot arc. Kazan initially wrote the story with a vengeful, violent ending, while Williams advocated a more ambiguous ending. Kazan acquiesced, and is not credited as a writer. Williams was involved in the writing periodically throughout filming.
  5. Web site: Gardner . Lyn . Alfie . 27 January 2012 . The Guardian.
  6. 'Film Of Anastasia', The Times, 23 Sep.1953, p2
  7. Web site: Bar Girls (1994) FILM REVIEW; Where the Girls Are. (Not the Beach.). The New York Times. Stephen. Holden. Stephen Holden. April 7, 1995.
  8. News: Wyatt . Nelson . 29 January 2012 . Journey to Oscars began at the theatre for Canadian makers of 'Monsieur Lazhar' . The Canadian Press.
  9. Film Reviews: Blue Denim. Variety. Hollinger. Hy. Hy Hollinger . July 29, 1959. 6.
  10. Web site: Brighton Beach Memoirs . . . December 25, 1986.
  11. Web site: Canby. Vincent. A Doll s House (1973). The New York Times. 12 March 2014.
  12. Web site: Equus (1977) . Smith . Richard Harland . 24 October 2016. Turner Classic Movies.
  13. Polanski's 'Carnage' rolls out sales . . 1 November 2010 . 16 April 2011 . Hopewell J. & Keslassy E..
  14. Web site: The New York Times. Nell (1994) FILM REVIEW: NELL; A Woman Within a Wild Child, As Revealed by Jodie Foster. Janet Maslin. Maslin, Janet. December 14, 1994.
  15. Web site: Author of Incendies, the play, praises movie version . Wyatt . Nelson . 24 February 2011 . 6 August 2016 . The Toronto Star.
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