Mortgage on Life explained

Mortgage on Life
Author:	Vicki Baum
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Drama
Release Date:	1946
Media Type:	Print

Mortgage on Life (German: Verpfändetes Leben) is a 1946 novel by the Austrian writer Vicki Baum, by then living in the United States.^[1]

Film adaptation

In 1949 it was adapted into the film A Woman's Secret directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas and Gloria Grahame.^[2]

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Johnson, Kevin. The Dark Page: Books that Inspired American Film Noir, (1940-1949). Oak Knoll Press, 2007.

Notes and References

1. Johnson p.12
2. Goble p.29