Mortgage on Life

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Mortgage on Life
AuthorVicki Baum
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1946
Media typePrint

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

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

Bibliography[edit]

  • 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.