| Movie title |
Book title & author |
MPAA Rating |
Genres |
Act of Love
|
The Girl on the Via Flaminia,
by Alfred Hayes
|
Approved
|
drama, war,
romance
|
The Actress
|
Years Ago [play], by Ruth
Gordon
|
Approved
|
biography,
comedy, drama
|
The Adultress
|
Thérèse Raquin,
by Émile Zola
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
All I Desire
|
Stopover, by Carol Brink
|
Approved
|
drama
|
All the Brothers
Were Valiant
|
All the Brothers Were Valiant,
by Ben Ames Williams
|
Approved
|
adventure, drama
|
Arrowhead
|
Adobe Walls : a novel of the last
Apache rising, by W.R. Burnett
|
Approved
|
drama, western
|
Back to God's
Country
|
"Back to God's
Country" [short story], by James Oliver Curwood. In: Back to God's Country : and other
stories.
|
Not
Rated
|
action, drama
|
Beat the Devil
|
Beat the Devil, by Claud
Cockburn writing as James Helvick
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure,
comedy, drama, crime, romance
|
Ben and Me
|
Ben and Me : a new and astonishing
life of Benjamin Franklin as written by his good mouse, Amos, by
Robert Lawson
|
G
(1975)
|
animation,
comedy, family, short
|
The Big Heat
|
The Big Heat, by William P.
McGivern, originally published in 7 parts in The Saturday Evening Post, Dec. 27,
1952, Jan. 3, 1953, Jan. 10, 1953, Jan. 17, 1953, Jan. 24, 1953, Jan.
31, 1953, and Feb. 7, 1953.
|
Approved
|
drama,
film-noir, thriller
|
Botany Bay
|
Botany Bay, by Charles
Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
|
Approved
|
adventure,
drama, romance
|
Caroline Cherie
|
Caroline Chérie, by
Cécil Saint-Laurent
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
City Beneath the
Sea
|
"I Rediscovered
the Lost City of Port Royal" [article], by Harry E.
Rieseberg. In: Argosy,
v325, n4, Oct. 1947. "The Sunken City of Port Royal" [article],
by Harry Rieseberg. In: Ships
& Sailing, v1, n2, July 1951.
|
Approved
|
action,
adventure, drama
|
Cow Country
|
Shadow Range, by Curtis
Bishop
|
Approved
|
western
|
Cruel Sea
|
The Cruel Sea, by Nicholas
Monsarrat
|
Approved
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
Dames Don't Care
|
Dames Don't Care, by Peter
Cheyney
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(French), crime, drama
|
A Day To Remember
|
The Hand and Flower, by
Jerrard Tickell
|
Not
Rated
|
drama
|
Decameron Nights
|
The Decameron, by Giovanni
Boccaccio
|
Approved
|
drama,
adventure, romance
|
Desert Legion
|
The Demon Caravan, by
Georges Surdez
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure
|
The Desert Song
|
The Desert Song : a musical play
in two acts [play], by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein, and
Frank Mandel
|
Approved
|
musical
|
Desperate Moment
|
Desperate Moment, by Martha
Albrand
|
Not
Rated
|
thriller, drama
|
Disobedient
|
Les Parents Terribles
[play], by Jean Cocteau
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Donovan's Brain
|
Donovan's Brain, by Curt
Siodmak
|
Approved
|
science fiction,
horror
|
The Earrings of
Madame de
|
Madame de, by Louise de
Vilmorin |
Approved
|
drama
|
Edge of Divorce
|
Background [play], by
Warren Chetham-Strode
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Fair Wind To Java
|
Fair Wind To Java, by
Garland Roark
|
PG
|
action, drama,
adventure
|
The Farmer Takes
a Wife
|
The Farmer Takes a Wife
[play], by Frank B. Elser and Marc Connelly, which is based on Rome Haul, by Walter D.
Edmonds
|
Not
Rated
|
comedy, musical
|
Folly To Be Wise
|
It Depends What You Mean, an
improvisation for the glockenspiel [play], by James Bridie
|
Approved
|
comedy
|
Forever Female
|
Rosalind [play], by J.M.
Barrie. In: Half
Hours
|
Approved
|
comedy
|
Four-sided
Triangle
|
Four-sided Triangle, by
William F. Temple
|
Approved
|
romance, science
fiction
|
From Here to
Eternity
|
From Here to Eternity, by
James Jones
|
Approved
|
drama, romance,
war (WWII)
|
Gate of Hell
|
Kesa's Husband [play], by
Kan Kikuchi
|
Approved
|
foreign language
(Japanese), drama, history
|
Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes
|
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes : the
illuminating diary of a professional lady, by Anita Loos
|
Approved
|
comedy, musical,
romance
|
The Girl Who Had
Everything
|
A Free Soul, by Adela
Rogers St. Johns
|
Approved
|
drama, romance
|
The Girls of
Pleasure Island
|
Pleasure Island, by William
Maier
|
Approved
|
comedy
|
The Glass Web
|
Spin the Glass Web, by Max
Simon Ehrlich
|
Approved
|
crime, drama,
thriller
|
Gun Fury
|
Ten Against Caesar, by
Kathleen B. George and Robert A. Granger
writing as K.R.G. Granger
|
Approved
|
western
|
The Great
Gilbert and Sullivan
|
The Gilbert & Sullivan Book,
by Leslie Baily
|
Not Rated
|
biography,
drama, musical |
Gunsmoke
|
Roughshod, by Norman A. Fox
|
Approved
|
western
|
Hannah Lee (also
known as Outlaw Territory)
|
Wicked Water : an American
primitive, by MacKinlay Kantor
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
The Heart of the
Matter
|
The Heart of the Matter, by
Graham Greene
|
Approved
|
drama
|
His Royal
Highness
|
Royal Highness, by Thomas
Mann
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(German), comedy, romance
|
Houdini
|
Houdini : his life-story,
by Harold Kellock
|
Approved
|
biography, drama
|
How to Marry a
Millionaire
|
The Greeks Had a Word for It
[play], by Zoe Akins, and Loco,
a comedy in two acts [play], by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert
|
Approved
|
comedy, romance
|
I, the Jury
|
I, the Jury, by Mickey
Spillane
|
Approved
|
crime, drama,
film-noir
|
Island in the Sky
|
Island in the Sky, by
Ernest K. Gann
|
Approved
|
adventure, drama
|
It Happens Every
Thursday
|
It Happens Every Thursday,
by Jane McIlvaine McClary
|
Approved
|
comedy
|
The Juggler
|
The Juggler, by Michael
Blankfort
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Julietta
|
Julietta, by Louise de
Vilmorin
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), comedy
|
Julius Caesar
|
Julius Caesar [play], by
William Shakespeare
|
Approved
|
drama, history
|
King of the
Khyber Rifles
|
King of the Khyber Rifles,
by Talbot Mundy
|
Not
Rated
|
adventure
|
Knights of the
Round Table
|
Le Morte d'Arthur, by Sir
Thomas Mallory
|
Approved
|
action,
adventure, drama
|
Law and Order
|
Saint Johnson, by W. R.
Burnett
|
Approved
|
action, romance,
western
|
The Lawless Breed
|
The Life of John Wesley Hardin,
by John Wesley Hardin
|
Not Rated
|
western
|
A Lion is in the
Streets
|
A Lion is in the Streets,
by Adria Locke Langley
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Man in the Attic
|
The Lodger, by Marie Belloc
Lowndes
|
Approved
|
horror, thriller
|
Man with a
Million
|
"The
£1,000,000 Bank-Note" [short story], by Mark Twain.
In: The
£1,000,000 Bank-Note, and other new stories, The Complete Short Stories of Mark
Twain, and others.
|
Approved
|
comedy
|
Manon of the
Spring
|
Manon of the Springs, by
Marcel Pagnol
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
The Master of
Ballantrae
|
The Master of Ballantrae : a
winter's tale, by Robert Louis Stevenson
|
Approved
|
adventure
|
The Maze
|
The Maze, by Maurice Sandoz
|
Approved
|
horror, science
fiction
|
Mister
Scoutmaster
|
Be Prepared! The Life and
Illusions of a Scoutmaster, by Rice E. Cochran
|
Approved
|
comedy
|
Never Let Me Go
|
Two if by Sea, by Roger Bax
|
Approved
|
adventure,
drama, romance, thriller
|
Paratrooper
|
The Red Beret : the story of the
Parachute Regiment at war, 1940-1945, by Hilary Aidan St George
Saunders
|
Approved
|
drama, war (WWII)
|
The Paris Express
|
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go
By, by Georges Simenon
|
Approved
|
crime, drama
|
Plunder of the
Sun
|
Plunder of the Sun, by
David Dodge
|
Approved
|
adventure,
action, drama
|
Poison Ivy
|
Poison Ivy, by Peter Cheyney
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), drama
|
The President's
Lady
|
The President's Lady : a novel
about Rachel and Andrew Jackson, by Irving Stone
|
Approved
|
biography, drama
|
Project M7
|
The Net, by John Pudney |
Not Rated
|
drama, suspense
|
Return to
Paradise
|
Return to Paradise, by
James A. Michener
|
Approved
|
drama
|
The Robe
|
The Robe, by Lloyd C.
Douglas
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Saadia
|
Checkmate to Destine, the story of
Saadia, by Francis d' Autheville
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Sailor of the
King
|
Brown on Resolution, by
C.S. Forester
|
Approved
|
action, drama,
war
|
San Antone
|
The Golden Herd, by Curtis
Kent Bishop writing as Curt Carroll
|
Not
Rated
|
western
|
Sangaree
|
Sangaree, by Frank G.
Slaughter
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Scotch on the
Rocks
|
Laxdale Hall, by Eric
Linklater
|
Approved
|
comedy, romance
|
Sea Devils
|
The Toilers of the Sea, by
Victor Hugo
|
Approved
|
adventure,
drama, action
|
The Shadow Man
|
The Creaking Chair, by
Laurence Meynell
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama
|
Shane
|
Shane, by Jack Schaefer
|
Approved
|
drama, western
|
The Silver Whip
|
"The Silver
Whip" [novella], by Jack Schaefer. In: The Big Range.
Previously published in Colliers,
Nov. 1, 1952.
|
Approved
|
western
|
So Big
|
So Big, by Edna Ferber
|
Approved
|
drama
|
The Stand at
Apache River
|
Apache Landing, by Robert
J. Hogan
|
Approved
|
western
|
The Sword and
the Rose
|
When Knighthood was in Flower;
or, The love
story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, the king's sister, and
happening in the reign of ... Henry VIII, by Charles Major
|
PG
(1992)
|
adventure,
drama, family, history
|
Tales of Ugetsu
|
Ugetsu Monogatari : Tales of
Moonlight and Rain, by Akinari Ueda
|
Approved
|
foreign language
(Japanese), drama, thriller
|
The Tell-Tale
Heart
|
"The Tell-Tale
Heart" [short story], by Edgar Allan Poe. In: The Oxford Book of American Short
Stories, 1992, Poetry
and Tales, by Edgar Allan Poe, and more.
|
Not Rated
|
animation,
short, crime, horror
|
Terror on a Train
|
"Death at
Attention" [novella], by Kem Bennett. In: This Week 1951, and republished in
the book This Week's Stories
of Mystery and Suspense, Berkley Books, 1962.
|
Not
Rated
|
thriller
|
The Three
Musketeers
|
The Three Musketeers, by
Alexandre Dumas
|
Not
Rated
|
foreign language
(French), adventure
|
Too Young for
Love
|
Dame Nature [play], by
André Birabeau
|
Not Rated
|
foreign language
(Italian), comedy
|
Tropic Zone
|
Gentleman of the Jungle, by
Tom Gill
|
Not Rated
|
drama
|
Tumbleweed [also
known as Three Were Renegades]
|
"Three Were
Renegades" [novella], by Kenneth Perkins. In: Blue Book Dec, 1938.
|
Approved
|
western
|
Turn the Key
Softly
|
Turn the Key Softly, by
John Brophy
|
Not Rated
|
crime, drama
|
Twice Upon a Time
|
Lisa and Lottie, by Erich
Kästner
|
Not Rated
|
comedy
|
Vice Squad
|
Harness Bull, by Leslie T.
White
|
Approved
|
crime
|
Vicki
|
I Wake Up Screaming, by
Steve Fisher
|
Approved
|
drama, film-noir
|
The Wages of Fear
|
The Wages of Fear, by
Georges Arnaud
|
Not
Rated
|
thriller,
adventure, action, drama
|
The War of the
Worlds
|
The War of the Worlds, by
H.G. Wells
|
G
|
science fiction,
thriller, drama
|
White Witch
Doctor
|
White Witch Doctor, by
Louise A. Stinetorf
|
Approved
|
adventure
|
The Wild One
|
"The Cyclists'
Raid" [short story], by Frank Rooney. In: Harper's Magazine, January
1951. Also published in : Adaptations : from short story to
big screen : 35 great stories that have inspired great films,
Stephanie Harrison ed.
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Young Bess
|
Young Bess, by Margaret
Irwin
|
Approved
|
drama
|
Young and Willing
|
Women in Prison, by Joan
Henry
|
Approved
|
drama
|
