Today's Birthdays

one click shows all of today's celebrity birthdays

Browse All Birthdays

43,625    Actors
27,931    Actresses
4,867    Composers
7,058    Directors
842    Footballers
221    Racing drivers
925    Singers
9,111    Writers

Get FamousLikeMe on your website
One line of code gets FamousLikeMe on your website. Find out more.

Subscribe to Daily updates


Add to Google

privacy policy



Famous Like Me > Writer > G > David Goodis

Profile of David Goodis on Famous Like Me

 
Name: David Goodis  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 2nd March 1917
   
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

David Goodis (1917–1967) was a popular American noir writer.

Biography

Goodis was born in Philadelphia March 2, 1917. He wrote his first novel, Retreat from Oblivion in 1938 and his big break came in 1946 with the publication of Dark Passage, which was made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. After working in Hollywood for Warner Brothers he returned to his native Philadelphia in 1950 to live with his parents and continue to write paperback novels. He wrote many short stories, film treatments, scripts for radio serials such as Superman, and seventeen novels including Down There a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player.

Despite the intensely personal nature of Goodis' work and its strong, depressing content, his books were popular, especially in the early 1950s. His 1951 book Cassidy's Girl sold over a million copies. He died in obscurity January 7, 1967.

Bibliography

  • Somebody's Done For (1967)
  • Night Squad (1961)
  • Fire In The Flesh (1957)
  • Down There (1956)
    • a.k.a. Shoot The Piano Player
  • The Wounded And The Slain (1955)
  • The Blonde On The Street Corner (1954)
  • Street Of No Return (1954)
  • Black Friday (1954)
  • The Moon In The Gutter (1953)
  • The Burglar (1953)
  • Street Of The Lost (1952)
  • Of Tender Sin (1952)
  • Cassidy's Girl (1951)
  • Of Missing Persons (1950)
  • Behold This Woman (1947)
  • Nightfall (1947)
    • a.k.a.Convicted
    • a.k.a.The Dark Chase
    • a.k.a.Missing — Believed Murdered
  • Dark Passage (1946)
  • Retreat From Oblivion (1939)

Filmography

  • Street Of No Return (1989)
  • Descent Into Hell (1986) from The Wounded And The Slain
  • Rue Barbare (1984) from Street Of The Lost
  • The Moon In The Gutter (1983)
  • And Hope To Die (1972) from Black Friday
  • Le Casse (1971) from The Burglar
  • Shoot the Piano Player (1960) from Down There
  • The Burglar (1957)
  • Nightfall (1957)
  • Section des disparus (1956) from Of Missing Persons
  • Dark Passage (1947)
  • The Unfaithful (1947) Screenplay

Television

  • "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (one episode)

This content from Wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article David Goodis