Thorne Smith is a unique figure in American literature, one who
thrived during prohibition, creating comic novels that ridiculed
the morality of the times and involved extensive drinking, nudity,
frivolity, and general debauchery. A Man Named Smith: The Novels
and Screen Legacy of Thorne Smith is the first book-length study of
Thorne Smith's work. It provides background information on his life
and early death, discusses all of his novels in detail and also
provides extensive new documentation on their screen adaptations,
including Topper, Night Life of the Gods and Turnabout. Also
discussed is Thorne Smith's brief time in Hollywood at MGM in 1933,
and the influence that his books have had on late films and
television productions. As an added bonus, reprinted here in its
entirety is the 1934 promotional monograph, Thorne Smith: His Life
and Times with a Note on His Books & a Complete Bibliography.
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