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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. Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Dark Passage (1947) is a Warner Bros. ... Jump to: navigation, search Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lauren Bacall (born 16 September 1924) is an American film and stage actress and a former model. ... Warner Bros. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Announcer Jackson Beck (left) with Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander The Adventures of Superman, adapted from the DC Comics character created in 1938 (see Superman), came to radio as a syndicated show on New York Citys WOR on February 12, 1940. ... Shoot the Piano Player is the English title of Tirez sur le pianiste, a film released in 1960, directed by François Truffaut. ...

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. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the... Jump to: navigation, search 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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)
  • a.k.a.Missing — Believed Murdered
• Behold This Woman (1947)
• Nightfall (1947)
  • a.k.a.Convicted
  • a.k.a.The Dark Chase
• 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

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Television

• "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (one episode)

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External links

• David Goodis at the Internet Movie Database
• David Goodis and the Representation of Women