Extra Credit Questions

[AussieMick]

YES , Susan.
Sorry, I was wrong!!!! And you are correct. Well done and my apologies to anybody (everybody) that I mislead..

Phew, thank goodness you wrote that, Susan.

Twain died 1910, Agee was born 1909.

My next clue was to be that Agee was also a screen writer. It has been said that he wrote a script for Night of the Hunter which would have been 6 hours long. Charles Laughton slashed it to 2.

Another clue would have been: the quote is from a book where most of the characters are related.

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The above quote is from "A Death In The Family" .


From https://www.amazon.com.au/James-Agee-Omn...081085175X :-

"The centerpiece of Omnibus during its inaugural season was "Mr. Lincoln," a series of five films about the early life of our foremost political icon. James Agee, the distinguished American author, was the principal creator of "Mr. Lincoln." At the time, his scripts were hailed as 'the most beautiful writing ever done for television," and even today Agee's characterization of Lincoln remains " among the finest-perhaps the finest-film about Abraham Lincoln ever made." Regrettably, this important and sensitive work, a revealing expression of American culture at mid-century, has been consigned to the archives and has not been available to the public for many years."