Solid! Said the Earl
Appearance
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Author | John Paddy Carstairs |
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Language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
Publisher | Hurst and Blackett |
Publication date | 1948 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Solid! Said the Earl is a 1948 comedy novel by the British writer John Paddy Carstairs, best known as a screenwriter and film director. An American serviceman unexpectedly inherits an English title and country estate.
Film adaptation
[edit]In 1955 it was made into the film A Yank in Ermine directed by Gordon Parry and starring Noelle Middleton and Diana Decker, with Carstairs adapting his own novel.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Goble p.73
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.