The late Shelley Winters played a doomed young woman in a much-updated film version of a classic novel inspired by a real-life incident. What was the film, what was the novel, and -- just to make you do some research -- what were the real and the literary names of the young woman on whom Winter's character was based?

robboy

Sounds very much like 'An American Tragedy' is the novel, which is the basis for both the movie of the same name (1931) and the updated 'A Place in the Sun' (1951). Dreiser wrote his story based on the real life murder of Grace Brown, whose name in the novel was Roberta Alden. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dreiser.htm Jan 15 06, 6:35 PM

lanfranco

Very nice, robboy. A yay to you. The other stars of "A Place in the Sun" were, of course, Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Poor Grace Brown. She achieved immortality in death of a sort but not under her own name. In the 1951 film, Winters' character is called "Alice Tripp." Jan 15 06, 6:53 PM