John Fante
1909-1983; American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 74
John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles.
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Blake Edwards Directed Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Ricardo Montalbán John wrote The Reluctant Saint and My Man and I
Edward Dmytryk Directed Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Mark Robson Directed Youth Runs Wild (1944)
Don Taylor Directed Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
George Sidney Directed Jeanne Eagels (1957)
Eleanor Audley John wrote Jeanne Eagels and Full of Life
John Berry Directed Maya (1966)
Gower Champion Directed My Six Loves (1963)
Leslie Fenton Directed The Golden Fleecing (1940)- Val Lewton Produced Youth Runs Wild (1944)
- Charles K. Feldman Produced Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
- D. Ross Lederman Directed Dinky (1935)
Joe De Santis Also in Full of Life and Jeanne Eagels
Edgar Selwyn Produced The Golden Fleecing (1940)
Howard Bretherton Directed Dinky (1935)
Fred Kohlmar Produced Full of Life (1956)
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It is widely considered the great Los Angeles novel, and is one in a series of four, published between 1938 and 1985, that are now collectively called "The Bandini Quartet." Ask the Dust was adapted into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Fante's published works while he lived included five novels, one novella, and a short story collection. Additional works, including two novels, two novellas, and two short story collections, were published posthumously. His screenwriting credits include, most notably, Full of Life, Jeanne Eagels (1957), and the 1962 films Walk on the Wild Side and The Reluctant Saint.
