F. Scott Fitzgerald's Reaction To The First 'Gatsby' Movie

April 8, 2013 Subscribe · Forward What Did F. Scott Fitzgerald Think of 'The Great Gatsby' Movie in 1926? What did F. Scott Fitzgerald think of the first movie of version of The Great Gatsby? Not much. He didn't stay in the theater to see the end of the only version of the novel made during his lifetime.  Continue reading... Best New Books Out This Week Anne Frank's Stepsister's New Book Highlights Post-Holocaust Traumas James Franco On Books: Part 2 George R.R. Martin On Roger Ebert This Week's Bestsellers Lemony Snicket's Tweet Advice 17 Weird Facts About The Human Body JK Rowling Might Write Another Harry Potter Book JAMES FRANCO Some More Books: Part 2 Larry Brown's final story/novella at the end of Big Bad Love, "92 Days," is essentially a story about a struggling writer, Barlow, trying to get published. The drive to be published acts as a reprieve from the rambling life of squalor that Barlow lives. Continue reading... DON TAPSCOTT Suffering From 'Fractalnoia'? There May Be No Cure Today, rather than savouring our current place and time, we are in constant quest for something better. The obsession with "now" is the topic of Present Shock, the new book from well-known media theorist Douglas Rushkoff. Continue reading... ALLEN FRANCES Animal Smarts Accumulating evidence suggests that animals are a lot smarter and humans are a lot dumber than we previously thought. A recent study shows that the short term memory of chimpanzees far exceeds what we can expect from ourselves. Continue reading... SUSAN KIETZMAN Living the Good Life in 5 Easy Steps What is The Good Life? To many, the good life is an existence made comfortable with material possessions and entitlements. Continue reading... JOE SATRAN Game Of Thrones, 'Dark Wings, Dark Words' Power Ranking: Who's Winning After Season 3, Episode 2'? This week's episode was less about brute power than it was about the subtleties of influence. Some players are skilled manipulators while others remain oblivious to the way the current runs. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003