Literature and Film

A selected list of bibliographies on the subject of literature and film. More resources can be found by searching in Orbis with the Library of Congress Subject headings such as:

• Motion pictures and literature
• Film adaptations
• Film and video adaptations
• English literature--Film and video adaptations

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Hollywood actress Ingrid Bergman

From the Crawford Collection, Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives.

Books and plays in films, 1896-1915: literary, theatrical, and artistic sources of the first twenty years of motion pictures. Denis Gifford. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1991)

SML Stacks PN1997.85 G54 1991

Enser's filmed books and plays: a list of books and plays from which films have been made, 1928-1991. Ellen Baskin. (Aldershot, Hants., England; Brookfield, Vt., USA: Ashgate, c1993)

SML Reference Z5784 M9 B385X 1993 (LC)
Previous edition:
*Enser, A. G. S. Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays From Which Films Have Been Made, 1928-86. (Aldershot, Hampshire: Gower, 1987)
SML Reference Z5784 M9 E55 1987 (LC)
CCL Reference

Fiction Into Film Database

A searchable list of movies (theatrical, direct to video, or made-for-TV) and TV shows (series, miniseries, or episodes of series) that were based on works of fiction (including novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, etc). The list is divided into three sections, listing SF, fantasy, and horror movies.

Film as Literature, Literature as Film: An Introduction to and Bibliography of Film's Relationship to Literature. Harris Ross. (New York: Greenwood, 1987)

SML Reference Z5784 M9 R66 1987 (LC)

International guide to literature on film. Tom Costello. (London: Bowker-Saur, 1994)

SML Reference PN1997.85 I57 1994

Literature and Film: An Annotated Bibliography 1909-1977. Jeffrey Egan Welch. (New York: Garland, 1981)

SML Reference Z5784 M9 W37 (LC)

Continued by:

Literature and Film: An Annotated Bibliography, 1978-1988. Jeffrey Egan Welch. (New York: Garland Pub., 1993)
SML Reference Z5784 M9 W37 1993 (LC)

Stories into film. William Kittredge and Steven Krauzer, eds. (New York: Harper and Row, 1979)

CCL Stacks PN6014 S87

Women writers, from page to screen. Jill Rubinson Fenton ... [et al.]. (New York: Garland Pub., 1990)

CCL PN1997.85 W66 1990

Writers on the American Screen: A Guide to Film Adaptations of American and Foreign Literary Works. Larry Langman. (New York: Garland, 1986)

CCL Reference Z5784 M9 L28 1986 (LC)