Cornell Woolrich *ʰᵒᵐᵃᵍᵉ*
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Welcome to the only active homage account on the Web for the late author widely regarded as the 20th century’s finest writer of pure suspense fiction.
Joined July 2019
Thank you for the mention, Mr. @StephenKing. It's nice to be remembered.
Attention, attention: Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW now starting on TCM. Based on a wonderful story by Cornell Woolrich.
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There are some true rarities there -- congratulations on a beautiful and enviable collection.
These were the Cornell Woolrich hardback titles I owned 12 years ago, including under his pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley. Woolrich is still my favourite author, and my collection has also grown since then... #CornellWoolrich #books #book #MYSTERY
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The Aug. 1939 issue of Black Mask featured my story "Men Must Die". It was adapted for screenplay by the brilliant Charles Beaumont & broadcast in Sept. '61 as "Guillotine" for the TV series Thriller. It has been reprinted in my collections DEAD MAN BLUES and THE TEN FACES OF CW.
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THE WINDOW (1949), based on the Cornell Woolrich short story 'The Boy Cried Murder.' Starring Bobby Driscoll as the boy. #FilmNoir
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My yarn "Borrowed Money" appeared in the July 1939 issue of Black Mask. It later became the titular story in my William Irish softcover-digest collection from Avon in 1946. The book contains just three other stories: "The Cape Triangular," "Detective William Brown," and "Chance."
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My story "Hot Water" appeared in the December 28, 1935 issue of Argosy Weekly. This early tale is a fun, pulpy story about a gambling starlet involved with a theft, shootout, and a thrilling chase through the Mexican desert.
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@mylemonysoul @AdamintFresh @PEZ_Heads @CMMM05 @hannahpownall1 Great choices! The Leopard Man (1943) Phantom Lady (1944) Black Angel (1946) Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) All Cornell Woolrich novels
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The writer of After Dinner Story was William Irish, pen name of Cornell Woolrich. There were 6 stories and Hitch’s favourite was a tale of a man in a wheelchair witnessing murder. Hitchcock hired John Michael Hayes to turn it to a script, and they called it Rear Window. 3/40
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German paperback editions of I MARRIED A DEAD MAN (left) and THE BLACK CURTAIN (right).
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The July 1939 issue of Black Mask magazine featured my story "Borrowed Crime," a tale which later became the titular story in my 1946 four-story William Irish digest collection BORROWED CRIME. "Desperate for money, a man sells himself to Death."
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While the photograph gracing the cover of this Thai paperback edition of RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK may not faithfully depict events of the book, it's certainly an eye-catching bit of art.
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The 1946 hardcover anthology MURDER FOR THE MILLIONS included my William Irish tale "The Man Upstairs," a story that originally appeared in the August, 1945 issue of Mystery Book Magazine, as well as my 1945 collection IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE.
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No Man of Her Own (1950) director Mitchell Leisen, cinematographer Daniel L. Fapp, Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Phyllis Thaxter (97min) Screenplay Sally Benson/Catherine Turney adapted from Cornell Woolrich’s 1948 novel I Married a Dead Man (pseudonym William Irish). #BNoirDetour
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My novelette "Holocaust" was published in the December 12, 1936 issue of Argosy weekly. This one was about the revolt of the slaves in Santo Domingo -- tribal suspense with a touch of voodoo for good measure.
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My story "Evil Eye" appeared in the Nov. 1936 issue of Ace-High Detective Magazine, featuring a byline on the terrific cover painted by Malvin Singer. I was particularly pleased that my author friend Steve Fisher (d. 1980) also had a story in the issue, "The Man Who Died Twice."
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"The Death Diary" originally appeared in the April 1943 issue of Flynn’s Detective Fiction, and was reprinted in the Feb. 1963 issue of Mike Shayne M.M.. Just twenty years apart, the stylistic contrast of the similarly posed covers reflects the different aesthetics of the era.
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Signed INTO THE NIGHT by @CornellWoolrich and @LawrenceBlock. Revised tpb reprint from @HardCaseCrime, 2024. @StefanDz11 @MuchAdoAboutNil @joelansdale @Sulli864 @atters1000 @StuartKells @SSheil @julesburt @OzNoir @irvoneil @swierczy @GavinWoltjer @Vatel1675 @hitch_josh @memizon
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"Cool, Calm, and Detected" was published in the April 1941 issue of Black Mask, and was later reprinted as "The Absent-Minded Murder" in the May 1956 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
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"The Gun but Not the Hand" was "a most unusual novelette" that appeared in the Dec. 4, 1937 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly. Bonus points go to the Woolrich fan who can reveal what that "unusual" quality was.
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My novelette "Of Time and Murder" appeared in the Nov. 1950 issue of Black Mask Detective magazine. "A big-city murder frame convinced the country kids -- home was never like this!"
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