give her not the slightest assistance.” Literary critic Paul Skenazy notes the impact that Cain’s novels had on 1940s filmmaking in America: The film was a box-office success. According to Warner Bros., it earned $3,483,000 in the U.S. and $2,155,000 in other markets. Other adaptions 1954: An hour-long radio play of the novel was first broadcast by the Lux Radio Theatre on the NBC Radio Network on 14th June 1954 starring Zachary Scott (also in the 1945 film) and Claire Trevor. 1993: A 90-minute dramatization by John Fletcher for the Radio Noir series for Saturday Night Theatre on BBC Radio 4 was first broadcast on 26th June 1993. Shelley Thompson played the title role with Martin Jarvis as Monte Beragon and Ed Bishop as Bert Pierce. 2011: Director Todd Haynes filmed a five-part miniseries for television, with Kate Winslet as Mildred, Guy Pearce as Monty Beragon, and Evan Rachel Wood as Veda, in Spring 2010 (with Morgan Turner as the young Veda). Haynes wrote the script with Jon Raymond and served as an executive producer with Pamela Koffler, John Wells, Ilene S. Landress, and Christine Vachon, along with HBO in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The miniseries aired on HBO, starting on March 27, 2011, and ending with a two-part finale on April 10, 2011. Unlike the movie version, it is almost a word-for-word dramatization of the novel, including nearly every scene and using Cain's dialogue. It features period music performed by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Orchestra. See also 1941 in literature Footnotes Sources Als, Hilton..2011.This woman's work: James M. Cain on the grass widow. The New Yorker. (21 March 2011). Retrieved 12 May, 2022 from: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/03/28/this-womans-work Byrne, Paul. 2011. Spoilt. The Herald. (20 June 2011) Retrieved 12 May 2022 from: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/entertainment/tv-radio/spoilt-27982804.html Glancy, Mark H. 1995. Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: The William Shaefer Ledger. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15: 26. doi:10.1080/01439689508604551. Hoopes, Roy. 1982. Cain. Holt, Reinhart and Winston. New York. Madden, David. 1970. James M. Cain. Twayne Publishers, Inc. Library Catalog Card Number: 78-120011. Skenazy, Paul. 1989. James M. Cain. Continuum Publishing Company. New York. 1941 American novels Alfred A. Knopf books American crime novels American novels adapted into films Glendale, California Novels adapted into radio programs American novels adapted into television shows Novels by James M. Cain Novels set in California Hardboiled crime novels