In article <Xns9A7CAB5F49CCBgenewardsmithsbcglob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>
>At one time hugely popular, he does not seem to be read any more, making
him
>a failure according to the 100-year rule, I suppose. Has anyone here read
>him, who would care to recommend a book?
Supposedly he is very popular in Germany, or was at least into the
70s (or that's the claim I read in a recent review of the dozens
of Edgar Wallace "krimini" movies made in Germany from the 60s on).
BTW, how does he fall under the 100-year rule? IIRC, he died working in
Hollywood on the initial idea for King Kong, so that puts him well under
the
limit.
Ted
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