The dark page

by Samuel Fuller

A book written by the famous director, hard to find..Foreword by his admirer, German director Wim Wenders.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Crime

250 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1944

About the author

Samuel Michael Fuller was an American film director, screenwriter and novelist. Many of his films are remembered for their controversial topics and presentations.

Fuller's family moved from Worcester, Massachusetts to New York City after the death of his father. At the age of 12, he began working as a newspaper copyboy. He became a crime reporter at age 17, working for the New York Evening Graphic. During the Depression years he traveled across the United States by hitchhiking and riding trains. By the time the U.S. entered WWII Fuller had writing credit for several screenplays and had published in the pulp fiction trade.

Samuel Fuller served as an infantryman in World War II with the famed U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Regiment. He fought in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman's Badge (CIB). The movie The Big Red One (written and directed by Fuller) is considered to be a semi-autobiographical account of his war experience.

Reviews

[Kit Fox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book where the overall cumulative effect was greater than any individual chapter. It's a damn shame ol' Sam Fuller never got to make a film version of this book. I bet it would've kicked major ass.

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I understand why the film adaptation SCANDAL SHEET changed a few things, but it's still still an excellent cat-and-mouse noir set in the fast moving newspaper business of the 1930s. The core is relatively unchanged from this book, which flies by with Fuller's trademark snappy dialogue and pacing.

I couldn't put this thing down. Towards the end it diverges in a few key moments from the movie, and it's clear Fuller wanted to put the emphasis on letting the power and legacy of the press win the day whereas the film just wanted to wrap things up a little neater.

What a fun read.

[Susan Molloy · Rating 5 out of 5]

🖊 My review: The Dark Page is a 1944 novel and made into the 1952 film noir called Scandal Sheet with Broderick Craford, John Derek, and Donna Reed. It is a story of murder and how deduction and a bit of luck is utilized. Excellent story!
🤔 My rating 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
🎥 Media form: 1952 movie version.
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[Dank Wit]

Samuel Fuller's lonely hearts club murders

[Radwa]

Scandal Sheet (1952)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045124/...

[Creolecat]

Scandal Sheet (1952).

[Ken French · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nobody beats Sam Fuller's ability as a storyteller.

[le-trombone]

Made into the noir film Scandal Sheet.