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Viertel was best known for his novel White Hunter Black Heart, which was made into a film starring Clint Eastwood in 1990. [6] It is a thinly-disguised account of Viertel's experiences working with film director John Huston while they were making The African Queen.
Nov 6, 2007 · Peter Viertel, a noted author and screenwriter who plumbed his relationships with the aristocracy of Hollywood — starting with Greta Garbo, his mother’s best friend — and literary lions...
Peter Viertel. Writer: Saboteur. Peter Viertel, a WWII veteran whose first novel was published to glowing reviews when he was only 18, was born of parents of the European intelligentsia, refugees from Adolf Hitler's Europe.
Peter Viertel, a WWII veteran whose first novel was published to glowing reviews when he was only 18, was born of parents of the European intelligentsia, refugees from Adolf Hitler's Europe.
The art-for-art's-sake school of Continental and British movie making is just as familiar to him as the palm-bordered bedlam of Hollywood so Peter Viertel knows whereof he writes.
Dec 21, 2007 · The novelist and screen-writer Peter Viertel, whose films include Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942) and Huston's The African Queen (1951), was equally known as a bon viveur and raconteur whose...
Nov 6, 2007 · Peter Viertel, the novelist, memoirist and screenwriter best known for his books chronicling episodes in the lives of Ernest Hemingway and John Huston, has died. He was 86. Viertel died of...
Viertel was best known for his novel White Hunter Black Heart, which was made into a filmstarring Clint Eastwoodin 1990.[6] It is a thinly-disguised account of Viertel's experiences working with film director John Hustonwhile they were making The African Queen.
AS A SCREENWRITER, SCRIPT "DOCTOR," SHORT STORY WRITER, JOURNALIST AND NOVELIST, PETER VIERTEL'S writing career spanned six decades. His father, Berthold (1885 - 1953), and mother, Salka (1889 - 1978), were each involved in American and European theatre and film production.
Nov 7, 2007 · Peter Viertel, the novelist, memoirist and screenwriter best-known for his books chronicling episodes in the lives of author Ernest Hemingway and film director John Huston, has died. He...
