Black Beauty (1877), Anna Sewell (book), Black Beauty (1921) (film)

Black Beauty is a 1921 American silent film version of Anna Sewell's novel of the same name. Black Beauty is an autobiography of a horse, who tells the story of his life and of the people surrounding him. This film exists in an incomplete state with four of seven reels preserved at the Library of Congress.

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Alice Adams (1921), Booth Tarkington (book), Alice Adams (1935) (film)

Alice Adams is a 1935 romantic film made by RKO. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The screenplay was by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner, and Jane Murfin. The film was adapted from the novel Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington. The music score was by Max Steiner and Roy Webb, and the cinematography by Robert De Grasse.

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The Age of Innocence (1921), Edith Wharton (book), The Age of Innocence (1993) (film)

The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American film adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1920 novel of the same name, the story takes place during the Gilded Age, portraying New York's high society. The film was released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Martin Scorsese, and stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder.

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