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Respect for Nunnally Johnson by Trav S.D.

I find myself increasingly interested in the work of Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977) who combined the cracker-scribe identity of guys like William Faulkner and Thomas Wolfe with the journalistic orientation of Ben Hecht, the visionary producer instinct of Selznick, and for a while was even emulating Alfred Hitchcock. Hailing from Columbus, Georgia, Johnson started out working […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:12AM on December 5, 2020

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