the film was based on a series of stories about Nikki, and there was a musical adaptation on Broadway with Fay Wray and Archie Leach -- who changed his name to Cary Grant, after the character, although Paramount made him choose a new last name.
Yes! I read that and was delighted.
There's a not-bad bio here
Thank you for this. It's mostly information I didn't have; I'm glad the author also appreciated The Last Flight. That is a great photograph of Wellman on the set of Wings.
Mick La Salle's 2002 book, Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
I've been looking for that in used book stores ever since discovering LaSalle's Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood (2000) in the basement of the Harvard Book Store over the summer! Do you own a copy?
I think I disagree with LaSalle's characterization of Nikki as a child-woman, because that is a more familiar archetype than whatever it is that she is, but otherwise I like the way he writes about the film.
Re: in which there is way too much cinematic and literary trivia
Yes! I read that and was delighted.
There's a not-bad bio here
Thank you for this. It's mostly information I didn't have; I'm glad the author also appreciated The Last Flight. That is a great photograph of Wellman on the set of Wings.
Mick La Salle's 2002 book, Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
I've been looking for that in used book stores ever since discovering LaSalle's Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood (2000) in the basement of the Harvard Book Store over the summer! Do you own a copy?
I think I disagree with LaSalle's characterization of Nikki as a child-woman, because that is a more familiar archetype than whatever it is that she is, but otherwise I like the way he writes about the film.