If you haven't already. Its SO good and theres a lot more about Ellen and her warped way of thinking that didn't make it to the film. Thats 1945 for ya. Ben Ames Williams was a fantastic author.
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What a coincidence! I had a question for someone who's read the book!
And the question is...
Was she adopted in the book, or did she fall madly in love with her biological father, and do her best to frame her biological sister for murder? Because if that HAD been the case, Hollywood would have changed it. They didn't like to admit the existence of truly effed-up families.
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who? ellen? no, ruth was a cousin that was adopted and ellen tormented her her whole life so ruth would keep away from her dad. and ellen was very very possesive and conniving so yeah...she frames her sis.
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I just finished the book yesterday; I read the whole thing in 3 days. It was GREAT!! There are some significant differences between the book and the movie, but they didn't make it any less enjoyable. The book shows just how much of a monster Ellen was; she was much worse than the movie made her out to be.
If you liked the movie, I can't stress enough how much you'll like the book. Amazon.com.....less than $11. WELL worth every penny.
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Does the book explain why Cornel Wilde was invited to spend time with Gene Tierney's family ?
What relationship or friendship brought him out to their homestead in the first place ?
I couldn't find a reason in the movie.
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I loaned my mom the book to read; we both love the movie. I think that Cornel Wilde's character was going to spend some time at a friend's house to work on his book, and it just so happened that Gene Tierney's family (characters) were going to visit the same friend. It's mentioned in passing in the movie, but you have to be listening for it to get it.
I'll post again later if I'm mistaken.
Hope that helps!
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I just finished the book -- you're right, it's great. I thought the love talk between Richard and Ruth was a bit overwritten, more suited to a romance novel, but other than that, it's a good read.
I think one place the movie failed was in getting inside Richard's head. The movie doesn't explain why he was so reluctant to reveal Ellen's role in Danny's drowning.
And yeah, lots of changes from the book and lots of things left out. I suppose it would have been too hard to film the scene with Ellen and Richard in the canyon (the flood) and Ruth and Richard during the forest fire, but those events made for an exciting read.
And why was he???
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