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After Midnight (1948 Novel)
''After Midnight'' is a 1948 thriller novel by the German writer Martha Albrand, who had been living in the United States since 1937. It was initially serialized in a slightly different version under the title ''Dishonored'' in ''The Saturday Evening Post''.Deutsch p.286 Synopsis During World War II American OSS operative Webster Carr was betrayed to the Germans on a small Italian island. After the war he returns again to uncover who it was who gave him away. Film adaptation In 1950 it was adapted into the Hollywood film ''Captain Carey, U.S.A.'' directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix and Francis Lederer Francis Lederer (November 6, 1899 Prague – May 25, 2000) was an Austro-Hungarian Empire-born American film and stage actor with a successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States. His original name was Franz (Czech František) Le .... References Bibliography * Deutsch, James I. ''Coming Home from "The Good War": World War II Vete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Albrand
Martha Albrand (1914–1981), born Heidi Huberta Freybe Loewengard was a German-American novelist. Albrand was the name of her Danish great-grandfather. She was the sister of the actress Jutta Freybe and the writer Johanna Sibelius. The film ''Captain Carey, U.S.A.'' was based on her novel '' After Midnight''. Bibliography Novels written as Katrin Holland * ''Man spricht über Jacqueline'', 1926 * ''Wie macht man das nur ???'', 1930 * ''Unterwegs zu Alexander: Ein Liebesroman'', 1932 * ''Die silberne Wolke: Ein Roman aus unserer Zeit'', 1933 * ''Babett auf Gottes Gnaden'', 1934 * ''Das Mädchen, das niemand mochte'', 1935 * ''Das Frauenhaus'', 1935 * ''Carlotta Torresani'', 1938 * ''Einsamer Himmel'', 1938 * ''Vierzehn Tage mit Edita'', 1939 * ''Helene'', 1940 * ''The Obsession of Emmet Booth'', 1957 Novels written as Martha Albrand * ''No Surrender'', 1942 * ''Without Orders'', 1943 * ''Endure No Longer'', 1944 * ''None Shall Know'', 1945 * ''Remembered Anger'', 1946 * ''Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |