Born on this day – Nathanael West:

Nathanael West

Writer

October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940

Credits:
 
Novels, plays, short stories:

A Cool Million (1934); Even Stephen (1934); Good Hunting (1938); Miss Lonelyhearts (1933); Nathanael West, Novels and Other Writings (1997); The Day of the Locust (1939); The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931); The Imposter (date?); Western Union Boy (date?).

 

Movies and television:

Advice to the Forlorn (1933); American Playhouse (1983); Born to Be Wild (1938); Five Came Back (1939); Follow Your Heart (1936); Gangs of New York (1938); I Stole a Million (1939); I'll Tell the World (1945); It Could Happen to You (1937); Let's Make Music (1940); Lonelyhearts (1958); Men Against the Sky (1940); Rhythm in the Clouds (1937); Slecna Dusehojivá (2000); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); The Day of the Locust (1975); The President's Mystery (1936); The Spirit of Culver (1939); Ticket to Paradise (1936).