This episode, Leo Rosten moderated the discussion with guest Hollis Alpert, Film critic of The Saturday Review and author of The Barrymores. They discuss films that were adopted from literary works. Examining if the film conveyed the essence of the book. For example, they agree that The Great Gatsby did not translate well in the big screen, but how The Informant film was better than the book. They also discuss ow magazines in the 1920s and 1930s had a lot more fiction, and now it's more non-fiction. Rostent and Alpert also discuss camera shots in how they tell a story and compare it to how literature does it, as well as comparing US literature and film to European style. In addition, they also examine how books become even more popular with the success of the film, such as Oliver's Twist. Series of new conversations in which ideas are discussed in relation to reading
