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"The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in September, 1902, [1] and was reprinted in his third collection of short stories, The Lady of the Barge, later that year. [2]
The Monkey's Paw is a 2013 American horror film based on the 1902 short story by author W. W. Jacobs. [3] The film revolves around Jake Tilton, who receives a mysterious monkey's paw talisman that grants him three wishes. [4] The film was directed by Brett Simmons, written by Macon Blair, and produced by Ross Otterman for TMP Films.
Children's book(s) Film adaptation(s) Abeltje (1953), Annie M. G. Schmidt: The Flying Liftboy (1998) : The Adventurers: Gamba and His Fifteen Companions (冒険者たち ガンバと15ひきの仲間, Boukenshatachi: Ganba to 15-hiki no Nakama) (1972), Atsuo Saitō
This is a list of short stories and novellas that have been made into feature films. The title of the work is followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
He was born in 1863 at 5, Crombie's Row, Mile End Old Town (not Wapping, as is often stated), [1] London, to William Gage Jacobs, wharf manager, and his wife Sophia. [2] His father managed the South Devon wharf in Lower East Smithfield, by the St Katherine Docks and, according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, "the young Jacobs spent much time on Thames-side, growing familiar ...
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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The "story within a story", which deals with the marital tragedy related by Kelly, is well done, but it seems to result in detracting somewhat from the climactic intensity of the later tragedy, that of the Trelawnes, which is painstakingly built up with every possible effect of horror and suspense as Mrs. Trelawne imagines the imminent entrance of her dead son.