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Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of American author John Fante, first published in 1939 and set during the Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels featuring the character Arturo Bandini as Fante's alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in Los Angeles.
John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles .
Ask the Dust is a 2006 romantic drama film based on the 1939 book Ask the Dust by John Fante.The film was written and directed by Robert Towne. Tom Cruise (with Paula Wagner and Cruise/Wagner Productions) served as one of the film's producers.
Wait Until Spring, Bandini is a novel by American author John Fante. Released in 1938, it was his first published novel. Released in 1938, it was his first published novel. The book is set in a small-town in Colorado and tells the story of the Bandini family during a winter in the Great Depression .
In the fall of 1934, Fenton co-wrote an original story, "Dinky," with John Fante, which they soon sold to Warner Bros. Studios on the strength of the latter's exaggerated resume. [1] Within five years, Fenton's partner would write the novel, Ask the Dust, but at the time he was just another fledgling screenwriter and novelist. In 1935, Fenton ...
The Road to Los Angeles is a novel by the American writer John Fante. It was written in 1936, but was published posthumously in 1985 by Black Sparrow Press. The novel is one of four featuring Fante's alter ego Arturo Bandini. In the Bandini chronology, it is set after Wait Until Spring, Bandini and before Ask the Dust. [1]
Over the past year, a number of high-profile companies have done about-faces on diversity, including Meta , Walmart , McDonald's , Lowe’s , Ford , Tractor Supply , and John Deere .
Rabbit Bandini Productions is a film and television production company founded in 2003 by actors/filmmakers James Franco and Vince Jolivette. The name comes from combining the titular hero from John Updike's Rabbit tetralogy with the hero of John Fante's Ask the Dust, Arturo Bandini. [1]