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Walter Jackson Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's first short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," first published in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and in book form in My World—and Welcome to It in 1942. Thurber loosely based the character, a daydreamer, on himself. [1]
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, [ 1 ] it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book My World and Welcome to It ( Harcourt, Brace and Company , 1942 ). [ 2 ]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 2013 American adventure comedy-drama film directed, co-produced by and starring Ben Stiller and written by Steve Conrad. The film also stars Kristen Wiig , Shirley MacLaine , Adam Scott , Kathryn Hahn , and Sean Penn .
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 American Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the 1939 short story of the same name by James Thurber.The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming proofreader (later associate editor) for a magazine publishing firm and Virginia Mayo as the girl of his dreams.
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The Man Who Was Walter Mitty: The Life and Work of James Thurber. ISBN 9780738840833; Grauer, Neil A. 1994. Remember Laughter: A Life of James Thurber. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803221550. Ervolino, Bill (December 17, 1995). "JAMES THURBER'S WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT". The Record (North Jersey). Bergen County, NJ: HighBeam Research.
Described as “the ultimate Walter Mitty character” by police, Daniel Khalife was a normal boy ... The 23-year-old has now been convicted at Woolwich Crown Court of spying for Iran, ...
Steven L. Hanks, 70, was brought to justice 44 years after gunning down Mary Robin Walter, 23, in her Great Bend trailer home. ... Mary Robin Walter was a 23-year-old mother and nursing student ...