KNOCK ON ANY DOOR is often shocking and sometimes sordid but it is also tremendously gripping and human. Willard Motley writes with the fire of truth as he recreates the life and death of Nick Romano--an innately decent boy who couldn't make it out of the slums/5(32). · Knock on Any Door. Willard Motley's best seller shocked the nation with its harsh depiction of the dark underbelly of the American dream. Knock on Any Door dramatizes young immigrant Nick Romano's struggle to survive when his father's business folds, leaving his family with no choice but to move to a poor neighborhood across town/5. Knock on Any Door. Motley, Willard (signed by Humphrey Bogart) Published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., New York,
Willard Motley. An African American author who wrote predominantly about white characters, Willard Motley () gained recognition with the release of his critically acclaimed first novel Knock Down Any Door. His realistic, detailed depictions of life in slums, prisons, and reform schools earned him comparisons to other naturalist authors such as The odore Dreiser. "Willard Motley's best seller shocked the nation with its harsh depiction of the dark underbelly of the American dream. Knock on Any Door dramatizes young immigrant Nick Romano's struggle to survive when his father's business folds, leaving his family with no choice but to move to a poor neighborhood across town. A series of petty crimes land the former Catholic altar boy in reform school. KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (director: Nicholas Ray; screenwriters: from the book Knock on Any Door by Willard Motley/John Monks, Jr./Daniel Taradash; cinematographer: Burnett Guffey; editor: Viola Lawrence; music: George Antheil; cast: Humphrey Bogart (Andrew Morton), John Derek (Nick Romano), George Macready (District Attorney Kerman), Allene Roberts (Emma), Susan Perry (Adele), Mickey Knox (Vito.
Willard Motley, Writer: Knock on Any Door. Born Willard Francis Motley, he grew up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. In , Motley came to the Maxwell-Halstead Street area of Chicago and drew heavily on his experiences and the people he met there for his two best know novels, "Knock On Any Door" and the sequel "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" both were made into major motion. Knock On Any Door by Motley, Willard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru Willard Motley's best seller shocked the nation with its harsh depiction of the dark underbelly of the American dream. Knock on Any Door dramatizes young immigrant Nick Romano's struggle to survive when his father's business folds, leaving his family with no choice but to move to a poor neighborhood across town.
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