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Works by
Truman Capote
(Writer)
[1924 - 1984] |
Profile created
July 6, 2005 |
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Fiction
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Other Voices, Other Rooms
(1948)
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The Grass Harp (1951; play, 1952)
Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the story
of three endearing misfits--an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies--who
one day take up residence in a tree house. AS they pass sweet yet hazardous
hours in a china tree, The Grass Harp manages to convey all the pleasures and
responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the
sacredness of love, "that love is a chain of love, as nature is a chain of
life."
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958)
Novella
Movie (1961)
DVD
VHS with Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard
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In Cold Blood (1966)
This "nonfiction novel" was a 6-year study of the murder of a rural Kansas
family by two young drifters.
Movie (1967)
DVD
VHS
with Robert Blake
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The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places (1973)
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Answered Prayers (1987)
Unfinished novel that was published posthumously.
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A House on the Heights (2002)
The tranquil life Truman Capote led in the quiet enclave of Brooklyn Heights
in the 1950s and 1960s stood in sharp contrast to the glittering scene he
adored in Manhattan. Intimate and wry, A House on the Heights vividly evokes
the neighborhood that Capote came to know well and described as one of
Brooklyn’s “splendid contradictions.” Its denizens, including a celebrated
Russian spy, a globe-trotting antiquarian, and a cat-rescuing dowager with a
pointed social agenda bring to life the Brooklyn that cast its spell over
Capote. In A House on the Heights he meanders through a special time and place
still recognizable today.
Non-fiction
Movies,
Plays, and Screenplays
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Beat The Devil/Indiscretion of an American
Wife
(1953)
Two classic black & white films from 1953 written by award-winning author
Truman Capote. The
DVD comes with great
extras including a Scarecrow cartoon and Bloopers of 1946.
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House of Flowers (1954)
Broadway musical
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The Innocents (1960)
Based on Turn of the Screw by Henry James.
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Truman Capote's Trilogy
VHS
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The Great Gatsby (1971)
Screenplay based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, rejected by Paramount
Pictures.
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Murder by Death (1976)
Movie (DVD
VHS,
written by Neil Simon starring Alec Guinness, David Niven, Eileen
Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, Estelle Winwood, James Coco, James Cromwell, Maggie
Smith, Nancy Walker, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Richard Narita, and
Truman Capote
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A&E Biography - Truman Capote (2000)
VHS
" His books are classics lyrical, witty and penetrating. His
outrageous personality made him a darling of the social elite. Truman Capote's
life was framed by loneliness and abandonment. In-between, he experienced
success that few dream of. TRUMAN CAPOTE chronicles the life of the man who
burst onto the literary scene at the tender age of 23 with the moving Other
Voices, Other Rooms. Follow ""the tiny terror"" from his troubled childhood he
was abandoned by his parents and raised by relatives in the Alabama backwoods
to his days of glory, cavorting with the likes of Babe and Bill Paley and
Katharine Graham. Friends and former friends, including Graham, George
Plimpton and Joanne Carson, recall his outrageous wit, brutal honesty and
personal demons. Excerpts from novels like In Cold Blood and Breakfast at
Tiffany's demonstrate his genius, while extensive footage and photos show him
at work and play. BIOGRAPHY proudly presents the story of a brilliant writer
who never pulled his punches and occasionally hit himself."
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Great Writers (2001)
Truman Capote was one of the most popular American
writers of the 50's and 60's, as well as a central figure in the American
literary establishment. With titles like "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to the
factual account of a murder in "In Cold Blood," his range of styles was broad
and influential.
VHS
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Truman Capote's a Christmas Memory (2002) with Donnie Melvin
and Geraldine Page; narrated by Truman Capote
VHS
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Truman Capote (2005)
Movie following Truman Capote as he attains
celebrity.
DVD
Short Stories
Other
See also:
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Truman Capote (1980) by Helen S. Garson
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Truman Capote: A Primary and Secondary Biography (1980) by Robert J. Stanton
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Truman Capote (1983) by J. Simmons and M. Rudisill
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Conversations With Capote (1986) by Lawrence Grobel
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Truman Capote: Conversation (1987) by M. Thomas Inge
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Capote: A Biography (1988) by Gerald Clarke
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A Bridge of Childhood (1989) by Marianne M. Moates
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Truman Capote's Southern Years (1996) by Marianne M. Moates
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Truman Capote, In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall
His Turbulent Career (1997) by George Plimpton
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Southern Christmas: Literary Classics of the Holidays (1998)
Includes contributions by Alice Childress, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Harper Lee,
James Dickey, Joan Williams, Julia Peterkin, Katherine Anne Porter,
Langston Hughes, Mark Twain, Mary Boykin Chesnut, O'Henry, Ogden Nash, Robert
E. Lee, and Truman Capote
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Fruitcake: Memories of Truman Capote and Sook (2000) by
Marie Rudisill
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The Southern Haunting of Truman Capote (2000) by Marie Rudisill with James
C. Simmons
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Truman Capote (2002) by Harold Bloom
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