Oscar Winners Inspired by the Post
As the 85th Academy Awards takes place this Sunday, check out our list of 9 Post-inspired award winners—and 2 films that while popular, have failed to claim a statue.... More
Classic Fiction
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
“Command” by James Warner Bellah was fist published by the Post in June of 1948 and was adapted for the big screen in 1949 under... More
True Grit (1969, 2010)
Written by author Charles Portis, “True Grit” appeared in The Saturday Evening Post in 1968 as a three-part serial.... More
And Then There Were None (1945)
Widely considered one of Agatha Christie’s best who-dunnits, “The Ten Little Indians” first appeared in the Post on May 20, 1939, and ran as a... More
Death on the Nile (1978)
The Post first ran Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile” on May 13, 1937, and completed the series in eight parts.... More
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
The three-part story first appeared in the Post in November 1962 and made its film debut in 1966. ... More
Fail Safe (1964, 2000)
The first film adaptation of Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler’s “Fail-Safe,” which was serialized in the Post in October 1962, was released in 1964.... More
Lassie Come Home (1943)
Hailed as “one of the all-time great family films” by Turner Classic Movie’s Leonard Maltin, Lassie Come Home was the first film adaptation of Eric... More
Lili (1953)
Lili was based on Paul Gallico’s short story “The Man Who Hated People,” published by the Post on October 28, 1950.... More
Red River (1948)
Bordon Chase’s “The Chislom Trail” was a six part series that first ran in the Post in December 1946 and was brought to the silver... More
The Quiet Man (1952)
“The Quiet Man” originally appeared in the Post on February 11, 1933, and was written by Maurice Walsh. ... More
Call of the Wild (1935)
Jack London’s “Call of the Wild” was first serialized in the Post in 1908. Later published as a novel, it’s now an American classic that... More
Undiscovered Poe? Early Works Before ‘The Black Cat’
Did the Post print several anonymous pieces by Edgar Allan Poe before we printed his classic short story, The Black Cat?... More
Miss Temptation
A soldier just back from Korea disrupts a small town's daily ritual—and makes a pretty girl cry—in Kurt Vonnegut's well-loved short story.... More
Treasures of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
Examine some of Kurt Vonnegut's personal artifacts that are on display at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in downtown Indianapolis.... More
The No-Talent Kid
Nothing could shake Walter's determination to get into the marching band. So how could his conductor tell him how misplaced his ambition was?... More
Yesterday’s Garbage
A trash collector uncovers a neighborhood mystery in Jon Hassler's short story of family secrets.... More
