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All the books by Jim Thorpe adapted to cinema and television
Jim Thorpe is known for being the author of the book This Is My Story, first published in 1949, which was adapted to cinema by Michael Curtiz in 1951.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
This Is My Story
Jim Thorpe, Maxwell Stiles, 1949
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Michael Curtiz, 1951
Burt Lancaster stars as the legendary athlete who rises from poverty on a Native American reservation to graduate from college and win more gold medals than any other athlete in the 1912 Olympics. Thorpe’s life is a constant struggle against racial prejudice: Despite his talent and his desire to coach, no one will hire an American Indian; and his Olympic medals are taken from him because he had accepted money to play basketball to help pay for college.