Paper Moon. Poster of the 1973 movie and cover of the 1971 book, Addie Pray
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Addie Pray
Joe David Brown, 1971
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Peter Bogdanovich, 1973

In Gorham, Kansas, circa 1936, itinerant con man Moses Pray meets nine-year-old Addie Loggins at her mother’s graveside service, where the neighbors suspect he is Addie’s father. One night, Addie and Moze stop at a local carnival, where Moze becomes enthralled with an exotic dancer named Miss Trixie Delight and leaves Addie at a photo booth to have her photograph taken alone.


The Last Picture Show. Poster of the 1971 movie and cover of the 1966 book
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The Last Picture Show
Larry McMurtry, 1966
movie vs book
Peter Bogdanovich, 1971

In 1951 Sonny Crawford and Duane Jackson are high-school seniors and friends in Anarene, Texas, a small declining northern Texas town. She is lonely because her husband is a closeted homosexual. At the Christmas dance Jacy is invited by Lester Marlow to a naked indoor pool party at the home of Bobby Sheen, a wealthy young man who seems to be a better prospect than Duane.