EDlTH WHARTON AT THE CINEMA
In 1921 Edith Wharton sold the film rights to her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “THE AGE OF
INNOCENCE”, for $15,000. Seventy-two years later, Martin Scorsese has filmed Edith Wharton’s novel
at a reputed cost of $30 million.
In 1920 Edith Wharton was paid $18,000 by the New York monthly “PICTORIAL REVIEW”, a
popular journal of the day, for the rights to publish her next serial. She was at this time an established
literary figure, a writer of travelogues, novels, novellas…
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