Anne Catherine Emmerich that Scripture and "accepted visions" were the only sources he drew on, and a careful reading of Emmerich's book shows the film's high level of dependence on it. In his review of the movie in the Catholic publication "America", Jesuit priest John O'Malley used the terms "devout fiction" and "well-intentioned fraud" to refer to the writings of Clemens Brentano. In 2007 German director Dominik Graf made the movie "The Pledge" as a dramatization of the encounters between Anne Catherine (portrayed by actress ) and Clemens Brentano, based on a novel by Kai Meyer. Anne Catherine Emmerich Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
Katherine Anne Porter Fools" for $500,000). Producer David O. Selznick was after the film rights; but United Artists who owned the property, demanded $400,000. The novel was adapted for film by Abby Mann; producer and director Stanley Kramer featured Vivien Leigh in her final film performance. Despite Porter's claim that after the publication of "Ship of Fools " she would not win any more prizes in America, in 1966 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the U.S. National Book Award for "The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter". That year she was also appointed to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.