The Great McGinty The Great McGinty The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and (in her final screen appearance) Muriel Angelus. It was Sturges's first film as a director; he sold the story to Paramount Pictures for just $10 on condition he direct the film. Sturges went on to win the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay. In the U.K. the film was retitled Down Went McGinty. Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy) is a bartender in a banana republic who recounts his rise and fall
The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King is a fantasy novel by Lynn Abbey, set in the world of Dark Sun, and based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It is the fifth and final novel published in the "Chronicles of Athas" series. It was published in April 1996 (). "The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King" tells the story of Hamanu. Paul Pettengale reviewed "The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King" for "Arcane" magazine, rating it a 5 out of 10 overall. He comments that, "Of all