The Wheel Spins Ethel Lina White basis for what Hitchcock film?
Ethel Lina White from her books and in 1945 her novel "Midnight House" became "The Unseen", directed by Lewis Allen. Shortly after that came an adaptation of "Some Must Watch", one of White's earlier novels. Again the name of the novel was changed and became "The Spiral Staircase" gaining a Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nomination for Ethel Barrymore. Ethel Lina White Ethel Lina White (1876 – 13 August 1944) was a British crime writer, best known for her novel "The Wheel Spins" (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, "The Lady Vanishes" (1938), was based. Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, in 1876. White
Wax (Ethel Lina White novel) Wax (Ethel Lina White novel) Wax is a 1935 Mystery novel by British author Ethel Lina White. "Wax" is set in the small, fictional town of Riverpool. On the outskirts of the town is a mysterious Waxwork museum with a dark history. Young Journalist Sonia Thompson arrives at the town to work at the local newspaper, and is instantly intrigued by the museum. She meets the suspicious townspeople and soon predicts there will be another death at the museum. Very soon she is proved right, and it is up to Sonia to bust the legends surrounding the Waxworks and to