WHEN WALLACE SAW HIS MURDERS ON SCREEN
5,000,000 BOOKS A YEAR “Although the producer may have improved the story 50 per cent., one is always on tenterhooks and wondering what is coming next.’’ This statement was made by Mr. Edgar Wallace at a luncheon at the Kit-Cat Restaurant prior to a private film show of “The Ripger.” He confessed that he never went to see any of his stories on the screen. “Some years ago I went to see the film adaptation of a book of mine in which there were seven murders. “After the third murder I crept out, and I have not seen a trade show since. “From that date I have limited my murders to five.” Mr. Wallace mentioned that during the 12 months ended March 31 he sold 5,000,000 books. “As you applaud 1 hope you will sympathise with me -when I say that I did not draw royalties on one-third of them.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 529, 5 December 1928, Page 11
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157WHEN WALLACE SAW HIS MURDERS ON SCREEN Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 529, 5 December 1928, Page 11
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