Nobody Ordered Wolves
Author | Jeffrey Dell |
---|---|
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1939 |
Media type |
Nobody Ordered Wolves is a 1939 comic novel by the British writer and film director Jeffrey Dell. The book is a satire on the British film industry. It focuses on the fictional company Paradox Film Productions headed by the mogul Napoleon Bott who is modelled on the real-life Alexander Korda and his London Film Productions.[1] The book concludes with a large number of wolves, hired by Bott for one of his epic extravaganzas, running loose through London causing havoc as a metaphor for the British film industry having "gone to the dogs".[2]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Macnab, Geoffrey. J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry. Routledge, 1994.
- Trumpbour, John. Selling Hollywood to the World: U.S. and European Struggles for Mastery of the Global Film Industry, 1920-1950. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Categories:
- 1939 British novels
- Novels set in London
- British comedy novels
- Novels about film directors and producers
- Heinemann (publisher) books
- 1930s novel stubs