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Charles Einstein

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Charles Einstein
Born(1926-08-02)August 2, 1926
DiedMarch 7, 2007(2007-03-07) (aged 80)
Occupation(s)Journalist, novelist, editor, screenwriter
FatherHarry Einstein
Family

Charles Einstein (August 2, 1926 – March 7, 2007) was a newspaperman and sportswriter. He was the author of the 1953 novel The Bloody Spur, on which the film While the City Sleeps (1956), directed by Fritz Lang, was based.[1] Einstein's father was the comedian Harry Einstein.[2] He was the older half-brother of comedic actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein, better known by his stage name "Super Dave Osborne".[3]

Bibliography

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  • The Bloody Spur, Dell First Edition #5, pbo, 1953. reprinted as While the City Sleeps (Dell D86, 1956).[4]
  • Wiretap!, Dell First Edition #76, pbo, 1955.
  • The Only Game In Town, Dell First Edition 47, pbo, 1955
  • The Last Laugh, Dell First Edition A121, pbo, 1956.
  • No Time at All, Simon & Schuster, hc, 1957. Dell, pb, 1958.
  • The Naked City, Dell First Edition A180, pbo, 1959; TV tie-in comprising the following short stories adapting teleplays by series creator Stirling Silliphant:
  • And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol
  • Lady Bug, Lady Bug…
  • Line of Duty
  • Meridian
  • Nickel Ride
  • The Other Face of Goodness
  • Susquehanna 7-8367
  • The Violent Circle
  • A Flag for San Francisco, Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1962, J. Lowell Pratt and Company, pb, 1963
  • The Day New York Went Dry, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1967.
  • Woman Times Seven, Fawcett Gold Medal, pbo, 1967; adaptation of the anthology screenplay by Cesare Zavattini, comprising the following short stories:
  • The Funeral Procession
  • Amateur Night
  • Two Against One
  • The Super-Simone
  • At the Opera
  • The Suicides
  • Snow
  • The Blackjack Hijack, Random House, 1976. Fawcett Crest, pb, 1976.
  • Willie's Time, Southern Illinois University Press, 1979.

Einstein was also the editor of a series of compilations of baseball writings, titled The Fireside Book of Baseball.

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Einstein was referenced in Ariel Pink's 2014 song ,"Lipstick." The song was inspired by the Lipstick Killer, which Einstein wrote about in his 1953 novel The Bloody Spur.

References

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  1. ^ While the City Sleeps at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ Mystery File by Steve Lewis
  3. ^ Hoge, Patrick (March 11, 2007). "Charles Einstein -- S.F. sportswriter and prolific author". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 2, 2010.
  4. ^ Boucher, Anthony (October 23, 1953). "Criminals at Large". The New York Times. The Bloody Spur... an unusually long, but tightly knit supense novel with an ambitious and well-handled problem in construction.
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