Graham Greene's impact in motion pictures wasn't quite as vast as his impact on literature, but it was close. (We're referring, of course, to the English novelist, not the Native American actor, who, despite some fine on-screen performances, has yet to produce the Great American Novel, or even the Great American Indian Novel.) In addition to producing some of the finest novels of the 20th century, he was also a noteworthy screenwriter and helped bring The Third Man into existence, thus creating a classic film and one of Orson Welles' most notorious characters. (He was also a prominent, and often highly engaging, movie critic until he had the bad taste to point out the obvious fact that many of Shirley Temple's fans had something more than a pristine interest in the child actress' talents.)
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