Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): Hemingway/Fitzgerald
Articles

Writing Like, About, and For Film: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Characterization of Actors and Directors and the Use of a Cinematic Writing Style in Tender Is the Night

Harry Glicklin
Muhlenberg College

Published 2026-04-29

Keywords

  • film,
  • performance,
  • literary vs. cinematic techniques,
  • montage,
  • flashback,
  • narratology,
  • Hollywood
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How to Cite

Glicklin, H. (2026). Writing Like, About, and For Film: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Characterization of Actors and Directors and the Use of a Cinematic Writing Style in Tender Is the Night. Wings of Fire: Proceedings, 4(1). Retrieved from https://proceedings.francescacoppa.bergbuilds.domains/index.php/WOFProceedings/article/view/72

Abstract

In Tender Is The Night, Fitzgerald wrote the screenplay commentary about Hollywood that Hollywood itself would never have let him write.