Frankie and Johnny
Historical fiction, Drama, United States history
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
The ill-fated lovers Frankie and Johnny were already legends by 1930 the year of this illustrated drama s publication The unique interpretation is a collaboration between John Huston the future director of The Maltese Falcon and other… film classics and Miguel Covarrubias an influential painter and caricaturist Huston who reputedly interviewed a neighbor of the real-life Frankie and Johnny was inspired to adapt the tale of love gone wrong for a puppet show for which George Gershwin supplied musical accompaniment In addition to Huston s script and distinctive images by Covarrubias this edition features the Saint Louis Version of the folktale regarded as the most authentic version as well as 20 variations on the story and song