Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005422, Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:49:08 -0700

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VN & film Chess Fever
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SEE EDITOR's NOTE below.

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From: "Marianne Cotugno" <mxc52@psu.edu>
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> Does anyone know if Nabokov saw the film, Chess Fever, made with Jose
> Capablanca? I haven't checked Appel's book, but I don't recall running
> across that title.
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> Also, has anyone here seen that film?
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> Thanks!
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> Marianne
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EDITOR's NOTE. Yes, I've seen then film. Flm Studies here at UCSB has it. VN
almost certanly saw it in Berlin. Charles Nicol has a note about
the film in THE NABOKOVIAN. Check the Zimmer-Edmunds bibliography on ZEMBLA
or the TN index there.