Talk:Marty Holland

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There's two titles listed on the french page which I can't find elsewhere at present:

• Fast Woman (1949) (might be a reprint title)
• Entangled (1957) (per the Serie Noire page, has characters named Wanda and Julius Kingston; LARB identifies this as Glass Heart)

Two titles were published in Serie Noire. Publisher page here

• Fallen Angel published as "Le Resquilleur", Série Noire n° 270
• Entangled published as "Pas blanc!", Série Noire n° 355

Here's some info gathered from various ebay images:

Fallen Angel

• First printing(?) cover with an image and printed(?) signature. "E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc." See images archived here.
• "CENTURY Mysteries 26"; "Copyright 1945 by Marty Holland"; "Reprinted by special permission of E. P. Dutton & Co." See archived images here
• "A Forum Book Motion Picture Edition" by "The World Publishing Company", "Illustrated with Scenes from the Twentieth Century-Fox Picture" See images archived here. Dust jacket visible in another auction, no additional info
• Published as "Blonde Baggage", as #45 by "Novel Library", "Published by Arrangement with E. P. Dutton Co., Inc." See images archived here.

On the copyright page lists:

• copyright, 1949, by Avon Periodicals, Inc.
• copyright, 1950, by Diversey Publishing Corp.

The Glass Heart

• Published by "Julian Messner, Inc.", "Copyright, 1946, Julian Messner, Inc." See images of a signed copy archived here
• Published in 1948 as Her Private Passions as number 81 by Avon Books See images archived here

The Darling of Paris

• Published in 1949 by "Avon Novels, Inc" as number 15 in "The Avon Monthly Novel" series. "Published by Special Arrangement with the Author". She is referred to as the "Author of 'Her Private Passions' and 'Fast Woman'". See images archived here

Fast Woman

• Diversey Prize Novels No. 4 "This is a Diversey Original"; "First Time Published in Book Form"(published in a magazine previously??) "Copyright, 1949, by Marty Holland" See images archived here

More info:

• Listed in the 1950 copyright catalog as published by "Diversey Periodicals" and having been registered 04 October 1949. Published under "DIVERSEY PRIZE NOVELS" according to bookscans and cover image

Starts with "STEALING" and a character named Evelyn (per screenshots), so not Fallen Angel (starts with "It was a big passenger bus"), and not Darling of Paris ("fast woman" is referenced on the title page) nor "Glass Heart" (referenced as "her private passions" on same title page of darling of paris). Could be

Scar of encounter

• in publisher's weekly: link

Some copyright catalog entries (reformatted somewhat):

Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1945

• Holland (Mary)* Hollywood, Calif. Fallen angel, by Marty Holland; pseud. 1st ed.; © May 7 1945; A 187485

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1947

• The glass heart ... by Marty Holland. New York, J. Messner, inc. 1946; 3 p. l. 192 p. 19½"; "A recommended mystery"; © 25Nov46; 2c 16Nov46; Julian Messner, inc.; A9925.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1949

• Her private passions. Originally titled The glass heart. 158 p.; New Avon Library 181; © Avon Pub. Co., inc., New York; 19Oct48; on cover art work by Ann Cantor; A30038

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1950

• The darling of Paris. Cover art (photography) by D. Richard Statile; Now York, Avon Novels. 123 p.; The Avon monthly novel. 15; © on cover art; Marty Holland; 15Nov49; A42988.

• Fast woman, a new novel; Cover art work, photography, by Del Hayden; New York, Diversey Periodicals. 128 p.; © on cover art work; Marty Holland; 4Oct49; A42983.

From the internet archive:

• "Frank Borzage has bid $75,000 for the script of "32 Regent Square," novel by Marty Holland, who also penned "Fallen Angel."" link
• "Humphrey Bogart has the first option on the novel "Windrift," written by Marty Holland, author of "Fallen Angel" and "32 Regent Square" link
• the glass heart optioned but not produced: "Also in preparation at UCP is [...] the Marty Holland best-selling mystery novel, "The Glass Heart," with [Philip] Yordan handling the screen adaptation." link
• "RKO has acquired the film rights to Marty Holland's novel, "The Glass Heart," and has signed James Cain to adapt it to the screen." link
• "[Douglas] Sirk's first for UCP will be "The Glass Heart," starring Robert Cummings." link
• "[James M.] Cain was working at RKO [...] and his first assignment was to do a script for a film, apparently never completed, called The Glass Heart. [...] The studio eventually set The Glass Heart aside [...]" link