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His first novel was Cover Charge , a Jazz Age work published in 1926. He also wrote under the pseudonyms George Hopley and William Irish. He wrote the story " It Had to be Murder " in 1942 under the Irish name. It was retitled Rear Window in 1944 and made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. His The Bride Wore Black ( La Mariée était en noir ) was made into a film by Francois Truffaut.
Woolrich lived the last thirty-five years of his mother's life with her in a seedy hotel room in Harlem, New York, although he did move in and out of the room into another room at the same hotel frequently. He never allowed his mother to read any of his work.
He had been married for three weeks to Violet Virginia Blackton, a producer's daughter, but apparently homosexual tendencies convinced him he could not remain married (he left his wife a locked suitcase containing a diarySee Diary (novel) for the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. A diary is a book for fragmentary writings arranged by date. It can be used for recording in advance appointments and other planned activities, and/or for reporting about what has happened. Diaries have detailing his homosexual adventures).
Following his mother's death, Woolrich moved in and out of various hotels in New York. Alcoholism and an amputated leg (caused by an infection from a too-tight shoe which went untreated) left him a recluse. He even refused to attend the premiere of the Truffaut work of his novel, even though it was held in New York City. At the time of his death, he weighed 89 pounds.
He left one million dollars to Columbia UniversityColumbia University officially known as Columbia University in the City of New York is a private institution of higher education. It is one of the world's foremost research universities and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1754 under a royal charter for a scholarship for potential writers, in his mother's name.
Francis Nevins Jr., in his Woolrich biography First You Dream, Then You Die, rated Woolrich the fourth best crime writer of the era, behind only Dashiell HammettSamuel Dashiell Hammett ( May 27, 1894 January 10, 1961) was an American author of " hard-boiled" detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade The Maltese Falcon , Nick and Nora Charles The Thin Man , and the, Erle Stanley GardnerErle Stanley Gardner ( July 17, 1889 March 11, 1970) was an American lawyer and author of detective stories who also published under the names Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J. Kenny, Les Tillray, and Robert Parr. He created th and Raymond ChandlerRaymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 March 26, 1959) was an American author of crime stories and novels. His influence on modern crime fiction has been immense, particularly in the writing style and attitudes that much of the field has adopted over t.
Following his passing in 1968, he was interred in the Ferncliff CemeteryFounded in 1903, the non-sectarian Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum is located on Secor Road in the hamlet of Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, about 25 miles north of New York City. Some of the well-known persons interred here are: Tommy Armour (1 in Hartsdale, New YorkHartsdale is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 9,830. Geography Hartsdale is located at 41°1'32" North, 73°48'17".
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