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At first, “Ex-Wife” was far more successful than “Gatsby,” blasting through a dozen printings and selling over 100,000 copies.

‘Ex-Wife’ originally outsold ‘The Great Gatsby,’ but critics sniffed at the novel, deeming it a melodramatic period piece − even though it tackled timeless issues like gender, money and power.

Writer Ursula Parrott, pictured with her son, Marc, in 1935. ACME NewspapersIn 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby.” Four years later, Ursula Parrott published her first novel, “Ex-Wife.” I probably read “The Great Gatsby” a dozen times between junior high school and my late 20s. But I had never even heard of Ursula Parrott or her 1929 bestseller until I stumbled across a screenplay adaption of one of Parrott’s short stories. Fit...

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Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' examines the origins of the agency that helped build a relationship with entertainment studios.

Commentary If you’ve read any of my classic movie reviews here at The Epoch Times, you probably know ...

Mildred Pierce was a brave woman doing all her best for her family. In the early 1940s, Mildred’s account came to the audience through a book and a film adaptation. The book was written by James M. Cain and published in 1941. The story is set in California during the…

Commentary I don't usually review movies released after 1954. That's why I was initially hesitant to watch and ...

Commentary Author and newspaper columnist Damon Runyon wrote several stories about the rougher citizens of New York. Gangsters, ...

Commentary If you could get out of your marriage with no divorce, no legal fees, and no complicated ...