The Elephant is White
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| Author | Caryl Brahms  S.J. Simon  | 
|---|---|
| Language | English | 
| Genre | Comedy | 
| Publisher | Michael Joseph (UK) Farrar & Rinehart (US)  | 
Publication date  | 1939 | 
| Publication place | United Kingdom | 
| Media type | |
The Elephant is White is a 1939 comedy novel by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon, a regular writing team between 1937 and 1950. In prewar Paris an idle Englishman runs into a group of eccentric Russian exiles in a nightclub.
Film adaptation
In 1944 it was adapted into the film Give Us the Moon directed by Val Guest and starring Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver and Roland Culver.[1] The film updated the plot into a future postwar era.
References
- ^ Goble p.429
 
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
 
