The Shades Will Not Vanish
{{short description|1952 novel by Helen Fowler}}
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The Shades Will Not Vanish is a 1952 Australian novel by Helen Fowler. It was her first novel.1952 'Strange novel by Australian', Catholic Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1942 - 1954), 3 July, p. 4. (Magazine Section), viewed 05 Mar 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147086966{{Citation
| title=A Novel of Sydney.
| journal=The Bulletin
|volume=73 |issue=3772 |date=28 May 1952
| location=Sydney, N.S.W
| publisher=John Haynes and J.F. Archibald
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-532348512
| id=nla.obj-532348512
| access-date=5 March 2024
| via=Trove
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The book was published in the US under the title of The Intruder.1953 'Our 1951 serial now best seller in U.S.', The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 28 January, p. 20., viewed 05 Mar 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article414898951953 'MASS U.S. SALE FOR AUSTRALIAN'S NOVEL', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 15 January, p. 3; viewed 05 Mar 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183537411953 'Shy Authoress Has Made Literary History', Daily Mirror (Sydney, NSW : 1941 - 1955), 19 January, p. 14. (Cable Edition 2), viewed 05 Mar 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article277259956
The Daily Telegraph called it "a powerful tale which, on the whole, is well told."1952 'Shades of Mr. Kipling!', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), 10 May, p. 14; viewed 05 Mar 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248721681
Radio adaptations
The novel was read out on the Australian radio in serial form in 1952.{{Citation
| title=Post-war Novel, now A.B.C. Serial, Is Popular with Americans
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=14 |issue=29 |date=19 July 1952
| location=Sydney
| publisher=ABC
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1379643167
| id=nla.obj-1379643167
| access-date=5 March 2024
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The novel was also adapted as a one-hour play on Australian radio in 1955 starring Bruce Stewart.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun|date=23 November 1954|page= 35|title=Engaging quiz}}{{Citation
| title=SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Commercial
| journal=ABC Weekly
|volume=17 |issue=16 |date=16 April 1955
| location=Sydney
| publisher=ABC
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1699721715
| id=nla.obj-1699721715
| access-date=5 March 2024
| via=Trove
}}
Film adaptation
Film rights were bought by Allied Artists in 1954.{{cite magazine|title=Briefs from the Lots|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety194-1954-05/page/n85/mode/1up?|date=12 May 1954|page=22}} The book was adapted into a Hollywood film Strange Intruder (1956).{{cite magazine|title=Strange Intruder|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety204-1956-09/page/n5/mode/1up?|page=6|date=5 September 1956}}
Premise
A former POW visits the family of a friend.
References
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External links
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55456485 Serialisation of novel]
- [https://archive.org/details/intrudernovelbyh0000hele/page/n7/mode/2up Copy of complete novel] at Internet Archive (subscription required)
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Category:1952 Australian novels
Category:1955 Australian radio dramas