The White Tower (Ullman novel)

{{Short description|1945 novel by James Ramsey Ullman}}

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| author = James Ramsey Ullman

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| publisher = J. B. Lippincott Company

| release_date = 1945

| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)

| pages = 479 pp

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The White Tower is a 1945 novel by James Ramsey Ullman. It was the fourth best-selling novel in the US in 1945 and was reprinted as an Armed Services Edition.

It was filmed in 1950 under the direction of Ted Tetzlaff and starred Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains, Lloyd Bridges, Cedric Hardwicke, and Oskar Homolka.{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Thomas F. Brady |date=1949-06-13 |title=ALLEN, TONE TO DO 'THE WHITE TOWER'; Will Make Film of Ullman's Novel in Color in the French Alps, Starting in July |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/06/13/archives/allen-tone-to-do-the-white-tower-will-make-film-of-ullmans-novel-in.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |issn=0362-4331}}

1955 radio adaptation

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It was adapted into a 1955 Australian radio serial by Morris West.{{Citation

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| journal=ABC Weekly

|volume=17 |issue=9 |date=26 February 1955

| location=Sydney

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| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1698693866

| access-date=13 December 2023

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| title=Two A.B.C. Celebrity Artists Arrive Next Week

| journal=ABC Weekly

|volume=17 |issue=9 |date=26 February 1955

| location=Sydney

| publisher=ABC

| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1698694211

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| access-date=13 December 2023

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