| FALLENIDOL | Graham Greene adapted his short story The Basement Room to produce the screen play for the 1948 film The ____ |
| IDOL | The Fallen ___, 1948 Carol Reed film based on the short story The Basement Room by Graham Greene |
| STEPHENKING | Carrie author who won a 1996 O. Henry Award for his short story The Man in the Black Suit: 2 wds. |
| ARTHURC | Who co-wrote the screen-play for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey? (6,1,6) |
| CLARKE | Who co-wrote the screen- play for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey? (6,1,6) |
| ROCK | Brighton -; novel by Graham Greene adapted into two films (4) |
| BOLT | Robert -; dramatist who adapted his play A Man for All Seasons to film and co-wrote the screenplay to David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (4) |
| ROME | City which is the setting for the 1948 film Bicycle Thieves |
| OLIVIER | Laurence, Best Actor Oscar-winner for the 1948 film Hamlet (7) |
| SELLER | Vendor who gets his goods from the basement room, I hear (6) |
| NEILDIAMOND | Singer who, in a 2020 Youtube post, adapted his own lyrics to: "Hands, washing hands, reaching out, don't touch me, I won't touch you" |
| BIERCE | Ambrose ___, American writer best known for his short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary |
| LANDIS | NASA scientist Geoffrey who won a Hugo for his short story "Falling Onto Mars" |
| BICYCLETHIEF | The ___, English title sometimes given to the 1948 film Ladri di Biciclette (7,5) |
| MOIRA | ____ Shearer, Scottish ballerina noted for her performance in the 1948 film The Red Shoes (5) |
| THEMARSHALLPLAN | Common name for the 1948-51 US aid to Europe initiative (3,8,4) |
| REVIEW | "No" was a famously short one for the 1948 musical "Isn't It Romantic?" |
| INTERMEZZO | The orchestra leader from Enmore was in a terrible tizz -- at the start of the opera he had messed up his short solo (10) |
| TAN | Perth-born Oscar-winner for his short film The Lost Thing, Shaun - (3) |
| SNAKEPIT | The -, 1948 film drama for which Olivia de Havilland was a Best Actress in a Leading Role nominee (5,3) |
