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Elliott Baker (December 15, 1922 – February 9, 2007), born Elliot Joseph Cohen, was a screenwriter and novelist. Baker was born in Buffalo, New York, and graduated from Indiana University. He was the author of the comic novel ''A Fine Madness'', which was published in 1964 by G.P. Putnam's Sons. He adapted the novel into a 1966 motion picture starring Sean Connery and Joanne Woodward. 〔''New York Times'' obituary, February 21, 2007〕 ''A Fine Madness'' tells the story of Samson Shillitoe, a rebellious poet in Greenwich Village who battles a psychiatrist seeking to curb his mood swings via psychosurgery. The New York Times Book Review called the novel "a masterpiece of what one might call rebellious farce."〔New York Times obituary〕 His other novels included ''Pocock & Pitt'' (Putnam, 1971); ''Klynt's Law'' (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976); ''And We Were Young'' (Times Books, 1979); and ''Unhealthful Air'' (Viking, 1988). His novel ''The Penny Wars'' (Putnam, 1968) was adapted for the Broadway stage.〔 As a screenwriter he wrote a number of television movies, and was nominated for an Emmy award in 1976 for his adaptation of ''The Entertainer''. He also wrote "(Side Show )", the most famous episode of Roald Dahl's 1961 television anthology (horror series ) ''Way Out'', which featured a carnival "electric woman with a light bulb for a head." He also wrote the mini-series adaptation of Lace from a novel by Shirley Conran and Lace 2. He wrote the script for the ABC mini-series Malibu starring William Atherton and Susan Dey.. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elliott Baker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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