Strictly Business

by O. Henry

Overview

Strictly Business (alternate name Business People) is a 1962 Soviet black-and-white comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, based on three short stories by O. Henry: "The Roads We Take", "Makes the Whole World Kin", and "The Ransom of Red Chief". The film's title is borrowed from the book of short stories by O. Henry titled Strictly Business (1910), but none of the short stories it includes were adapted for the screen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515269397
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/28/2015
Pages:	102
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910) was an American short-story writer. In his writing, O. Henry was able to catch the color and movement of the city and showed a genuine sympathy for ordinary people. Some of his works include Cabbages and Kings, Roads of Destiny, and Strictly Business among many others.

Table of Contents

I.	Strictly Business	3
II.	The Gold that Glittered	21
III.	Babes in the Jungle	34
IV.	The Day Resurgent	43
V.	The Fifth Wheel	54
VI.	The Poet and the Peasant	73
VII.	The Robe of Peace	83
VIII.	The Girl and the Graft	90
IX.	The Call of the Tame	100
X.	The Unknown Quantity	109
XI.	The Thing's the Play	118
XII.	A Ramble in Aphasia	130
XIII.	A Municipal Report	148
XIV.	Psyche and the Pskyscraper	173
XV.	A Bird of Bagdad	183
XVI.	Compliments of the Season	194
XVII.	A Night in New Arabia	209
XVIII.	The Girl and the Habit	231
XIX.	Proof of the Pudding	240
XX.	Past One at Rooney's	255
XXI.	The Venturers	276
XXII.	The Duel	294
XXIII.	"What You Want"	302