Editing James Thurber (section)

===Adaptations===
* Thurber teamed with college schoolmate (and actor/director) [[Elliott Nugent]] to write ''[[The Male Animal]]'', a comic drama that became a major Broadway hit in 1939. The play was adapted as a film by the same name in 1942, starring [[Henry Fonda]], [[Olivia de Havilland]] and [[Jack Carson]].
* In 1947 his short story "[[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]]", was loosely adapted as a [[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)|film by the same name]]. [[Danny Kaye]] played the title character.
* In 1951 [[United Productions of America]] announced an animated feature to be based on Thurber's work, titled ''Men, Women and Dogs''.<ref name="Priceless">{{cite news|title=Priceless Gift of Laughter|work=Time Archive: 1923 to the Present|publisher=Time Inc.|date=July 9, 1951|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806164-1,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016211832/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806164-1,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 16, 2007|access-date=January 31, 2007}}</ref> The only part of the ambitious project that was eventually released was the UPA cartoon ''[[The Unicorn in the Garden (film)|The Unicorn in the Garden]]'' (1953).<ref name="Unicorn">{{cite web|title=The Unicorn in the Garden|website=The Big Cartoon Database|url=http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/725-Unicorn_In_The_Garden.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719100731/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/725-Unicorn_In_The_Garden.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 19, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2007}}</ref>
* In 1958, Thurber's short story "One Is a Wanderer" was adapted for [[General Electric Theatre]],<ref>Kovner, Leo (1958). [https://www.proquest.com/docview/2338165247/994DF8D53C40493BPQ/28 "Television Reviews: One Is a Wanderer"]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831020510/https://www.proquest.com/docview/2338165247/994DF8D53C40493BPQ/28 |date=August 31, 2024 }}. ''The Hollywood Reporter''. p.&nbsp;9. "A moving tale of lonely despair in a big city, admittedly it's not everybody's meat. Yet the atmosphere of gentle melancholy was compelling, and the sensitive, intelligent performance of Fred MacMurray and the direction of Herschel Daugherty command attention and respect." Retrieved March 14, 2022.</ref> resulting in Emmy nominations for writer [[Samuel A. Taylor|Samuel Taylor]] and director [[Herschel Daugherty]].<ref>[https://www.proquest.com/docview/2338172232/2DC7F3C7FB0444C2PQ/2?&imgSeq=2 "CBS Noses Out NBC in Emmy Nominations Race"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter''. April 14, 1959. p.&nbsp;6. Retrieved March 14, 2022.</ref>
* The 1959 film ''[[The Battle of the Sexes (1959 film)|The Battle of the Sexes]]'' was based on Thurber's 1942 short story "[[The Catbird Seat]]".
* In 1960, Thurber fulfilled a long-standing desire to be on the professional stage and played himself in 88 performances of the revue ''[[A Thurber Carnival]]'' (which echoes the title of his 1945 book, ''The Thurber Carnival''). It was based on a selection of Thurber's stories and cartoon captions. Thurber appeared in the sketch "File and Forget". The sketch consists of Thurber dictating a series of letters in a vain attempt to keep one of his publishers from sending him books he did not order, and the escalating confusion of the replies.<ref name="Bernstein 477">{{cite book|last=Bernstein|first=Burton|title=Thurber|publisher=[[Dodd, Mead & Company]]|year=1975|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/thurberbiography00bern/page/477 477]|isbn=978-0-396-07027-6|url=https://archive.org/details/thurberbiography00bern|url-access=registration}}</ref> Thurber received a [[Special Tony Award]] for the adapted script of the ''Carnival''.<ref name="IBDB">{{cite web|title=A Thurber Carnival|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=2101|access-date=March 1, 2008|archive-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012155252/http://ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=2101|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 1961, "The Secret Life of James Thurber" aired on ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]''. [[Adolphe Menjou]] appeared in the program as Fitch, and [[Orson Bean]] and [[Sue Randall]] portrayed John and Ellen Monroe.
* In 1969–70, a full series based on Thurber's writings and life, titled ''[[My World and Welcome to It|My World{{nbsp}}... and Welcome to It]],'' was broadcast on [[NBC]]. It starred [[William Windom (actor)|William Windom]] as the Thurber figure, John Monroe. Featuring animated portions in addition to live actors, the show won a 1970 [[Emmy Award]] as the year's best comedy series. Windom won an Emmy as well. He went on to perform Thurber material in a one-man stage show.
* In 1972 another film adaptation, ''[[The War Between Men and Women]]'', starring [[Jack Lemmon]], concludes with an animated version of Thurber's classic anti-war work "The Last Flower".
* In 2013, a new [[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film)|adaptation]] of ''[[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]]'' was produced, starring [[Ben Stiller]] as the title character.