Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel.. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cárdenas and Earl Holliman. Due to her imagination in scene, characterization and plot, several theatrical and film productions have been made based on her works, including Show Boat, Giant, Saratoga Trunk, Cimarron (which won an Oscar) and the 1960 remake. Two of these works - Show Boat and Saratoga Trunk - were developed into musicals. Why Giant by Edna Ferber is Relevant Today. Although Giant by Edna Berber was first published in 1952, it's relevant today because it deals with issues that we're still facing today - land ownership, greed, power, politics, business barons and tycoons, racism, classism and unequal distribution of wealth and other resources. "A powerful storytruly as big as its subject." — Los Angeles Times The basis for the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, Giant is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber's sweeping generational tale of power, love, cattle barons, and oil tycoons, set in Texas during the first half of the twentieth century. Edna Ferber (15 August 1885 - 16 April 1968), was an American novelist, author and playwright. Giant, Saratoga Trunk, Cimarron (which won an Oscar) and the 1960 remake. Two of these works - Show Boat and Saratoga Trunk - were developed into musicals. When composer Jerome Kern proposed turning the very serious Show Boat into a The review of this Book prepared by a Level 1 Blue Jay scholar. Edna Ferber, like James Michener, seemed to glory in writing historical. melodramas. In "Giant" she single-handedly takes on Texas. Her bigger than life. characters (of whom she believes Texas is made) are unforgetable: Bick Benedict, the cattle. Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron (adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace, which also received a film adaptation in 1960. 1 Giant by Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (1885 - 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Though little recalled today, Ferber moved like a giant herself on the American entertainment stage from the 1920s through the 1960s. Her novels included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), and then Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical, and countless other Texas is a vast, moneyed, and contradictory place. On this day, millionaires gather before attending a party to be hosted by the arrogant, nouveau riche, former ranch hand Jett Rink. At Reata Created Date: 10/28/2005 6:56:29 PM Giant Edna Ferber Author (2013) Fanny Herself Edna Ferber Author Cimarron Edna Ferber Author Julie Gilbert Author of introduction, etc. (2014) One Basket Edna Ferber Author Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Edna Ferber Author Saratoga Trunk Edna Ferber Author (2013) Show Boat Edna Ferber Author Foster Hirsch Author (2012) Buttered Side Down: Stories 2. When Giant was released in 1952, Edna Ferber made many in the south angry with what they felt was an unfair characterization of southern culture and its customs.The Dallas Morning News headline o