Claim: The 1930's novel Lust for Life inspired a movie by the same name.
Evidence: Lust for Life -LRB- 1956 -RRB- is a MGM -LRB- Metrocolor -RRB- biographical film about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh , based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Irving Stone and adapted by Norman Corwin.