Book Review: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017
Every year, for research purposes, I compile a list of showbiz people who pass away. It is printed on my website, shared in social...
Book Review: Claire Trevor: The Life and Films of the Queen of Noir
There is a scene in William Wyler’s “Dead End” (1937), when Humphrey Bogart, playing a notorious gangster who changed his face with...
Sample chapter from my Jean Harlow book
RED DUST Director: Victor Fleming Screenplay: John Lee Mahin, Donald Ogden Stewart based on the play by Wilson Collison Producers: Victor...
Book Review: The Life and Times of Sydney Greenstreet
Vintage Hollywood is filled with iconic actors whose life and work has become a part of cinema folklore. But there is also that long...
Book Review: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2016
Harris Lentz has been compiling showbiz obits for decades, and is currently working on such a book for 2017. I have several of his...
Book Review: Laird Cregar – A Hollywood Tragedy
A strong acting presence who made a significant impact and later died as a young man of 31, Laird Cregar left an impact on such films as...
Book Review: Looking For Good Times: Examining the Monkees Songs One by One
Michael Ventrella and Mark Arnold have teamed up to offer a song-by-song discography of The Monkees, in chronological order, and give us...
Book Review: The Animated Marx Brothers
Coverage of the Marx Brothers’ career has been quite impressive during the past few years. Books discussing their films, their stage...
Cinema Revisited: The Trap (1947)
The Trap is the first Charlie Chan film since The Black Camel (1931) to be shot mostly on location, this time Malibu Beach. It is also...
Book Review: Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film
There are more than a few of us who have long wondered why director Michael Curtiz has not been elevated to the status of great directors...