Book review: Invasion USA
Sub-titled "Essays on Anti-Communist Movies of the 1950s and 1960s," this compilation of essays by editor David J. Hogan feature some of...
Book Review: Miriam Hopkins: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Rebel
One of many notable actresses during Hollywood’s golden age, Miriam Hopkins scored in such timeless films as “Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde”...
Book Review: Hairpins and Dead Ends
Sub-titled “The Perilous Journey of 25 Actresses through Early Hollywood,” this new book from Bear Manor by Michael Ankerich is a great...
Book Review: Barbara La Marr – The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood
Silent movie history is filled with creative artistry and sociocultural triumph, as we see the early development of what became a...
Book Review: The Man Who Made the Movies
When a book runs over 900 pages one can pretty much be guaranteed to get all of the necessary information about the subject contained...
Book Review: Max Linder – Father of Film Comedy
Max Linder is one of the great visionary comedians of the silent screen, founding a basis from which stemmed some of the most significant...
Book Review: Mack Sennett's Fun Factory
"Mack Sennett's Fun Factory" was released in a thick, oversized hardcover volume in 2010. The information in contained was encyclopedic,...
Book review: The Complete Married With Children Book
In the history of television, there have been several innovative shows from both a technological as well as a sociocultural perspective. ...
Book Review: The definitive book on producer Hal Roach
Ever since Brent Walker’s massive study of the Mack Sennett studios, film historians with an interest in comedy have been waiting for a...
Book Review: Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace
Author Mark Arnold’s book on Dennis the Menace, from Bear Manor Media, is a thorough and informative history from the very first ideas...