Massive new book on filmmaker Henry Lehrman recommended
Scholarship in cinema history has covered the major names in screen comedy quite thoroughly, so it is always fascinating to read about...
Remembering HARRY LANGDON and my book on his silent films
Back in 2012, I did a book on Harry Langdon’s silent movies, and it turned to be a rather significant project at several levels. As to...
Book Review: Silent Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy
Silent film historian Steve Massa released a quintessential book a few years ago called “Lame Brains and Lunatics,” which celebrated...
Book Review: Too Marvelous For Words: The Life and Career of Ruby Keeler
Bear Manor Media will often publish books that are two-fold. Within the massive text, we are offered a full biography followed by a...
Book Review: The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Films of Ricardo Cortez
In a beautiful, thick softcover book from Bear Manor Media, author Dan Van Neste has written a thorough biography about actor Ricardo...
Book Review: Encyclopedia of American Film Serials
For forty years, from the teens into the fifties, movie chapter plays captivated audiences week after week. Episodic television pretty...
Book Review: The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer
Subtitled “American Animation Pioneer,” author Ray Pointer’s book on Max Fleischer is a thorough and fascinating look at the man who...
Book Review: Brian Donlevy: The Good Bad Guy
Subtitled “A Bio-Filmography,” author Derek Schulthorpe (who wrote a good book about actor Van Heflin earlier this year), now chooses the...
Book Review: Movie Comedians of the 1950s
Wes D. Gehring is a prolific author and film historian with an expertise in screen comedy. Thus, a book on movie comedians of the...
Book Review: Accustomed To Her Face
Subtitled “Thirty Five Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood,” this new book by Axel Nissen discusses some of the talented ladies during that...