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...
Book Review: “That’s Me, Groucho! The Solo Career of Groucho Marx"
The Marx Brothers exploded onto the screen, and their 13 feature films continue to win over new generations. Groucho Marx is the only...
Book Review: Keep Watching the Skies
This is, by this reviewer’s count, the third version of Sci-Fi movie historian Bill Warren’s KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES, the first one...
Book review: Pola Negri: Temptress of Silent Hollywood
One of the truly frustrating things about any study of film history is the incredibly poor survival rate of silent movies. The cinema of...
Book Review: Theda Bara, My Mentor
Joan Craig had a unique perspective regarding actress Theda Bara. As a little girl, she was treated like family by Theda and her husband....
Book Review: Martha Raye: Film and Television Clown.
So much is written on some, and too little is written about others. This is why we excitedly welcome a book on the great entertainer...