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"MAGIC TIME": SYNOPSIS & CRITIQUE from the THEATER/CINEMA/TV SHELF (Wisconsin Bookwatch):
SYNOPSIS & CRITIQUE from the THEATER/CINEMA/TV SHELF (Wisconsin Bookwatch): Synopsis: Billy Wilder (born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 - March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Hollywood cinema. He received seven Academy Awards (among 21 nominations), a BAFTA Award, the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or and two Golden Globe Awards. Critique: Illustrated with black-and-white historical photographs, "Magic Time: The Films and Scripts of Billy Wilder" by J. R. Jordan is an inherently fascinating and comprehensive study of...
Q&A with Louise Carley Lewisson, author of The Sheik and I - The Life and Career of Agnes Ayres
Q&A with Louise Carley Lewisson, author of The Sheik and I - The Life and Career of Agnes Ayres Talking about your new book, what gave you the idea to write about Agnes Ayres?While researching my last book on actress Mary Nolan, I ran across Agnes’ name. Like a number of other silent era actresses who did not make the transition to sound, she had taken to working on stage in vaudeville acts, making personal appearances at various move theatres and had even been a real estate agent at one stage. It was at one such vaudeville event that included...
"Bold Journey" article about "My Peacock Tale's" Shelley Herman
"Bold Journey" article about My Peacock Tale's Shelley Hermanhttps://boldjourney.com/news/meet-shelley-herman/
Motion Picture of Emil Pallenberg, with his wife Catherine and one of his "Wonder Bears" in 1928
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https://youtu.be/zPjI1rSNRCc An avid Charlie Chaplain fan, I learned when writing "Pallenberg Wonder Bears - From the Beginning" that Chaplin's last silent film was titled "The Circus". And so I bought the DVD to add it to my Chaplin collection. Needless to say, I invited my Wonder Bear book collaborator, Dibirma Jean Burnham and her husband over to watch it with me. Since the DVD included bonus features, after the movie was over we decided to watch the lengthy, 1928, silent newsreel footage of the movie's Los Angeles premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater -- soundless red carpet interviews and all. Well...
"GONG THAT BOOK" is highly regarded in Lloyd Carol's February 12th Latino Sports Column
"Not Gonged! Baby boomers will fondly remember the wacky late 1970s NBC daytime amateur talent show, “The Gong Show,” which was hosted and run by the legendary Chuck Barris. The fun was watching the terrible acts whose performances would immediately be halted when one of the trio panelist judges hit the gong behind them. “Gong This Book! The Uncensored History of Television’s Wildest Show” (Bear Manor Media) written by TV game show historian, and researcher for Rochester’s Strong National Museum of Play, Adam Nedeff, is a brilliant and detailed recollection. Nedeff interviews surviving “Gong Show” regulars Jamie Farr and Murray “The...