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Peter Shelley Q&A on his book, Steve Cochran - Noir Ladies Man Why did you choose Steve Cochran as a subject? At the time I wrote the book there was none on him. This August the University Press of Mississippi released a book on Cochran by Michelangelo Capua. I have not read it but have one of Capua’s other books. So I would guess that my coverage of Cochran’s films and performances is probably more detailed. I’m not one to bag the competition and I do find Capua an excellent writer. But I was told we could go ahead since...

                                         An Interview with Lewis J Stadlen   1- This is your first novel after two theatrical memoirs. How much does LOVE AND SECOND ACTS, rely on biographical events? Stadlen: I believe Philip Roth said the novel is the purist form of biography. 2- You tell the story of a group of ex-acting students and their elderly university professor who meet by chance in a small midwestern city after a twenty-five-year absence.  Fact or fiction? Stadlen:  Fact to a point.  I did teach acting at the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1999. It was one of the most...

Carl Switzer was “Alfalfa” in the “our Gang” and “Little Rascals” comedy shorts beginning in 1935 and later seen in the early years of television.  After that run, he worked with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Donna Reed, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and James Stewart.  All that before his mysterious death in 1959, an incident long a legend in Hollywood lore.   Switzer’s story has been told in full in *Alfalfa: The Rascal you Knew, The Character You Never Knew* by researcher James Tehrani. Hear all about it on the May 23 edition of “Flashback with Wes Britton” at Artistfirst.com!...

Q&A with Frank Dietz, actor & author of Monsters, Movies and Me - True Tales of My Journey Into Cult Horror Films   What inspired you when you were younger?   The first movie I remember seeing was ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, and it had a major impact on me, one that has lasted every decade since. The Universal monster films, Hammer horror films and Ray Harryhausen movies were all inspirational, along with authors like Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury. Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine was like a roadmap pointing the way to my career.   Why did you...