BearManor Media News — book review

                                                                  The Tunesmith: The Musical Journey of M.K. Jerome Too often these days you’ll pick up a biography of a star, director or composer from the Golden Age of Hollywood and find it is a cut and paste job; meaning the author looked up news articles about the making of a movie or interesting moments from that person’s life and just added that to the book chronologically. There are no interviews with the subject or co-workers since the person is long dead and was perhaps private.   That is not the case with The Tunesmith:The Musical Journey of...

  "Readers drawn to cult cinema, post-apocalyptic film history, and the odd afterlife of once-overlooked movies will find a book that preserves a genuine corner of genre culture with affection and persistence."- Seattle Book Review

"McHale's Navy set a new standard for oddball funniness, on the ABC network from 1962 to 1966, as well as two theatrical movies. It set the tone for other shows, like F Troop, that are now classic forays, into satirical entertainment. Now, authors Denny Reese & Steven Thompson take readers on an excursion through so many aspects, including who created the show, the people who were tested for roles, it was originally intended to be a WWII war drama then changed concept to what it evolved into, why Ernest Borgine originally told his agent no interest and what changed his...

"Tina Cole as Katie, broke the mold when she came onto the show My Three Sons and married Robbie Douglas played by Don Grady. "My Three Lives: A Memoir" is a tell all title from a lady who has acted in so many things. There's so much to tell, of other aspects of her entire life like her singing career, acting on stage, and so much about My Three Sons and her co-stars like the Livingston brothers, Fred McMurry, Beverly Garland who also changed the concept of the show and how they became tight friends Another great thing is when...