BearManor Media News — interview

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Q&A on the Movie Girls book Bear Manor Media: What exactly is Movie Girls: Lillian and Dorothy? Ben Urish: Well, it’s a picture book about The Gish Sisters, and how they met future star Mary Pickford, the great director D.W. Griffith, and got involved in the early days of movies.   Bear Manor Media: So, it’s a children’s book, then? Ben Urish: Partly, I suppose. It is geared for young readers, but anyone interested in films would enjoy it. It is great story of family bonding, discovering your talents, and the development of technology, an artform, and a business.  ...

          Girls Just Want to Have Funny: Female Film Comedies of the 1980’s                                     Short Interview with Author Dan Lalande   What first got you interested in the subject? My previous book, Heroes of The New Hollywood: Hoffman, Hackman, Nicholson, Pacino, Duvall and De Niro in the 70’s, was about the greatest generation of male actors the screen has ever seen, covering their peak period. But while the 70’s, on screen, was a great decade for men, it was a terrible time for women. Despite the fact that feminism was nearing full stride, there were few vehicles for women....

Thank you to Robin Raven for allowing us to reprint this interview with Ike for our blog and newsletter. 'You'll Never Be a Star': Ike Eisenmann on 'Escape to Witch Mountain,' his new memoir, and surviving child stardom Ike Eisenmann spent his childhood doing something most kids only dream about. He starred in movies and appeared on hit television shows, working alongside Hollywood legends, and became a child star in the 1970s. Best known as Tony Malone in Disney's *Escape to Witch Mountain* (1975) and its sequel *Return from Witch Mountain* (1978), Eisenmann built an impressive résumé across some of...

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!...