BearManor Media News — q&a

TEN QUESTIONS & ANSWERS FOR …SUCH CREATURES IN! by Bruce J Starin (Clicking on the picture takes you to an amazon affiliate link) 1. Throughout your lengthy career in show business you have come into contact with a huge variety of people, places and situations…  How did you remember them all? After telling an early mentor of mine who was a working writer for a network police drama, I had been hired as a Social Director on a thousand passenger cruise ship, he had three simple words of advice, that proved to be unbelievably prophetic,  “Keep a notebook!”   I came...

DOUBLE SHOCK HORROR! Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Combos in British Cinemas 1958-1970 Q & A with author Barry Atkinson This is a Hard Cover, Paperback and eBook about the horror/sci-fi/fantasy double programs that proliferated in British cinemas throughout the 1950s and 1960s, providing audiences with a vast array of cinematic delights on a weekly basis, as will be seen from the author’s never-ending trips to various cinemas in search of all things of a fantastical nature. In those days, the feature film as a form of mass entertainment reigned supreme over all others, the British censor’s office dictating, by means of strict film...

Q&A with Shaun Perkins, author of Cocktails, Coquettes and Cigarettes: Perry Mason Concoctions  What is your book Cocktails, Coquettes and Cigarettes: Perry Mason Concoctions all about?It’s a review of all 82 of the Perry Mason novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Each book is rated with a unique rating system that measures the amount of cocktails, coquettes, and cigarettes featured in the book. It’s a fun read and a guide of sorts for people reading the books and enjoying their pulp fiction and noir qualities. I hope it inspires new Perry Mason readers and adds some wisdom and insight to those...

Interview with Author John Mansell About his new book, Italian Western Violent Image, Savage Soundtrack, Volume II. Per Qualche Western in Più.     by Jason Drury (IFMCA/Cinematic Sound Radio).       Jason Drury. When did you decide to do a second book?     John Mansell. I knew as I was writing the first volume there was a lot of other things I could cover.  I had more to say after volume one was  published,and wanted to include a filmography and discography, along with recognition for the many individuals who helped bring the soundtracks of Italian westerns to...

Hollywood on the Tiber Vol. 1: An American in Rome – 250 U.S. Actors in Italian Cinema, 1950-1990 Q & A with Michelle Alexander   1       What is Hollywood on the Tiber Vol. 1: An American in Rome – 250 U.S. Actors in Italian Cinema, 1950-1990 about? Hollywood on the Tiber Vol. 1: An American in Rome – 250 U.S. Actors in Italian Cinema, 1950-1990 is an A-Z reference book featuring a selection of biographies and filmographies of 250 U.S. born actors who appeared in three or more Italian-funded (or partially Italian-funded) films. It opens with a survey of Italian...