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Who was Charles Brackett? Most people know Charles Brackett because of his partnership with Billy Wilder, with the two men co-writing screenplays, Brackett producing and Wilder directing such classic films as Five Graves to Cairo, The Lost Weekend, A Foreign Affair, and, of course, Sunset Blvd. He was a highly educated, Republican gentleman of the old school, who was drama critic of The New Yorker in the 1920s, the author of five novels, who came to Hollywood in 1932, initially working at RKO and then beginning a long-time relationship with Paramount, where he was teamed with Billy Wilder. When did...

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"You’ll Never Be a Star! is the very readable, at times riveting, story of a very likable man who, while he may never have become a household word, managed to not only survive being a child actor (no easy feat!) but to thrive as an adult and, as he himself says, to have so many of his dreams come true."- Forces of Geek  

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...

WINNER - Best Documentary - 29th Annual ARPA International Film Festival