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Review of Jaws 2 and author interview
JAWS 2: The Making Of The Hollywood Sequel Review and Interview with author Michael A. Smith By Anthony W. Northrup Sequels in cinema have been around for decades. Sequels not only make money but also dominate the box office. In recent years, there have been a considerable number of them, coming out faster than some new film releases. Some are better than others, and some we would like to forget. Their titles tend to hint at what the film is about... beginning with catch phrases such as 'Return of...', 'Revenge of...', 'Final Chapter..', 'Curse of...' and so on. However, the...
Q&A with Charles Tranberg, author of Christmas TV Specials & Movies of the 1970S
Q&A with Charles Tranberg, author of Christmas TV Specials & Movies of the 1970S (This post contains an amazon affiliate link from which the publisher may make a commission that helps support his business.) Q: You’ve mostly written biographies of people like Agnes Moorehead, Fred MacMurray and Fredric March—why did you do a book on Christmas programming of the 1970’s? A: Well, I love Christmas, and I grew up watching those shows with my family and I still enjoy watching them. I grew up during the 1970’s which I think is the golden age of Christmas programming. There are...
Table of Contents for upcoming Unfettered book
Contents Foreword by Joe Marchese Introduction Acknowledgements FREE at Last Jacques Tati Savors Life Without Moderation The AI Stereoization of Judy Garland Bobby Darin: A Rebel with a Cause Carly Simon: A Transgenre Artist The Symphony, Chamber Music…and Film Scoring, an Art in Progress The Judy Garland Show: The Devine Comedy Let’s Toast to Absinthe, Mae West and the Foxtrot! Judy Garland By a Fan for the Fans Harold Arlen: Jots and Tapeworms Judy Garland: “The Most Memorable Evening of My Life” Judy Garland: Her Voice Was a Pistol Judy Garland: Resolution Is High,...
Herbie J Pilato sings!
Q&A with Michael Mallory, author of It's a Mystery!
Q&A with Michael Mallory, author of It's a Mystery! Q: What prompted you to write this book? A: This is a collection of articles I wrote for Mystery Scene Magazine over a period of seventeen years. While some of the pieces cover other media such as television, radio, and even comic books, most of them focus on print authors who were enormously popular in their day, but with time have fallen into obscurity. A couple of them were so famous in their heyday that they appeared on the cover of Time Magazine. I...