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WHY BRING BACK “HURRICANE BILLY”? (Willian Friedkin book)
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WHY BRING BACK “HURRICANE BILLY”? By NAT SEGALOFFSpecial to BearManor Media ©2026 Nat Segaloff Lunching at the Algonquin round table in the 1920s, critic Alexander Woollcott, who had just published a book, wistfully mused, “What is so rare as an Alexander Woollcott first edition?” Tired of his bravado, columnist Franklin Pierce Adams shot back, “An Alexander Woollcott second edition.” (Amazon affiliate link above) In the publishing world, a second edition differs from a second printing in that the latter is merely an additional press run dictated by sales, whereas the former offers the author the chance...
Call Boy review of The Lost World of Music Hall
"Most books on music hall tend to focus on the really big names around at that time - Marie Lloyd, Dan Leno, Harry Lauder, Little Tich and so on, so hats off to Derek Sculthorpe who has produced a very readable volume where he concentrates on 10 names from the music hall and variety eras who deserve to be remembered but who are usually limited to a few lines at most in the majority of theatrical volumes. It really is a refreshing delight to find chapters on Charlie Higgins, Tom Foy, Alfred Lester, Margaret Cooper, Bert Errol, Vivian Foster, Norman...
CHAPTER 16 "ALL THE KINGS MEN" FROM STARSTRUCK BY MICHAEL KUTZA
"All The Kings Men" Chapter 16 To hear the chapter FREE, just click on the appropriate LINK either Apple or Spotify. ENJOY Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nose-to-nose-podcast/id1485511048?i=1000745992694 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6L98D020LVg78Wd9W04ZcY?si=e0929722aa6945a2 Websites: https://nosetonosepodcast.podbean.com/e/starstruck-by-michael-kutza-all-the-kings-men-chapter-16/ www.michaelkutza.com Book Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Starstruck-Magically-Transformed-Hollywood-hardback/dp/1629339571?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Directed By: Geno Suarez Edited By: Geno Suarez
Judy Garland: The Movie Roles that Might Have Been – Q and A with Richard Irvin
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Judy Garland: The Movie Roles that Might Have Been – Q and A with Richard Irvin 1. What inspired you to write this book?Many books have been written about the life of Judy Garland and the movies she made. Some of these books include lists of films for which Judy was considered, but no book ever delved into the subject of the movie roles Ms. Garland sought but never obtained or the roles for which movie studios thought of hiring her but for various reasons did not. 2. What are some of the unproduced MGM musicals in which...
an email & audio from the author of Unfettered
The half-hour radio show yesterday, January 14, 2026, on UNFETTERED went well. It is online for five weeks at: www.wmpg.org/archive-player/?show_key=weda&archive_key=0 The interview lasted an hour, so the second half hour will be broadcast on January 28, 2026 at 10 A.M. and that too will be available online for five weeks. Enclosed is the poster for the show that was posted on Facebook. While in Portland, Maine, I also did a TV interview on UNFETTERED for a show called 207 that will be aired sometime next week. I will send you the link when I have it. ...