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Q&A with Kate Arndt, author of Rare Beauty, Bonita Granville, A Biography BM: Hi Kate! How are you? KA: I am great, how about you?BM: Great! Let's talk about your book: Rare Beauty, Bonita Granville, A Biography! KA:  Sure thing would ! That would be great!  (1) BM: First off, how did your interest in Bonita begin? KA: Well, my granny really introduced me to her when I was 5th grade and ever since then, I have been attached to her.2) BM: What made you decide to write this book? KA: Well, I've always wondered why Bonita Granville never had a book written about her,...

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 (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...

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,...