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Q&A with TONY ZAZA, author of Widefilm Widescreen What inspired you to  write Widefilm Widescreen? I studied film in college and worked in Hollywood during a period of rebirth of large screen entertainment in the 1970s.  I worked with many craft people and got involved in sound recording which led to my first book, Audio Design. It defined a new union craft. Years later , I thought about a book that would trace the technical evolution of large format cinema having worked at an equipment house near the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. It was visited by many technicians of the...

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From: Regal Summit <regalsummit@hotmail.com> Subject: Regal Summit Book Award Date: July 4, 2025 at 6:25:49 PM PDT To: "krlevin@me.com" <krlevin@me.com> Dear K.R. Levin,      Bravo!! for your winning achievement for the 2025 Regal Summit Book Award for your book titled, "Great Exploitations: A Hollywood Fable”.   Here is a link to the REGAL SUMMIT BOOK AWARD WINNERS:  Winners (regalsummitbookaward.com) As a Winner, your recognition on our winners list is always free of charge.    In addition, as a confirmed winning author you are also entitled to optional services including:  Digital Seal, Book Review, and Website & social media promotion.   To learn...

Hello! First up is the business of a Book Review. Last week I noted that a couple of hot books had arrived to review; we wasted no time before crawling through Tom Weaver’s  From Page to Silver Scream, from Bear Manor Media. For several years Tom has been editing a series of ‘Script from the Crypt’ books; I’ve reviewed some of them here. This new item is his work alone, and he’s hoping it will catch on and yield future volumes. The prospect of that seems entirely possible. The format focuses on books that became noted fantastic movies, mostly horror pictures. The majority are...