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Rediscover the Old Time Radio series with all the \u003ci\u003eHopalong Cassidy\u003c\/i\u003e prose, motion pictures, comic books, and newspaper comic strip stories, as well as full details of the 104 half-hour radio adventures that hold up as well today as when they were first broadcast in 1950-1952. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eFeatures include the Mutual, and later CBS, networks series, its background, producers, performers, writers, sponsors, story lines, and merchandising in detail seldom seen.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eIllustrations include rare advertisements, photographs, and press kits. Foreword by Western author, Loren D. 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Drew examines, in depth,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ethe genesis and recording of the radio drama series, which began broadcasting in 1948 and ended in 1950 after which the series went into television. The half-hour western was syndicated through Commodore Productions, and heard mostly on Mutual stations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWilliam Boyd, who had played the silver-haired good guy who dressed in black in a series of films beginning in 1935 with \u003cem\u003eHop-A-Long Cassidy—\u003c\/em\u003ereissued later and better known today as \u003cem\u003eHopalong Cassidy Enters\u003c\/em\u003e—and ending in 1948 with \u003cem\u003eStrange Gamble\u003c\/em\u003e, starred in the series with Andy Clyde offered an ideal blend of rangeland crime puzzles and good humor, with Boyd’s belly laugh and Clyde’s braying wheeze delighting family members young and old.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDrew notes that, “Hopalong Cassidy was an iconic character, particularly when Bill Boyd brought him to television in the early 1950s.” He also writes that, “The radio show was a small piece of an enormous merchandising effort which included not only films and television shows but new hardcover fiction books, comic books, and every conceivable piece of merchandise a youngster could want – from trading cards to lamps to bed sheets to toy six-guns. 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In that topsy-turvy world, she appeared in films with The Marx Brothers, Greta Garbo, Clara Bow, Katherine Hepburn, Shirley Temple, Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Norma Shearer, Bobby Breen, Tyrone Power, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and Bette Davis. She was sought after by producers Darryl F. Zanuck, David O Selznick, and Jack Warner, and shepherded by directors such as Mervyn LeRoy, William Wellman, Richard Boleslawski, and George Cukor through six films nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as Best Production of the Year. Marilyn appeared in some of the most famous films from Hollywood's Golden Years, including \u003ci\u003eImitation of Life, David Copperfield,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables, Anthony Adverse, Show Boat, Marie Antoinette, Angels With Dirty Faces, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAll This and Heaven Too.    \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e               \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eGreta\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eGarbo warned her, \"In Hollywood, don't count on anything!\" After appearing in more than fifty films, Marilyn emerged from the sound stages to embark on worldwide journeys that spanned encounters with General MacArthur in his battle with sea serpents to a thrilling return onstage under the spotlights. Actress, songwriter, and author, Marilyn Knowlden was more than a little girl in big pictures; she achieved a lasting legacy that still thrills audiences today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e456 pages. Illustrated with 146 photos. ISBN 9781593937041\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eVisit the author's website!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eArticle in the Beaufort Observer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Marilyn Knowlden (born 1926) has one of\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe most impressive resumés of any child\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eactress. In her ten-year, 32-film career, she\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eappeared in Call Her Savage (1932), The\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMind Reader (1933), Little Women (1933),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImitation of Life (1934), David Copperfield\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1935), Les Misérables (1935), Show Boat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1936), Anthony Adverse (1936), Marie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntoinette (1938), Angels with Dirty Faces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1938), All This, and Heaven Too (1940), etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI always thought Knowlden was a good little\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eactress—perhaps too good, because even\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethough she had success, she never became\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea star. Her acting blended naturally into the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003emovies she was in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer autobiography Little Girl in Big\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePictures (BearManor Media softcover,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e$24.95), is one that movie fans should\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLOVE. She worked with or knew many\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGolden Age stars, in particular Katharine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHepburn, Greta Garbo, Shirley Temple,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFredric March, Claudette Colbert, Bette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavis, Mary Miles Minter, etc., and remembers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethem in vivid, sometimes funny\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003etouching anecdotes. She describes what\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eit was like being on the soundstages, and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexplains to her readers certain technical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethings. The song lyrics from “I’m Gonna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet You in the Movies!” by Knowlden appear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebetween the appropriate narrative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003epassages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe tone throughout is without bitterness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnowlden comes across as a sweet,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eamusing and amiable person. It sure helped\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat she, unlike many child actresses, had\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewonderful, supportive parents. Her life, not\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewithout its difficulties, was a varied one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe did not cling to Hollywood, but eventually\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003edecided to move on to other pursuits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I’ve been a busy little girl and an equally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebusy old woman…. I’ve been a little poor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand a little rich, a world traveler, and a stay-at-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehome mom. I’ve been surrounded by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003elights and cameras, and I’ve lived the life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof an ordinary person. I’ve been healthy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand very sick, extremely happy, and near\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003edespair!” It is a credit to Knowlden that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhen she does leave Hollywood, her book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003edoes not falter. I enjoyed hearing about her\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003efamily, her experiences in Japan and around\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe world and her work on radio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnowlden is a fine storyteller. Only occasionally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003edoes she slip up with factual errors;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eher editor should have addressed those. But\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eit doesn’t deter from the book’s entertainment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003evalue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe photos are stunning, especially the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003echaracter shot of Knowlden as Little Cosette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein Les Misérables. She truly had one\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof the great faces in Hollywood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGive this one a chance. 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Also featured within the pages of this book are England's reigning blondes Diana Dors, Belinda Lee and Carole Lesley, and fifties cult fan's favourites: Mamie Van Doren, Cleo Moore, Beverly Michaels, Barbara Nichols and Joi Lansing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eISBN 9781593939915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_quote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;\"\u003eTheatre\/Cinema\/TV Shelf Book Review:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-style: normal;\"\u003eProfusely illustrated with B\/W photos and succinct bios of the featured and showcased actresses, this hardcover edition of Richard Koper's \"Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens\" from BearManor Media will prove a welcome and enduringly appreciated contribution to personal, professional, community, and college\/university library Cinematic History\/Biography collections and supplemental Movie\/Video Reference curriculum studies lists. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\"''\"--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998015475884,"sku":"spm1787291855875","price":25.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/fifties-blondes-hardback_1.gif?v=1787291861"},{"product_id":"the-whistler-stepping-into-the-shadows-hardback","title":"THE WHISTLER: STEPPING INTO THE SHADOWS (hardback)","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:1;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-format:other;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073786111 1 0 415 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe Whistler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e film series consisted of eight motion pictures produced by Columbia Pictures between 1944 and 1948 starring legendary, Academy Award-nominated actor, Richard Dix. Although manufactured quickly and cheaply to fill the bottom half of a mandatory double bill, The Whistler films were suspenseful and well-made, engendering wide popularity and surprising critical acclaim. The series was based on J. Donald Wilson's hit Old Time Radio suspense program that featured ironic tales of terror spun by a mysterious host.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eToday, historians and movie aficionados frequently cite them for their innovation and style as early examples of Film Noir. This is the story of the making of this landmark Columbia series and the many extraordinary individuals that pooled their singular talents to make eight low-budget movies that later became film classics. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIncluding rare profiles of fifty actors, directors, writers, and technicians.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLegendary film director Robert Wise called The Whistler features \". . . examples of budget filmmaking at its very best.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eNoted B movie historian Don Miller cited them as \". . . the best B pics of the period from Columbia.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFamed film critic\/historian Leonard Maltin referred to the series as \". . . one of the most unusual and one of the best mystery series of the 1930s and 1940s . . . .\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\"You have created a masterpiece for not only The Whistler movies but as a historian in your beautifully crafted, \u003ci\u003eThe Whistler: Stepping Into the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e. . . It's a trip back into history that will be a great treasure to the Dix Family for generations to come.\"  -Robert Dix  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\"A fantastic read. What a wonderful tribute to my dad . . . Our family will cherish it forever.\" -Nicholas McKinney (son of actor, Michael Duane)  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\"Engagingly written, exhaustively researched . . . Do yourself a favor. Step into the shadows and buy this book!” -\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Pages\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\". . . a valuable and engrossing work that benefits from solid research and should be of great interest and appreciated not only by fans of the show but by 'B' film aficionados in general.\" -\u003ci\u003eScarlet Street Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (Bruce Dettman)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eISBN 9798887713496\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #386eff;\"\u003eInterview with the author at RadioSpirits.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #386eff;\"\u003eA mention in Nostalgia Digest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #386eff;\"\u003eWatch the book trailer on YouTube!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998015508652,"sku":"jhx1787291856022","price":27.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/the-whistler-stepping-into-the-shadows-hardback_1.jpg?v=1787291861"},{"product_id":"vernon-dent-stooge-heavy-second-banana-to-the-three-stooges-and-other-film-comedy-greats-hardback","title":"VERNON DENT, STOOGE HEAVY: SECOND BANANA TO THE THREE STOOGES AND OTHER FILM COMEDY GREATS (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" color=\"black\" face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVernon Dent. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" color=\"black\" face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003eYou may not know the name, but you've seen him in countless Three Stooges comedies, usually playing the gruff authority figure. 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Once read, you'll never forget his name again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" color=\"black\" face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003eISBN 9798887713595\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisit the author's site\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehttps:\/\/www.billcassarabooks.com\/\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It's a worthy tribute to the consummate comedic heavy.\" - Shock Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" color=\"black\" face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\" color=\"black\"\u003eBook signing, you chuckleheads!!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" color=\"black\" face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\" color=\"black\"\u003eReview from In the Balcony: Highest Recommendation!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" color=\"black\" face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\" color=\"black\"\u003eReview from Rogue Cinema\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eReview from Plan Nine Crunch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eReview from the Standard Examiner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAuthor's interview with Kit Parker Films\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998015541420,"sku":"wxd1787291856275","price":27.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/vernon-dent-stooge-heavy-second-banana-to-the-three-stooges-and-other-film-comed_1.gif?v=1787291861"},{"product_id":"journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-hardback","title":"Journey to the Center of the Earth (hardback)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJourney to the Center of the Earth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Jules Verne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdited by Jessie Campbell and Tad Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e258 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6x9 size, hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 9798887713045\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJULE VERNE (1828-1905) started out as a lawyer and playwright, but quickly discovered his special gift for “geographical adventures” with a strong dose of science. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJourney to the Center of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e was his third published novel. In it, he sent three men on a bold quest hundreds of miles into the depths of the earth. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs always, he stayed as close as possible to the scientific knowledge of his time. The novel is firmly anchored in 19th-century geology, palaeontology, and biology, sketched out against the background of some of the most dramatic scenes he ever wrote. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe translation that forms the basis for this volume was published anonymously by George Routledge in 1876. Recently, a Verne researcher discovered the name of the translator in the Routledge archives: a woman named Jessie Campbell, who died in 1907. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis text began life as the basis for an audiobook. The translation was extensively revised. There have been many corrections and changes, but it remains substantially Campbell’s work, and this is the first edition of the novel that bears her name on the title page. The audio version of the text is also available. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTAD DAVIS, a long-time member of the North American Jules Verne Society, is a writer and audiobook narrator. He lives in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998015639724,"sku":"pzc1787291856850","price":26.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-hardback_1.jpg?v=1787291861"},{"product_id":"forever-amber-from-novel-to-film-hardback","title":"FOREVER AMBER: FROM NOVEL TO FILM (hardback)","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073786111 1 0 415 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eOne of the most popular and controversial novels of the twentieth century was \u003ci\u003eForever Amber.\u003c\/i\u003e In 1944, author Kathleen Winsor submitted multiple drafts to MacMillan, but when her story of Restoration England and the sexual exploits of beautiful Amber St. Clare was finally released, more than half of her composition had been edited out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDespite the excisions, many reviewers admired the story’s relevance, comparing Amber's fortitude during a plague and fire to that of the women who held hearth and home together through the blitzes of World War II. Others condemned the book, including the Catholic Church, for its blatant sexual references and perceived indecency. Fourteen U.S. states even banned the book as pornography. Despite the bans, \u003ci\u003eForever Amber\u003c\/i\u003e sold over 100,000 copies in the first week of release and went on to sell over 3 million copies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWithin a month after publication, the movie rights had been purchased by 20th Century Fox, despite the Hays Office having condemned the novel. To pacify them and other watchdogs, substantial changes were made to the script by Jerome Cady, Philip Dunne, and Ring Lardner, Jr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eProduction began but ran into immediate problems. Actress Peggy Cummins, originally cast as Amber, proved to be too inexperienced for the role, and she was replaced by Linda Darnell. Director John M. Stahl was also replaced after thirty-nine days of filming and more than $300,000 of production expenses. Otto Preminger took the director position, and the film proceeded, eventually costing nearly $4.5 million. The romantic Tehnicolor film co-tarred Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders, Dolores Hart, and Broadway veteran Jessica Tandy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAuthor Gary A. Smith sheds new light on the much maligned movie version of the bestselling novel and shows how misguided censorship can ultimately damage artistic expression. This research work also features glimpses into behind-the-scenes casting, costuming, and an appraisal of David Raksins original score.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e206 pages. Illustrated with many rare photographs, including set photos from several cut scenes.  Also includes many contemporary film reviews. ISBN 9798887713601.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eLancewrites review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998015672492,"sku":"toh1787291857620","price":23.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/forever-amber-from-novel-to-film-hardback_1.gif?v=1787291862"},{"product_id":"horror-hits-richard-gordon-hardback","title":"HORROR HITS: RICHARD GORDON (hardback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWhat does Producer Richard Gordon mean to you?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIf you're a fan of classic horror films, you know he's the only living producer to have worked with the genre's most valuable players—Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi—not to mention the black and white beasties in \u003ci\u003eFiend Without a Face, the First Man into Space\u003c\/i\u003e, and other 1950s horror movies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIf you take your fright flicks on the ghastlier side, you remember his more gory goblins from the \u003ci\u003eSilicates on the Island of Terror, \u003c\/i\u003ethe mad slasher of the \u003ci\u003eTower of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, and the interstellar shocks delivered by \u003ci\u003eInseminoid.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA master of both worlds, Richard Gordon has been a behind-the-scenes titan of terror for over a half-century, collaborating during his years of active production (1956-1981) with some of the field's most formidable stars, such as Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, and Terence Fisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTake a film-by-film excursion through his cinematic chamber of horrors in this definitive interview.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eISBN 9798887713489\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBook Points by Laura Wagner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn Tom Weaver's archives there must be long rows of file cabinets that\u003cbr\u003ehe regularly packs with material on vintage horror and sci-fi films; and I picture these overfilled cabinets beginning to vibrate and rattle and rumble whenever the build-up of never-published production information and photos becomes too great. The quaking grows in intensity until the only way to ease the pressure and avoid explosion is for him to release some of this material via a new book or two.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBearManor Media may have recently saved us from a detonation when IN ONE DAY they debuted two new Weaver books, one about the 1959 sci-fi movie \u003cem\u003eThe Hideous Sun Demon\u003c\/em\u003e; we may deal with that in a future column. The other is \u003cstrong\u003eThe Horror Hits of Richard Gordon \u003c\/strong\u003e($24.95, softcover), a book-length interview with the English-born, New York-based producer of the made-in-England fright favorites \u003cem\u003eThe Haunted Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e (1958) and \u003cem\u003eCorridors of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e (1962) with Boris Karloff, \u003cem\u003eFiend Without a Face\u003c\/em\u003e (1958) with Marshall Thompson, \u003cem\u003eIsland of Terror\u003c\/em\u003e (1966) with Peter Cushing, \u003cem\u003eHorror Hospital\u003c\/em\u003e (1973) with Michael Gough, as well as \u003cem\u003eFirst Man Into Space\u003c\/em\u003e (1959), \u003cem\u003eDevil Doll\u003c\/em\u003e (1964), \u003cem\u003eCurse of the Voodoo\u003c\/em\u003e (1965), \u003cem\u003eThe Projected Man\u003c\/em\u003e (1966), \u003cem\u003eNaked Evil\u003c\/em\u003e (1966), \u003cem\u003eSecrets of Sex\u003c\/em\u003e (1970), \u003cem\u003eTower of Evil\u003c\/em\u003e (1972), \u003cem\u003eThe Cat and the Canary\u003c\/em\u003e (1978), and \u003cem\u003eInseminoid\u003c\/em\u003e (1981).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGordon actually wrote the first chapter, a six-page reminiscence about his beginning days as a producer in the mid-1950s when he specialized in low-cost crime movies, starring the likes of Pat O'Brien, Zachary Scott, Wayne Morris, Keefe Brasselle, Richard Denning, Faith Domergue and other imported American actors. There are also contributions by Frederick E. Smith, the writer of the short story on which \u003cem\u003eDevil Doll\u003c\/em\u003e was based, and Norman Warren, director of \u003cem\u003eInseminoid\u003c\/em\u003e, and a humorous intro by Robin Askwith, a supporting player in Gordon's \u003cem\u003eTower of Evil\u003c\/em\u003e and the star of his \u003cem\u003eHorror Hospital\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNot only does the book provide the history of Gordon's horror movies, it also makes the reader fully aware of what a producer's job IS: With his hands-on approach to moviemaking, Gordon is in a position to give us a fly-on-the-wall view of the start-to-finish process for each picture: It begins with him securing the rights to existing story material (\u003cem\u003eFiend Without a Face, Devil Doll, The Cat and the Canary\u003c\/em\u003e, etc.) or supervising the writing of original scripts, then moves on to financing, casting, lining up locations, serving as on-set peacemaker, all the way to scoring, dealing with censors, promotion, theatrical distribution and sometimes even the movie's decades-later home-video release.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGordon even talks about some of \"the ones that got away\"--movies he'd hoped to make but, for one reason or another, couldn't; they include a remake of Karloff's 1933 \u003cem\u003eThe Ghoul\u003c\/em\u003e, new versions of \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e (with Karloff) and \u003cem\u003eThe Most Dangerous Game\u003c\/em\u003e (with Bryant Haliday), a Karloff-starring filmization of Poe's \"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,\" and more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGordon is sharp, his memory a thing of wonder; he describes everything thoroughly and often with some humor. Tom has his humorous moments too, of course, although they're not always in the best of taste. For instance, when Gordon mentions that Karloff made his home in the NYC apartment house The Dakota where \u003cem\u003eRosemary's\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBaby\u003c\/em\u003e (1968) was shot, Weaver merrily chimes in, \"And where John Lennon was ALSO shot!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is definitely not a biography--it's strictly about Gordon's movies, and almost reads as though Gordon's first day on this Earth was the day he started producing his first picture. I assume, since the autobiographies that Tom co-wrote with Robert Clarke and Paul Picerni describe those actors' childhoods, that for this book, the decision to avoid the early years was Gordon's. However, Tom does find sneaky ways to get Gordon to talk about his boyhood: He asks Gordon questions about the movies he saw as a kid, the way they were ballyhooed in England, etc. And thank goodness he does, because raconteur Gordon spins some amusing tales: risking his teenage neck by going into London's seedy Limehouse section once a week for 15 weeks to see the serial \u003cem\u003eThe Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand\u003c\/em\u003e in the only local theater running it; trying to find ways to get into theaters showing the Karloff and Lugosi horror classics (rated \"For Adults Only\" in England at the time); insisting that a theater manager run \u003cem\u003eBusman's Honeymoon\u003c\/em\u003e (a.k.a., \u003cem\u003eHaunted Honeymoon\u003c\/em\u003e, 1940) with Robert Montgomery at its scheduled late-night showtime even though he and his brother Alex were the only two people in the theater, etc. He even describes the experience of attending plays starring Tod Slaughter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEven though Gordon has been featured in several of Tom’s McFarland \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003eCo. interview books, I don't believe there's much duplication. In a few spots, the reader is advised (via a parenthetical Editor's Note) to read the Gordon interview in a particular McFarland-Weaver book for further discussion of movies on which Gordon was involved but not as producer; for example, \u003cem\u003eMother Riley Meets the Vampire\u003c\/em\u003e (1952) with Bela Lugosi and \u003cem\u003eSvengali\u003c\/em\u003e (1955) with Hildegarde Neff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTom often has more information than he can comfortably squeeze into the text, so here, as in his other books, some of it gets re-routed into the photo captions, which often give us biographical tidbits about the person pictured, the location, additional production information, etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGordon gives a lot of insight into both Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi – separately and the way they interacted with each other. In particular, I found Gordon’s comments regarding the way Bela was depicted in \u003cem\u003eEd Wood\u003c\/em\u003e (1994) interesting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHowever, my favorite this time around is in the \u003cem\u003eCorridors of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e chapter: a piece of 19th-century artwork depicting Horace Wells, the real-life dentist and anesthesia pioneer upon whom (Tom opines in the caption) Karloff's Jekyll-and-Hyde character in that movie is based. 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Cox, Editor-in-Chief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary Roen's Bookshelf\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch More Than A Stooge: Shemp Howard by Geoff Dale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen you say The Three Stooges, most of only think of Moe, Larry, and Curly. Before and after Curly's health declined, there is another brother Howard brother, Shemp, who is just as much a part of the trio as Curly, and at one time there were all four in a short. Now author, Geoff Dale tells the whole life story of Shemp who was fortunate enough to work with John Wayne, W. C. Fields and Jimmy Stuart in a career that spanned many decades. There are also tributes by many different people in the entertainment industry, a list of films Shemp appeared in and a lot more. \"Much More Than A Stooge: Shemp Howard\" is one fans of the Stooges should add to their list of books about the famous comedy legends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-- Gary Roen, Senior Reviewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGEOFF DALE's Latest Shemp Podcase (4\/5\/2024):\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g9PDO1PTqpY\u0026amp;t=2042s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eYET ANOTHER GEOFF DALE \"SHEMP HOWARD\" PODCAST (posted 4\/12\/2024):\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ehttps:\/\/www.columbusmovingpictureshow.com\/podcast-1\/episode\/3d227c74\/geoff-dale-on-shemp-howard?fbclid=IwAR0l23I000kQ3rP5-vhpPcv2pBbTgcVzDsk2L3Hgm0zObbdluwF0XRIMP4Q_aem_AZtnpSRomkA7yO-U80CQU8OqE1pYjHU2CiITx_vT0eCyAHXSrVoUYOYL6UmKFZcUObhErDf-6V-OXBtX1VjjN1yq\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Latest episode of \u003cstrong\u003eCalling old Hollywood\u003c\/strong\u003e is here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy guest this week is Journalist and Author Geoff Dale. Geoff and I discuss his book ‘More than a stooge’ on Shemp Howard.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eListen here on Apple Podcasts, Spotify \u0026amp; all major audio streaming platforms :\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003ehttps:\/\/bio.site\/katlively\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLATEST SHEMP HOWARD Podcast:\u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/eAoA5aBznVk?si=SfAoQ5yZxGVijYmE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHEMP in new LEONARD MALTIN BOOK SURVEY:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/www.leonardmaltin.com\/\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSHEMP\/HARMON LEON COMEDY 101 Podcast:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ehttps:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/shemp-howard-and-the-three-stooges\/id1223794332?i=1000638602810 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHREE GEOFF DALE Podcasts:\u003c\/strong\u003e     \u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/check-your-brain\/id1557450591?i=1000634872756https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0QojSI1rvJaXCOUkl8ZI63https:\/\/youtu.be\/zXEE4hCzSbI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWICN FM - GEOFF DALE Podcast:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehttps:\/\/wicn.org\/podcast\/geoff-dale\/\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGEOFF DALE\/MARK  LYNCH Podcast:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehttps:\/\/wicn.org\/podcast\/geoff-dale\/\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"SHEMP HOWARD\" Review by \"Forces of Geek\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ehttps:\/\/forcesofgeek.com\/much-more-than-a-stooge-shemp-howard-review\/\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNEW GEOFF DALE\/SHEMP Podcast:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HbEby96vg78\u0026amp;si=zDyi5-bizw_9Y1yt\u0026amp;fbclid=IwAR1igu4sdzXkEgABNk8a9yRP77Ecja5S2P1dJzQG6sOe40qXHO5t_qH0KIg \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGEOFF DALE CABLE TV INTERVIEW:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/_1qNmkbUpsc?si=KzHGm83z4hDIhq1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHEMP HOWARD has been honored with a listing in the \"2023 Forces of Geek Holiday Gift Guide\".  \u003c\/strong\u003ehttps:\/\/forcesofgeek.com\/welcome-to-the-2023-forces-of-geek-holiday-gift-guide-part-four-books-literature\/\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\" type=\"cite\" style=\"padding-left: 0.5ex; margin: 1ex 0px 0px; border-left: #ccc 1px solid;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 0.5ex; margin: 1ex 0px 0px; border-left: #ccc 1px solid;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYet Another GEOFF DALE Podcast - EPISODE 406:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/pvdcast.libsyn.com\/episode-406-geoff-dale-2 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Review by James Neibaur:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\"\u003e\n Shemp Howard: Much More Than a Stooge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\" type=\"cite\" style=\"padding-left: 0.5ex; margin: 1ex 0px 0px; border-left: #ccc 1px solid;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 0.5ex; margin: 1ex 0px 0px; border-left: #ccc 1px solid;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; 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margin: 1ex 0px 0px; border-left: #ccc 1px solid;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 0.5ex; margin: 1ex 0px 0px; border-left: #ccc 1px solid;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBOOK REVIEW by \"BOOMER\" Magazine:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: none; font-family: -apple-system,'Helvetica Neue'; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 1px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #313131; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShemp Howard, a Forgotten Stooge | BOOMER Magazine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; 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Harding\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e286 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6x9 size, hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 9798887712932\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\"\u003eThe Whole Unspoken 'Ben-Hur' Saga: episode 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/FYo6UdSH_W0 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe Whole Unspoken 'Ben-Hur' Saga: episode 2\u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/WPyu--xda1E\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail_quote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe ‘UNMAKING’ of ‘Ben-Hur’!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Hollywood film crew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   away on location in Mussolini’s Italy—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCaught between Fascism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e   and a rising tide of anti-fascist fury!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo shunned movie idol ever had more at stake than Francis X. Bushman in 1924. Once dubbed the “handsomest man in movies,” he has been cast aside now for five years after a messy infidelity scandal. But his freak casting as the villain Messala in “Ben-Hur” could be his shot at redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOnly three things stand in his way: A studio mogul who detests him . . . A public that has forgotten him . . . 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Harding, BearManor Media, 2023, $38.00, hb, 286pp, 9798887712932\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In 1924, actor Francis X. Bushman is trying to come back from a tarnished image and a five-year \"blacklist\" after having an affair with a co-star while married. He enlists the help of a newspaper reporter, Lewis Tremayne, in order to portray himself as a changed man. The backdrop of this transformation is in Italy, where Bushman has begun work on the filming of Ben-Hur. The biggest challenge in revamping Bushman's image is the fact that Bushman has no intention of changing, and the job is complicated even further when Tremayne falls for Bushman's latest fling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e This is a fascinating look into the life of Francis X.  Bushman, who played Messala in the 1925 silent film Ben-Hur, and the controversies surrounding the movie while it was filming in Italy. The author does a great job of portraying the flamboyant Bushman, whose selfish, partying ways did not sit well with American viewers in those days. The novel is written from the perspective of the reporter, Tremayne, and this viewpoint serves the novel well as we see all of Bushman's faults and hypocrisies, as well as the cutthroat nature of Hollywood studios at that time. But the novel goes much deeper: Early 20th-century Italian politics, Hollywood politics, and criminal conspiracies are also involved, and the way Tremayne finds himself in the middle of everything is intriguing. The meaning of the title, Cast Aside, is shown in many ways, which will be interesting for the reader to discover. The novel is well written and recommended to fans of historical fiction about filmmaking, Mussolini's Italy, and Hollywood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Bonnie DeMoss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFrom the November 2024 edition of Historical Novels Review\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998016688300,"sku":"iwk1787291868753","price":30.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/cast-aside---with-bushman-at-the-unmaking-of-ben-hur-in-italy-hardback_1.jpg?v=1787291873"},{"product_id":"the-novelizers-hardback","title":"The Novelizers (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Novelizers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Affectionate History of Media Adaptations \u0026amp; Originals, Their Astonishing Authors — and the Art of the Craft\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby David Spencer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e474 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7x10 size \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9798887711799\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBEAR MANOR MEDIA is proud to present\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE NOVELIZERS by David Spencer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e…which examines a rich literary category in a manner not merely for fans of media tie-in writing, but for new explorers, seasoned professionals…and even open-minded cynics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdvance praise from New York Times and internationally bestselling authors Lee Goldberg, Alan Dean Foster, Steven Savile and James Reasoner has already hailed it as “definitive”…“a milestone”…”an eye-opener”…“a genuine treasure”—plus “well-written, packed with information, and above all entertaining.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntertwined with its comprehensive history, reaching back to the silent movie era, THE NOVELIZERS is also a deep dive into the craft of adaptive and borrowed-universe storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAspiring and veteran writers seeking new insight will find it no less revelatory than the aficionado peering behind the curtain of the creative process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs you drink in the history and the craft, you’ll also meet the people for whom the book is named—many of them profiled here for the first time anywhere—and fall in love with them, via in-depth interviews and evocative, close-up portraits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of classic insider works about popular culture—such as William Goldman’s Adventures in the Screen Trade, Craig Zadan’s Sondheim \u0026amp; Co., and Marc Scott Zicree’s The Twilight Zone Companion—David Spencer’s THE NOVELIZERS resonates beyond its subject matter. It’s not only the history of a genre…it’s a full-blooded and deeply human chronicle of merging media in modern society. Of which tie-in writing has ever-increasingly become an inevitable, inextricable component.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGet the paperback here\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"LIBRARY JOURNAL\" BOOK REVIEW:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSpencer (\u003ci\u003eMusical Theatre Writer’s Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e) is not only an award-winning composer\/lyricist but also a lifelong fan of novelizations and tie-in books. “Media tie-in writing is literature. Real literature,” he persuasively argues in this massive and affectionate history of novelizations. Screenplay novelizations of silent films began appearing in 1915, decades after stage play novelizations. Far from hack writers, among the notables who wrote novelizations are Pulitzer Prize winner Upton Sinclair (who novelized the play\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDamaged Goods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1913); National Book Award winner Paul Monette who penned tie-ins for Werner Herzog’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Brian De Palma’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eScarface\u003c\/i\u003e; and Isaac Asimov, who novelized\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFantastic Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e. This is a fascinating history of the shockingly prolific writers who published books under various names. 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The latest topical jokes on Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt, the Challenger disaster, alcohol, drug, and spousal abuse, communism, ethnicity, gays and lesbians and religion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThey are all here in this quirky, outrageous, informative, and above all, entertaining overview of political incorrectness an bad taste in twentieth century popular entertainment, including film, theater, music, radio, television, and Vaudeville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eISBN 9781593930936\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eBritish-born Anthony Slide is a former associate archivist of the American Film Institute and resident film historian of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is the author of more than seventy books on the history of popular entertainment and the editor of a further 125 volumes in the \"Filmmakers\" series. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAmong his major works are \u003ci\u003eEARLY AMERICAN CINEMA, THE FILMS OF D. W. 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At that time, he was hailed by Lillian Gish as \"our preeminent historian of the silent film.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eQ\u0026amp;A with the author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eReview of Magnificent Obsession: The Outrageous History of Film Buffs,Collectors, Scholars, and Fanatics by Anthony Slide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.altfg.com\/film\/anthony-slide-film-historian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eFORCES of GEEK Book Review:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/forcesofgeek.com\/2024\/03\/incorrect-entertainment-or-trash-from-the-past-review.html\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e \/\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\"''\"--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998016819372,"sku":"zjc1787291870278","price":29.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/incorrect-entertainment-or-trash-from-the-past-by-anthony-slide-hardback_1.jpg?v=1787291875"},{"product_id":"marjorie-white-her-life-and-work-hardback","title":"MARJORIE WHITE: HER LIFE AND WORK (hardback)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"black\" face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eMarjorie White\" details the life story of an actress of the '20s and '30s, a top starlet of her day, but virtually forgotten today. 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El Cid, King of Kings, Fall of the Roman Empire, 55 Days at Peking, John Paul Jones, and Circus World. With a literal \"cast of thousands,\" and the biggest and most historically accurate sets ever built, the films have become legendary. The Magnificent Showman tells the stories behind the making of these memorable films, and explores the ambitious and quixotic man who brought them into being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of the film making empire Bronston created in Spain, hiring reknowned Directors like Nicholas Ray and Anthony Mann, and attracting first rate talent like Charlton Heston, Christopher Plummer, Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Sophia Loren, James Mason, Alec Guinness, Rita Hayworth, David Niven, John Wayne and others. In many ways, the drama off screen was as exciting as the action in front of the cameras. 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