MANK: MOSTLY AUTHENTIC BUT…
If you’ve read even a few volumes of Hollywood history you’ve probably encountered Herman J. Mankiewicz, whose well-earned reputation…
CAROLE LOMBARD DIRECTS ALFRED…
More than forty years ago, while doing research at the Lincoln Center branch of the New York Public Library,…
BINGE-ING ON ORSON WELLES’S…
When people say they are bingeing these days, it usually means watching one or more seasons of a TV…
CHAPLIN AND ORSON WELLES’…
Few actresses have had a mentor as notable as Charlie Chaplin or a launch-pad as prominent as Citizen Kane,…
MOVIE ADS FOR ‘CITIZEN…
I am a sucker for old movie ads, so the new book The Art of Selling Movies (GoodKnight Press) is…
