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An Invitation to Bruce Belland's SoCal Friends
On Friday, May 17th the GRAMMY MUSEUM will present: “A Conversation with BRUCE BELLAND” Click on the link below to learn more about this evening of nostalgic anecdotes and rambunctious recollections plus an audience Q and A followed by a book signing, meet and greet, etc. Seating is limited. https://thefourpreps.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5a4c9169eb0c1441b1c3768e7&id=cc3a15dee3&e=6b04f40768
From the May issue of the Los Angeles Jazz Scene
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DANNY ALGUIRE’S LOST MEMOIRS It is a bit of a miracle that this book, Dust Bowl To Disney, exists. Danny Alguire (1912-92) is today mostly remembered as being the trumpeter with the always-popular Firehouse Five Plus Two during 1949-71. He wrote his memoirs in the 1980s, sent the typed manuscript to his friend William McDonald, and then it was forgotten and assumed to be lost. Decades later it was discovered in the McDonald family archives and, after a four-month search trying to locate him, it was sent to Alguire’s son. It is a blessing that the book has finally been...
Q&A with Frank Dietz, author of
Q&A with Frank Dietz What inspired you when you were younger?The first movie I remember seeing was ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, and it had a major impact on me, one that has lasted every decade since. The Universal monster films, Hammer horror films and Ray Harryhausen movies were all inspirational, along with authors like Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury. Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine was like a roadmap pointing the way to my career.Why did you decide to write a memoir?For several years I have been doing live commentaries at screenings of the horror movies I appeared in. The...
"Lights/Camera/Author" Interview of Singer/Songwriter Carol Connors
"Lights/Camera/Author" Interview of Singer/Songwriter Carol Connors https://youtu.be/AN0JNEQGadI?si=vJMDwWgYUb5ZZ1sT
Nat Segaloff: Interviewed & His Arthur Penn Book Reviewed on Robert Bellissimo's "At The Movies"
Watch NAT SEGALOFF Being Interviewed & His Arthur Penn Biography Reviewed on Robert Bellissimo's "At The Movies" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaG7MHGhsO4