BearManor Media News — q&a

Author Q&A For A Tribute To The Golden Girls: From Sharing Cheesecake to Relaxing on the Lanai     Tell our readers about your background in entertainment book publishing.   I’ve always been fascinated by pop culture. I started as a freelance entertainment writer for print publications, including USA Today, People Weekly Variety, and Hollywood Reporter. I'm the author of 22- plus entertainment/celebrity books, including Timeless TV Trivia Quiz and Random Facts, Pop 'n' Rock Trivia Quiz: '60s to '80s, The Superheroes Movies Trivia Quiz Book and other entertainment/celebrity-themed tribute books, The Elton John Scrapbook, Starman: A Tribute to Bowie, The...

Paul Apel, on Ed Wood's I Watched Football the Day I Died1.) Why did Ed Wood, an infamously low-quality director, inspire you to become a leading authority on his life and work?It all started with the Tim Burton movie, Ed Wood. As a teenager I was interested in old horror movies, both the classics and the duds. When I saw that one of my favorite directors was making a modern black-and-white movie with Bela Lugosi as a major character, I was instantly enthralled. I loved the portrayal of Ed Wood, an eternally optimistic dreamer who made movies no matter what...

Q&A with Steve Bergsman, author of The Wanderers - Killer Teens, Rebel Teens, Gang Teens and the evolution of the last Great Greaser Feature What is the book about?On the surface, it is about the making of the cult movie, The Wanderers, from 1979. However, the wider and more accurate summation is that the book is about all the factors that pushed this movie to be made including current affairs, trends in film genres and the abiding interest of the director.…This book has a more specific origination story, right?Yes, it is one of the few movies where the original inspiration...

Q&A with Arlene Francis biographer, Jennifer Bitman   Why Arlene Francis? She was a trailblazer for women in television, and I’m not sure how many people know that. Besides her own 1978 memoir, there was no current biography available, so I wrote one. Wasn’t she on that classic game show “What’s My Line?” A Yes, she was on the panel for 25 years, but she did so much more: radio, TV, film, and Broadway. Can you explain the title “All Three Channels” It was her grandson, Sam Gabel’s idea. Back in the 1950s, there were only three major TV networks:...

Q&A with Till Bamberg, author of The Magic of VisualsQ) Dear Mr. Bamberg. Your book THE MAGIC OF VISUALS was recently published by BearManor. Before we get to the book: Could you please introduce yourself briefly?A) My name is Till Bamberg and I am one of the authors of the book DIE ALB- TRAUMFABRIK (The Nightmare factory). There my colleagues and I explored the question of how much filmmakers give free rein to their fears in films and how they use their creativity to create fear. For this purpose I conducted interviews with Steve Johnson, Steve Wang, Jack Sholder, Dave...