BearManor Media News — q&a

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...

Tina Cole Q&A Q: What made you want to write your story?A: Many people have asked me over the years to write it.With the support from my best friends, I figured it was now or never.Q: Did you have a ghost rider?A: No I didn’t.Q: How long did it take you to write it?A: It’s been in the works for 5 years but 2 years to actually complete. Q: Did you find it difficult to write about your private life?A: For the most part, no. But I did find it difficult to re-live the painful parts.Wanting to be transparent about...

Q&A with Snorre Smari Mathiesen, author of the new book on August Schonemann What piqued your interest in Norwegian comedian August Schønemann (1891-1925) in the first place?Although a huge celebrity in Norway during his lifetime, August Schønemann is today chiefly remembered as the father of Aud Schønemann, a much beloved comic performer in my home country, whose fame has endured more so than that of her father. I have many fond memories of watching Aud’s film and TV performances in my childhood. I’ve kind of always been interested in “old” things, including entertainment history of the past, and felt that...

Interview with Arnold M. Herr, author of Skinflick: A Deep Dive into the World of 3-D Sex Films1. I suppose the first question lobbed at me about Skinflick: a Deep Dive into the World of 3-D Sex Films is “what’s up with the turtle?” Although broadly speaking, he is a turtle, technically speaking, he’s a desert tortoise, belonging to the order Testudines. When I was illustrating the book, he looked through my manuscript and complained about the absence of creatures other than mammals in the book. He told me he should appear as someone who was present on the various...