BearManor Media News — q&a

Rick Greene Q&A for BearManor Media   Q: Tell us about your new book Promotional Pandemonium! Selling Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy To Depression-Era America Book One: The Hal Roach Studios Features.A: This is the third volume in a series of books exploring the many ways in which the classic movie comedy teams of the 20th century were promoted and advertised to America. The first book was called Marketing Mayhem and focused on Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, and came out in 2022. The second was Advertising Anarchy which covered the 36 films made by Bud Abbott & Lou Costello...

Q& A for Alexis Smith by Peter Shelley 1. What made you interested in writing a book on Alexis Smith?There was no book on her although a chapter was devoted to Alexis in Daniel Bubbeo’s book The Women of Warner Brothers. She didn’t write a memoir and neither did her husband Craig Stevens. I have written a number of biographies of film actors and actresses and I am always drawn to people who haven’t been covered in a substantial way. 2. Can you remember the first time you saw her?That was probably when she was in two of my favorite...

Questions and Answers with Lon Davis, author of Stumbling into Film History Q: What prompted you to write Stumbling into Film History?A: (Laughing) Well, it certainly wasn’t the money. I think it was more a case of nostalgia. I love looking back to the time when some of my best friends were survivors of the early film industry. I was obsessed by old movies when I was a kid, and obviously I still am. In those years prior to social media, meeting someone famous (or formerly famous) was a far more tactile experience. I generally made first contact with them...

AMERICAN CABLE Q+A WITH AUTHOR JOSEPH BRUTSMAN1. Your latest new book, AMERICAN CABLE sounds epic in both subject and theme. Is that indeed the case?Joseph Brutsman: After a great deal of work, research and introspection, I believe it arrived at that place. I wanted to present an overall history of “Cable”, as I also serve up the true-life adventures of those who put “Reality” programming together. Utilizing my own personal timeline as one of the earliest and longest-running creatives in cable and reality, I go through the evolution of this media, as I also tell of my own journey. The...

Q&A with Richard Torné, co-author of David Lean’s Dedicated Maniac - Memoirs of a Film Specialist 1. How did you meet Eddie Fowlie?I was working as a reporter for an English-language newspaper in Spain and found out that there was a hotel near where I lived that had been built by a retired film specialist - Eddie. I looked into it and the hotel El Dorado in Carboneras was notable for displaying film memorabilia, including part of the décor from the 1971 film Nicholas and Alexandra, which forms part of the dining hall’s wooden paneling. I made enquiries and was...