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Alan Mowbray Book Review: Up from Central Park: Scenes From an Actor’s Life

January 20, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Alan Mowbray in My Man Godfrey

Over 40 years after his death the memoirs of character actor Alan Mowbray have been published by his son, Alan, Jr. A look at Mowbray’s life and the memories he left us.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Alan Mowbray, biography, book review, character actors, memoirs, movie book reviews

Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh – Before and Beyond Dracula and Frankenstein

October 18, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Dwight Fryes Last Laugh

Dwight Frye is legendary for his roles in the Universal horror classics Dracula and Frankenstein. The 1997 biography Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh chronicles the actor’s fast rise to surprising heights and even quicker fall.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: biography, book review, Dracula, Dwight Frye, Frankenstein, gregory mank, Horror, james t coughlin, movie book reviews, Universal Horror

Myrna Loy – The Only Good Girl in Hollywood vs. Being and Becoming

October 5, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 23 Comments

Myrna Loy’s 1987 autobiography Being and Becoming is an all-time favorite here. 2011 brings the first Myrna Loy biography since that time, Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood by Emily W. Leider. Here’s a look at both titles, side by side.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: autobiography, Being and Becoming, biography, book review, Clark Gable, emily w leider, james kotsilibas davis, Jean Harlow, movie book reviews, Myrna Loy, William Powell

Adolphe Menjou’s Wit and Wisdom – It Took Nine Tailors, a Review

May 19, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Adolphe Menjou 1930s Manoli tobacco card

A biography of Adolphe Menjou layered with several quotes from his 1948 autobiography It Took Nine Tailors. Covers his background, silent stops and starts, to talkie breakthrough, often in Menjou’s own voice.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Adolphe Menjou, autobiography, biography, book review, It Took Nine Tailors, Louis Wolheim, movie book reviews

Video Review – Tough Kid: The Life and Films of Frankie Darro

January 8, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Here’s a video I made running about 3 minutes long and taking a look at the book Tough Kid: The Life and Films of Frankie Darro by John Gloske.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: book review, Frankie Darro, john gloske, tough kid, videos

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