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Review: Sex In the Cinema: The Pre-Code Years (1929-1934) by Lou Sabini

October 13, 2017 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Sex In the Cinema by Lou Sabini

Review of Sex In the Cinema: The Pre-Code Years (1929-1934) by Lou Sabini, an encyclopedic collection of articles about 107 pre-Code movies. 2017, BearManor.

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Recommended: Women Film Editors by David Meuel

July 7, 2016 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Women Film Editors by David Meuel

A look at David Meuel’s highly recommended third volume of film history Women Film Editors, published by McFarland, 2016.

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Review: Nobody’s Stooge: Ted Healy by Bill Cassara

March 23, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Ted Healy in San Francisco

A review of the 2015 BearManor Media release Nobody’s Stooge: Ted Healy by Bill Cassera. A biography of the creator of The Three Stooges, who met an untimely and controversial death in 1937.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Bill Cassara, book reviews, movie book reviews, Ted Healy, The Three Stooges

Review: Women in the Films of John Ford by David Meuel

July 28, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Women in the Films of John Ford by David Meuel

In praise of David Meuel’s excellent volume, Women in the Films of John Ford, which focuses on an often ignored aspect of the director’s work. Review includes a dissection of Meuel’s chapter about Henrietta Crosman in Ford’s Pilgrimage.

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‘My Lunches with Orson’ Review – Orson Welles Speaks

July 23, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

My Lunches with Orson

‘My Lunches with Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles” as recorded between 1983-85. Edited with introduction by Peter Biskind. A fascinating new book that was much better than anticipated.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: book reviews, henry holt, henry jaglom, metropolitan books, movie book reviews, my lunches with orson, Orson Welles, peter biskind

Review: Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond by Scott Allen Nollen

July 12, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 19 Comments

Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond by Scott Allen Nollen

A review of Scott Allen Nollen’s Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond. Published by McFarland in March 2013.

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Sidebar: Walter Huston and the Duke of Crovenay

April 3, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Walter Huston as picturing on 1933 Dixie Premium

A review of John Weld’s biography of Walter Huston, September Song, including a story about the fabled Duke of Crovenay and the birth of the Crovenay Society.

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UPS Delivers: Video Unboxing of the New Spencer Tracy Biography by James Curtis

October 18, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Spencer Tracy 5x7 Fan Photo

UPS dropped off my Amazon pre-order of the new Spencer Tracy biography by James Curtis earlier today, so I made a 3 minute video taking it out of the box and capturing first impressions.

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His Warts, Their Warts: The Ragman’s Son by Kirk Douglas

September 16, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Thoughts after reading Kirk Douglas’ 1988 autobiography The Ragman’s Son. Written during TCM’s September 2011 tribute to Douglas as their Star of the Month.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: autobiography, biography, book reviews, Dalton Trumbo, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, movie book reviews, the ragmans son

License to Pawn Review – A Look at the New Book by Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison

June 10, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A review of License to Pawn, a biography by Rick Harrison of the Pawn Stars television show on History. A fast read, heavy on biography, but a bit light on the deals and steals.

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