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Joan Fontaine Biography, Book Review, TCM Summer Under the Stars Preview

August 6, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 11 Comments

Joan Fontaine 5x7 Fan Photo

A biography of Oscar winning actress Joan Fontaine including a review of her 1978 autobiography No Bed of Roses plus a preview of Fontaine-day on TCM’s Summer Under the Stars, August 6, 2013.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Joan Fontaine, Olivia de Havilland, other books, Summer Under the Stars, suts 2013, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Odds and Ends: Book Notes; What I’m Watching

June 6, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Click to view Karen Morley Site Index

Three posts in one! 10 new pages added to Immortal Ephemera; Classic Movie related books I’ve been reading; British period series I’ve been watching.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: other books, the duchess of duke street, the forsyte saga, upstairs downstairs

Used Book Review: The Story of Cigarette Cards by Martin Murray

February 17, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

The Story of Cigarette Cards by Martin Murray

The Story of Cigarette Cards by Martin Murray provides a complete history of trade and tobacco cards explaining in great detail who made what, when and where, from around the world. A review of this important volume from 1987.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: card history, collecting, martin murray, other books, resources

Edward G. Robinson’s World of Art – More Robinson on Collecting

February 5, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Edward G Robinson 1930s Aguila Card

Taking a look at the 1971 book Edward G. Robinson’s World of Art by his wife, Jane Robinson. About the book plus more Edward G. Robinson quotes about collecting.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Edward G. Robinson, fine art, other books

Interpreting and Understanding Edward G. Robinson on Collecting

February 1, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Edward G Robinson and Gladys Lloyd

Interpreting and understanding Edward G. Robinson on collecting. Robinson, noted collector of fine art, offers several gems for collectors in his autobiography.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: all my yesterdays, autobiography, collecting, Edward G. Robinson, fine art, other books

Spencer Tracy Hits the Jackpot at MGM

November 22, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy 1940 A and M Wix Tobacco Card

Spencer Tracy arrives at MGM and embarks on a run of films that grow in critical and popular success. Inspired by the biography by James Curtis with partial review.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: fury, james curtis, libeled lady, other books, san francisco, Spencer Tracy

Kirk Douglas TCM Star of the Month September 2011

September 5, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

The complete TCM Star of the Month schedule for Kirk Douglas along with brief biographical notes, comments on two favorites: Lust for Life and Paths of Glory; movie collectibles and more!

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: champion, Kirk Douglas, lust for life, other books, paths of glory, SOTM, Star of the Month, TCM, the ragmans son, Turner Classic Movies

Alma Rubens – The Tragic End of Mrs. Ricardo Cortez

July 24, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

January 27 1929 Alma Rubens stabs Doctor headline

A look at the sad story of film star Alma Rubens’ battles with drug addiction. Alma Rubens wrote the story herself just weeks before her death in 1931.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Alma Rubens, Drugs, other books, Ricardo Cortez

Paul Muni’s 1932 – Multiple Projects Converge to Make Paul Muni a Huge Star

July 1, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

Paul Muni 1935 Gallaher Signed Portraits of Famous Stars

In 1932 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang followed Scarface at the Strand Theater in New York while Paul Muni was then starring live on Broadway in Counsellor-at-Law. A major star is realized out of a huge year of work.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: counsellor-at-law, elmer rice, Howard Hawks, Howard Hughes, i am a fugitive from a chain gang, inherit the wind, jerome lawrence, other books, Paul Muni, pre-Code, Scarface, Warner Bros.

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.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: book reviews, collectibles, License to Pawn, other books, Pawn Stars, tv shows

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