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Two hearts separated by war. A timeless love story - in letters.World War II. A difficult time for couples everywhere. Paul "Buddy" Frees would soon become one of America's most popular voiceover artists. Audrey "Annelle" Frees was the love of his life. One of them wouldn't make it through the war. This is the story of their all-too-short marriage, told in the letters they wrote to each other.With the exclusive cooperation of Annelle's family, author Ben Ohmart has painstakingly edited this moving collection of personal correspondence into a volume that paints a remarkable picture of two wartime lovers just beginning their life together.You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To is a companion book to Ohmart's popular biography Welcome, Foolish Mortals: The Life and Voices of Paul Frees, also available from BearManor Media. Join us for a love story that you won't soon forget. Share the joys and the tragedies of Buddy and Annelle Frees.

This is Part 2!"No one was ever a fan of Cracked. We would buy Mad every month, but about two weeks later we would get anxious for new material. We would tell ourselves, 'OK, we are not going to buy Cracked. Never again!' And we'd hold out for a while, but then as the month dragged on it just became, 'OK, I guess I'll buy Cracked.' Then you'd bring it home, and immediately you'd remember, 'Oh yeah, I hate Cracked!'"- Dan Clowes, former Cracked artist and Oscar®-nominated writer "Are you kidding? Was Cracked anyone's first choice?"- Peter Bagge, former Cracked writer and 'Hate' creator "If you go back and look at Cracked, they're not that funny. I was eight years old and I would read Cracked and didn't think it was that funny, but there was something about it that I kind of liked. I just enjoyed it, but I never thought it was that funny."- Barry Dutter, former Cracked writer For over 40 years CRACKED was the best-selling humor magazine in the world... if you don't count MAD! A remarkable and amusing retrospective by author MARK ARNOLD, recounting the secret origins of the magazine, covering its history with former and future MAD and MARVEL Comics contributors JOHN SEVERIN, JACK DAVIS, DON MARTIN, BILL ELDER, JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO and AL JAFFEE, along with CRACKED veterans BILL WARD, DON OREHEK, GEORGE GLADIR, as well its responsibility for launching the careers of award-winning alternative cartoonists including DAN CLOWES, PETER BAGGE and BOB FINGERMAN. Crammed with creator interviews, rare photos and art and a complete checklist of every issue! A must for comics fans and purveyors of popular media!

"Sick beat the pants off Cracked when they were in competition."- Joe Simon,former Editor of Sick magazine and Captain America co-creator"A book on Cracked; a sure-fire way to land you on the New York Times bestseller list!" - Andy Simmon, former National Lampoon and Cracked Editor"It sounds like an interesting and formidable journey you've taken on. The Cracked history is worth mining, I imagine, and from my limited knowledge I don't believe anyone has done a complete effort yet. If you need anything I can provide please let me know. My memory is as faded as my jeans but I'll do what I can. Thanks for taking the time to send an email that's not about Debt Relief, Mortgage Rates or Penile Enlargement...."- Kit Lively, former Cracked writer For over 40 years CRACKED was the best-selling humor magazine in the world... if you don't count MAD! A remarkable and amusing retrospective by author MARK ARNOLD, recounting the secret origins of the magazine, covering its history with former and future MAD and MARVEL Comics contributors JOHN SEVERIN, JACK DAVIS, DON MARTIN, BILL ELDER, JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO and AL JAFFEE, along with CRACKED veterans BILL WARD, DON OREHEK, GEORGE GLADIR, as well its responsibility for launching the careers of award-winning alternative cartoonists including DAN CLOWES, PETER BAGGE and BOB FINGERMAN. Crammed with creator interviews, rare photos and art and a complete checklist of every issue! A must for comics fans and purveyors of popular media!

THE CASE FILES OF THE ORIENTAL SLEUTHS: CHARLIE CHAN MR. MOTO MR. WONG During the golden age of magazine fiction, motion pictures, and radio-roughly the 1920s through the late 1940s-three Oriental crime fighters were introduced to the American public. Through the media which they inhabited they became fictional icons in American popular culture: Honolulu Police Inspector Charlie Chan, International Secret Agent Mr. I. A. Moto, and Justice Department Agent Mr. James Lee Wong-commonly known as the Oriental Sleuths. Created by respected authors Earl Derr Biggers, Pulitzer Prize-winner John P. Marquand, and Hugh Wiley, the three Oriental sleuths' adventures first appeared in popular magazines and then were quickly snapped up by Hollywood to sate the appetites of film-goers for detective thrillers on the silver screen. Charlie Chan carried his case loads over into radio, television, newspaper comic strips, comic books, Better Little Books, and games. Mr. Moto followed with radio adventures and a graphic novel, and Mr. Wong added comic book exploits to his résumé. Now author David Rothel brings all three Oriental sleuths together for the first time in one volume as he examines their origins and covers their development in all the media forms they encompassed through the years. THE SUSPENSEFUL NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES THE EXCITING FILMS THE MYSTERIOUS RADIO EPISODES THE LIVE-ACTION TELEVISION EPISODES THE ANIMATED TELEVISION EPISODES THE CLASSIC COMIC BOOKS, BETTER LITTLE BOOKS, AND GAMES

Many of the details in this book you may have read elsewhere. On the other hand, many more are untold stories.If it were not for Francis Stacey, Eric Stacey's widow, this book would not have been written. For it was Fran who wanted, encouraged, and supported the story about a special man in a magical time. Eric Stacey from Ramsgate (Kent) England, an assistant director, who was often relegated to the sidelines as a traffic cop, and his ultimate work seen in Gone With The Wind. As its producer, David O. Selznick wrote (December 5, 1942) in part, "...[Stacey's] activities were those connected with Gone With The Wind, a picture making extraordinary demands on [his] position."In retrospect, there seems to be a certain element of fantasy, paranoia, artifice and illusion in these recollections. Except for the apparitions that haunted the cast and crew of the film to the end of their lives.Native New Yorker Gene Arceri began his career with various theatre enterprises at the Lincoln Center and elsewhere. He now resides in San Francisco, where he is a multi-media personality. Arceri's books on Elizabeth Taylor, Susan Hayward, Betty Hutton and "Charlie of Nob Hill" have been well-received worldwide, as has his column for the past ten years for Jo Lee Magazine on the internet.

James Sheldon directed many of the radio and televisions shows that shaped the American consciousness.He directed the original radio version of We, The People when it became the first commercial CBS network program to telecast nationally on June 1, 1948. Since then, he experienced technological changes from live to electronic tape to film, from black and white to color, and from a few hundred thousand to multi-millions of television sets that in use today.His early live credits include dramatic series, such as Robert Montgomery Presents and Studio One; comedies, such as Mister Peepers; musicals, such as Don Ameche's Holiday Hotel. He was also part of the move from New York to Los Angeles as television production shifted west in the mid-1950s, directing The Johnny Carson Show, West Point Story, Harbor Command, and Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.In the 1960s, he directed episodes of 87th Precinct, Naked City, Route 66, The Millionaire, My Three Sons, The Twilight Zone, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, and Gunsmoke.In the 1970s, he directed episodes of M*A*S*H, The Virginian, Sanford & Son, Rock Hudson's McMillan & Wife, and Raymond Burr's Ironsides. In the 1980s, he directed episodes of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Cagney & Lacey, and The Equalizer.He helped many actors begin their careers, including James Dean, Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Lee Remick, Tony Randall, and Tyne Daly.This is his story.

From humble beginnings as a baby contest winner to her 1931 debut in Women Love Once, Marilyn Knowlden was an "Alice" dropped into a giant, wonderland known as Hollywood. In that topsy-turvy world, she appeared in films with The Marx Brothers, Greta Garbo, Clara Bow, Katherine Hepburn, Shirley Temple, Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Norma Shearer, Bobby Breen, Tyrone Power, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and Bette Davis. She was sought after by producers Darryl F. Zanuck, David O Selznick, and Jack Warner, and shepherded by directors such as Mervyn LeRoy, William Wellman, Richard Boleslawski, and George Cukor through six films nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as Best Production of the Year. Marilyn appeared in some of the most famous films from Hollywood's Golden Years, including Imitation of Life, David Copperfield, Les Misérables, Anthony Adverse, Showboat, Marie Antoinette, Angels With Dirty Faces, and All This and Heaven Too. Greta Garbo warned her, "In Hollywood, don't count on anything!" After appearing in more than fifty films, Marilyn emerged from the sound stages to embark on worldwide journeys that spanned encounters with General MacArthur in his battle with sea serpents to a thrilling return onstage under the spotlights. Actress, songwriter, and author, Marilyn Knowlden was more than a little girl in big pictures; she achieved a lasting legacy that still thrills audiences today.

Kay Kyser was one of the giants of the American music business of the Twentieth Century. He was a bandleader for some twenty years, roughly the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1940s he was the most popular bandleader of his time-ore celebrated than Glenn Miller and the Dorseys and even Guy Lombardo. But today, for some reason, nobody seems to remember him! This book tries to correct thisoversight.Born in 1905 in Rocky Mount, N.C, Kay Kyser studied law at the University of North Carolina but - influenced by bandleader Hal Kemp - decided to become a bandleader himself. Though not a musician, Kyser developed into a good frontman and, with George Duning as musical director and arranger, after some time his band developed into one of the better "Sweet" - or "Mickey-Mouse" -bands. This was the Depression era and the band struggled for some years for success. When they finally hit the big time, it was through the medium of radio.Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge was the most popular radio show at that time. During World War II Kyser devoted most of his time to performing for the men and women serving in the military. In the early Forties he changed his style from sweet to a moderate swing style that proved popular with the younger crowd. Kyser and his band appeared in several Hollywood films where he-unlike his contemporaries-was also featured as an actor. He disbanded his group in 1948, working in televison for some time and then was active in the Christian Science movement. He died in 1985.Thinking of You contains the life story of Kay Kyser plus short biographies of the musicians and vocalists who worked for him. Also included is a list of his films, his LPs and CDs including his million sellers.

From his start as a character in Max Brand's magazine serial "Interns Don't Take Money," Dr. James Kildare has represented the medical profession to those who read Brand's stories and his portrayals in movies and radio by Lew Ayres and on television by Richard Chamberlain. This book examines the radio and TV series and contains information about the movies. It also references the ways Kildare has been mentioned in shows such as I Love Lucy and M*A*S*H.

Think you know something about speculative fiction?Maybe you wee what these folks have to say...Briane KeeneBen BovaDavid BrinBruce BalfourLois McMaster BujoldJeanne CavelosMax Allan CollinsChristopher GoldenEduardo SanchezGregory MaguireLaurell K. HamiltonJane EspensonMichael McCartyOrson Scott CardJerry PournelleKristine Kathryn RuschSephera GironAlan Dean FosterJack VanceWil McCarthyChelsea Quinn YarbroYvonne NavarroDavid J. SchowElaine CunninghamP. N. ElrodJasper FfordeJoe R.LansdaleGeoffrey A. LandisMark McLaughlinEric Van LustraderPeter S. BeagleMark McLaughlinRay ManzarekPiers AnthonySteven EriksonCristopher DeRose sits down with thirty-five of of the best known namesin the world of SpecFic writing and gets the real story. Within thesepages, you'll find advice, hints, history, and more than a few surprises.With introduction by Scott Edelman, this collection is a must-have forany aspiring writer or any fan of the world of speculative fiction.

After detailing his experiences with The Beach Boys in his book, Endless Summer: My Life With The Beach Boys, Jack Lloyd now retraces his life as he emerges from the psychedelic drug scene of the 1960s with rock stars Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon to a chance meeting with award-winning actor and film star, José Ferrer. As their lifelong friendship blooms, Jack engages with a parade of celebrities that would make a Who's Who of Hollywood envious . . . Frank Sinatra, Omar Sharif, Paul Lynde, Dustin Hoffman, William Shatner, Telly Savalas, Leslie Nielsen, Donald O'Connor, Rosemary Clooney, Jack Lemmon, and Lana Turner, to name but a few.When a surprising turn of events brings "Mr. Magoo" and Gilligan's Island's "Thurston Howell III" Jim Backus into Jack's life, the two embark on an incredible roller coaster ride through the hills and valleys of show businesswith stars such as JoAnne Worley, Merv Griffin, William Peter Blatty, Natalie Schafer, Peter Marshall, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Lynde, Milton Berle, and Jerry Lewis.Enjoy the fascinating ups and downs of Joe and Jim and the crazy house that Jack built.

"There are questions in this book about my movies even I couldn't answer! A nice, well-researched quiz book written with obvious affection for its subject."-Mick Garris, director, The Stand"You know a movie quiz is good when you were the lead in the damn film, and you still struggle with the questions!"-Keith Gordon, actor, Christine"There's nothing trivial about Stephen King trivia, and Andy Rausch and R.D. Riley prove this adage potently with their new Stephen King Movie Quiz Book. Yes, brothers Andy and Ron have given us all an excuse to rewatch Stephen King movies. High octane fun, indeed! For fans of King in all his incarnations, The Stephen King Movie Quiz Book is a must own addition to their 'Books about King' library. Highly recommended."-Stephen J. Spignesi, author, The Stephen King Quiz BookThe Stephen King Movie Quiz Book contains more than 3,000 questions to test your knowledge on the film adaptations of the King of Horror. Serious and fun, baffling and entertaining, these quizzes are guaranteed to put any film buff or King aficionado to the test. With quizzes ranging from easy to extremely difficult, this book has something to entertain everyone.

For each of us, there is a moment that defines our life-changes our life-shapes our destiny. Recognizing this moment is necessary in order to become stronger and to appreciate our life and the people in it.For actress/singer Michele Lee, it was overcoming fear and appearing on Broadway with two week's notice. Helen Gurley Brown was fired from an advertising job but went on to become editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine.Author and Vanity Fair columnist Dominick Dunne's beloved daughter was murdered, yet it began a wonderful new chapter of his life. Comedienne Phyllis Diller thought she'd "bombed" onstage yet it was the night she was discovered by Bob Hope. These and many other celebrities reveal their personal turning points in The Moment. Their stories are not so different from ours. Triumphs and tragedies are universal.Psychic/medium Kenny Kingston has shared in the lives of countless celebrated personalities as their spiritual counselor and friend. Through private counseling, motivational lectures and numerous appearances on radio and television, he's inspired people to examine their lives, recognize the people and events that play important roles, and learn to not let opportunities pass by. Throughout The Moment he shares this advice with readers. With chapters such as Don't Wait for Life to Happen to You; What a Difference a Day Made; and Stop Fearing and Start Living, he'll share why something seemingly painful may actually be a stepping stone to a bright future and why a supposedly insignificant person or event may be an energizing force in shaping our destiny.

This book tells how a little girl from Iowacame to meet, talk with, and write aboutdozens of well known and well-loved starsof stage, movies, and television who sharedtheir personal likes, dislikes, and specialinterests with her."All it took was a legitimate assignmentwith the editors of a respectablepublication, an inquisitive mind, goodwill, and - sometimes - the assistance of atalented photographer," she readily admits.

Open this book and stroll down memory lane. Laugh at the antics of the Bowery Boys, Bud and Lou, Red Skelton, and Jerry Colonna. Sing along with Al Jolson, Betty Hutton, Danny Kaye, and Jimmy Durante. Creep down spooky corridors with Boris, Bela, Vincent, Peter, and two Lon Chaneys. Relive those early years of television with Lucy, Joan Davis, Ernie Kovacs, Eve Arden, and William Bendix. Hear Bob Hope tell his life story and peek at a script that was for his eyes only. Say the secret word with Groucho. Delight in the nonpareil personalities of Stan Freberg, Tallulah Bankhead, and Henry Morgan. Applaud the unheralded talents of Jack Carson, Gale Gordon, Arnold Stang, Frank Lovejoy, Gabby Hayes, J. Carrol Naish, Iris Adrian, and Sandra Gould who often stood in the shadows of the headliners. Watch the fragile psyches of Gene Tierney and Alan Ladd curtail their careers. Hunt clues with Basil Rathbone and Howard Duff. Listen to the best in movie music before sitting in the best seats in the house to review the Perry Mason films, a pair of neglected 1940s comedies, and a cavalcade of B pictures. Tune in to Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve, The Jack Benny Program, and a dozen other stops along the radio dial. Bring back those days of playing with Tom Mix premiums and of reading Big Little Books and Photoplay editions. Drive once more past those witty Burma-Shave signs. Be captivated all over again by the hypnotic enticements in the Johnson Smith catalogs. Enjoy whimsical stories focusing on Alfred Hitchcock, Miss Brooks, and Sam Spade. Then ponder speculative thoughts about movies, music, and mores in "Selected Short Subjects" before the lights go up on this magical history tour.Illustrated with over 140 images from the author's personal collection of photographs, sheet music, magazines, premiums, posters, and other show business memorabilia, this nostalgic omnibus belongs on the bookshelves of everyone who fondly remembers the golden age of radio, TV, and motion pictures.Clair Schulz, who has written numerous articles about films, radio programs, and collectibles, is the author of Fibber McGee and Molly, On the Air 1935-1959.

"Marjorie White" details the life story of an actress of the '20s and '30s, a top starlet of her day, but virtually forgotten today. She was among the most talented of young comediennes of her era, and had she not died tragically at such a young age, on the very verge of top stardom, would have been among the names most highly remembered these years later, as the equal of such silver-screen luminaries as Jean Harlow, Betty Hutton, Martha Raye, and the others who achieved their own fame in that "Golden Age" of stage and cinema.Born in the provinces of Canada, she was an outgoing performer from her earliest childhood, Worked the WWI years with the Winnipeg Kiddies performing troupe, and went on to accclaim on the Vaudeville stage, and made her screen debut in the light musicals of the late 1920s. With but 15 films to her credit, her inborn Joie De Vie and outgoing elan, she easily stole the show and overshadowed even the biggest names to whom she played "second fiddle."Her story in these pages should remind everyone why she deserves to chronicled to performance history and remembered with a warm smile. Sometimes humorous, other times sadly ironic, it should bring to everyone's heart a soft "if only, if only."Gary Olszewski, an avid theater historian, began this book after seeing her play the lead in 1934's "Woman Haters", billed top and above the 3 Stooges, and started with the thought "Who was she, and whatever became of her?" Upon researching her life and career, he embarked on a comprehensive biographical/historical journey of her and her family ancestry, which dates to Scotland"s House of Stuart in the 1600s. Gary is a semi-retired Vietnam veteran, and currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he continues his literary pursuits.

Charles Napier has been a Hollywood actor for over 40years. Square Jaw and Big Heart is the fascinating storyof his life as a film and TV performer. Jim Carrey, AnthonyHopkins, Alfred Hitchcock, Gregory Peck, Tom Hanks, JohnBelushi, James Franco, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stalloneare among some of the great personalities who pass throughthe chapters of this book. This book gives an inside lookat the film and TV industry that you won¿t read about anywhereelse.

Wallace Reid still rouses excitement today as Jeff, the blacksmith in D. W. Griffith's famous film, The Birth of a Nation. Audiences thrill to the rip-roaring brawl between Jeff and a band of villainous renegades. The fight was largely real, and many people saw Wally for the first time in that immortal film. They said he became "a star overnight," but he had appeared in more than a hundred films before. In Wally, his story is fully told for the first time. He was "born in a trunk" to an actress mother and a famous playwright father. Wally barely survived the infamous St. Louis cyclone when the storm tore that city apart, but he emerged from the carnage to grow into a popular student, athlete, and early film hero. His handsome looks inspired directors to place him in front of cameras, but his ambitions were to be a writer and director. When director Cecil B. DeMille picked him to appear opposite opera diva Geraldine Farrar in her first films, his aspirations became lost in the dizzying idolatry of worldwide audiences.Wally's popularity soared to a height rivaled only by Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, but his pedestal of fame stood on shaky ground. Genuine tragedy fell upon Wally and his film crew when their train derailed in an isolated Sierra Mountain location. His injuries were treated with morphine, and his family and friends watched helpless as he became caught unaware in the deathly grip of the drug. Dorothy Davenport, his wife and a beautiful star in her own right, remained faithfully by his side, while he wrestled with the demons that threatened to take his life.Wally draws from many original sources and major archives to show how he was received in his time and the importance of his role in the development of motion pictures. The entertaining and informative book contains an extensive biographical treatment, a detailed filmography, and more than 200 rare photographs, posters, advertisements, and lobby cards that capture the glamour of Hollywood's Golden Years.

"I remember the night when Guy Mitchell and Roy came to the Enchanted Room in Yonkers, NY. I consider this the real beginning of my singing career. I find reading his story of the music publishing business very fascinating and educational. His World War II story in the army is exciting. And don't skip to the endings before you read the book as you will find Roy to be Amazing ."- Jerry Vale"How did vinyl records hit the air waves or music, movies, and TV shows come together? What did it take to bring Beethoven and Elvis into your living room? Songplugger is the history of the music business and more."- Steve Peterson Poet, Singer, Songwriter

Ever since his big screen breakthrough as phobia ridden accountant Leo Bloom in The Producers, Gene Wilder has been one of America's most beloved comic actors. For five decades, Wilder has entertained audiences in some of the funniest films ever made, including Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Stir Crazy.Brian Scott Mednick's fascinating new biography Gene Wilder: Funny and Sad (BearManor Media) reveals a very serious and private side to Wilder that audiences don't get to see. The book traces Wilder's humble beginnings in 1930s Milwaukee as a shy child who learned early on that being funny got him attention."Gene Wilder is one of the great comic actors of the last half-century -and he is also a fascinating figure offscreen. Brian Scott Mednick has done a four-star job of capturing his life and times."- Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

They were the big screen royalty that left us too soon - the brilliantly talented icons whose premature deaths continue to fill the hearts of movie lovers with rue and pain. From Robert Harron and Rudolph Valentino of the silent era to Heath Ledger and Natasha Richardson of today's cinema, the history of movies is filled with too many legends and rising stars who died before fulfilling their career destinies.But what would have happened if fate had been kinder? What could have been the careers of Jean Harlow, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Dandridge, Bruce Lee, John Belushi, River Phoenix, Chris Farley, and many other screen luminaries who died too soon?What if They Lived? offers a speculative trajectory for the careers that the late, great stars never had. Piecing together pending film projects, industry trends and wider shifts in popular culture, What if They Lived? considers what could have happened to the beloved movie actors who never had a chance to enjoy a long and fruitful professional output.

Written by Mary Ann Anderson, Miss Lupino's long-time friend and assistant, this book highlights this vintage comedy TV show and features rare photo stills of the show's cast and crew.Everything you want to know about this classic comedy from creation to cancellation and more, including: * Details of Ida and Howard's stormy marriage * Never-before-seen original pilot script, written by Collier Young (Ida's former husband) * Ida Lupino's Emmy Award Nomination Certificate for this show * Rare Set Photos * Interviews with Sol Saks, the show's writer, and the brilliant comedy star herself, Ida Lupino!

"Now and then movie critics and historians do get it right, which is happily the case this time for Neal Stannard's new book Now And Then, ­The Movies Get It Right, which is nothing short of a tour de force of twelve fabulous films from the Silver Age. Hat's off!"- DAVID HAGBERG, New York Times bestselling author of The Expediter, Burned, Mutiny, and Soldier of God "I am most impressed, not only with Neal's approach to the subject, but also with his choice of films to support his thesis. I find it provocative, I find it stimulating, and I see it as a course in upper grad work for a university program in Philosophy."- LAWRENCE MONTAIGNE, film and TV actor, dancer, educatorBest known as "Stonn" and "Decius" in Star Trek and "Haynes" in The Great Escape "A fascinating read for people who like to think beyond the confines of the box; for people who seek the message behind the marquis; and for people who open their minds and hearts to unusual perspectives of human drama, in and out of the movies. Be prepared for a stimulating ride. Neal Stannard has definitely produced a winner."- MARSHALL FRANK, author of Criminal Injustice in America, From Violins to Violece, Militant Islam in America and ­ the Latent

"I enjoyed working with Henry Fonda and Allen Case on the series and I knowyou'll enjoy Glenn Mosley's book on The Deputy." - from the Foreword by Read Morgan"Henry Fonda did a TV show?" For years, that's been the reaction of manypeople when they learned that the Hollywood and Broadway legend starredin his own television series. Henry Fonda surprised a lot of people in 1959when he agreed to star in a television western. He was the biggest star ofthe time to top line a weekly television program.Here is the never-before-told story of Fonda and his first television series,The Deputy, including interviews with co-star Read Morgan and series co-creatorNorman Lear, both of whom talk about the series for the first time.For fans of Henry Fonda, the television western, and television and film history, this book provides an entertaining and informative look at the makingof a largely forgotten television series and its place in the career of its star.Henry Fonda and The Deputy-The Film and Stage Star and His TV Westernincludes interviews, newly published photographs, production details,individual episode analysis, and a full episode guide.

"In my opinion Peter Duffell is the most under-rated director we have had in Britain for a very long time. I am sure this book will be a great success and will help people to understand how films are made, particularly when the result is clearly the work of a highly skilled hand."- Christopher LeeBritish Academy Award-winning director and writer Peter Duffell has made films in many countries. His account of his life as a film director - and his road thereto - take us on a fascinating journey through years' worth of tales of the films and TV shows he worked on, alongside some of the leading lights of the entertainment world.Duffell's first feature, a horror movie that has become an all-time cult favourite, mirrored his future work in that it starred some of the great stars of the era, inc. Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliot, Peter Cushing and Ingrid Pitt. He moved on to write the script of a book by one of his great heroes, Graham Greene, which he shot in Yugslavia starring Peter Finch, Michael York and Michael Hordern - and although Greene famously loathed almost every production of his work he was delighted with Duffell's England Made Me and the two became lifelong friends. Berlin beckoned, alongside Telly Savalas, Robert Culp and James Mason, in the shape of a Warner Bros caper movie set on both sides of the Wall. Then followed plans for a prestigious thriller set in Istanbul with agreed international top name billing. Back in Germany Duffell makes the beautifully interpreted Caught On A Train with Peggy Ashcroft and Michael Kitchen that earns him the great admiration of peers like Fred Zinneman, together with a coveted BAFTA for Best Director. He shares highly entertaining stories of off-screen drama whilst filming the epic movie "The Far Pavilions" - a brilliantly directed love story set in India among racism, violence, heat and dust, featuring many of the major stars of the time, including John Gielgud and Omar Sharif.

David Del Valle, writer, curator, collector, and Hollywood historian, takes you on a first person tour of the man-made Shangri La beneath the Hollywood sign, ultimately descending into the smog-shrouded netherworld of Lost Horizons.His candid recollections prove to be a celebration of contrasts, as David hangs out with the reigning pop culture icons of the day, Timothy Leary, Christopher Isherwood, Terry Southern, and Kenneth Anger.David maintained a life-long passion for those artisans that created the Horror genre. He grew up as a monster-watching kid of the 1950s, watching those films unfold on television, and his interactions with genre personalities like Vampira, John Carradine, Christopher Lee, and Barbara Steele testify to his devotion to their legacy.The book also delves into his long relationships with Vincent Price and Curtis Harrington during twenty-five years of living in Beverly Hills, as well as unforgettable moments such as introducing Hermione Baddeley to the Avant Garde filmmaker Rainer Fassbinder in a West Hollywood leather bar while Martha Raye searched her purse for poppers.Ken Russell, one of David's favorite directors, was fond of reminding David "Every day in Tinsle town is Halloween."Enter the realm of Lost Horizons and discover that you are no longer a tourist. You are now one of the attractions.