In appreciation for the generosity of our ongoing visiting guest writers at The Silver Screen Oasis from 2008-2015, we hope that everyone will consider giving one (or more) of their books over the holiday--and, if moved to do so, post a review on such sites as GoodReads, Amazon and Barnes & Noble to alert others to their hard work.
The gift of their time, their insights into the life and times of classic film contributors, and the kindness shown by these individual authors makes us truly thankful. Their work has deepened our appreciation of this American art form (we even learned some surprising things!).
An alphabetical list of all our visitors from 2008-2008 begins after the images of the book covers year by year shown below. Good reading in The New Year!
2015
2014
2013
2012
2008-2011
The A to Z of Guest Writers We Have Welcomed at the SSO:
Cari Beauchamp
Book(s):
My First Time in Hollywood (editor) (Asahina & Wallace)
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood {writer) (University of California Press)
More books here:
Q & A with Cari Beauchamp:
Kendra Bean
Book(s):
Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait (Running Press)
More here:
Q & A with Kendra Bean:
John Bengtson
Book(s):
Silent Echoes - Buster Keaton (Santa Monica Press)
Silent Traces - Charlie Chaplin (Santa Monica Press)
Silent Visions - Harold Lloyd (Santa Monica Press)
More here:
Q & A with John Bengtson:
Karie Bible
Book(s):
Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays: 1920-1970 (Schiffer), co-authored with Mary Mallory
Location Filming in Los Angeles (Images of America), co-authored with Marc Wanamaker
More here:
Q & A with Karie Bible & Mary Mallory:
James Bigwood
Book(s):
Not Just Batman's Butler: The Autobiography of Alan Napier (McFarland)
The Films of Peter Lorre, co-authored by Mr. Bigwood with Stephen D. Youngkin & Raymond Cabana, Jr. (Citadel)
More here:
Q & A with James Bigwood:
Steve Bingen
Book(s):
MGM: Hollywood's Greatest Backlot ( Santa Monica Press), co-authored with Stephen X. Sylvester & Michael Troyan
Warner Bros.: Hollywood's Ultimate Backlot (Taylor Trade Publishing)
More here: http://www.amazon.com/Steven-Bingen/e/B004K9236G
Q & A with Steve Bingen:
Robert S. Birchard
Book(s):
Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood (University Press of Kentucky)
Silent-Era Filmmaking in Santa Barbara (CA) (Images of America)
King Cowboy: Tom Mix and the Movies (Riverwood Press)
More here:
Q & A with Bob Birchard:
Kevin Brownlow
Book(s):
The Parade's Gone By (Univ. of CA Press)
Hollywood: The Pioneers (Knopf)
More here:
Q & A with Kevin Brownlow:
Martha Crawford Cantarini
Book(s):
Fall Girl: My Life as a Western Stunt Double )McFarland) co-authored by Chrystopher J. Spicer
The Horse with the Brocade Mask (Amazon)
Never On a Loose Rein: Feel Good True Stories of horses, airplanes and the Golden Age of Films (Amazon)
More here:
Q & A with Martha Crawford Cantarini:
Shannon Clute
Senior Media Manager for Turner Classic Movies
Book(s):
The Maltese Touch of Evil: Film Noir and Potential Criticism (Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture) co-authored with Richard L. Edwards.
More here:
Q & A with Shannon Clute:
Lesley Coffin
Book(s):
Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector
(Univ. Press of MS) (Hollywood Legends Series)
Hitchcock's Stars: Alfred Hitchcock and the Hollywood Studio System
(Rowan & Littlefield)
More here:
Q & A with Lesley Coffin:
Phillip Done
Book(s):
The Charms of Miss O'Hara: Tales of Gone With The Wind and the Golden Age of Hollywood from Scarlett's Little Sister (Gateway Pub.)
More here:
Q & A with Phillip Done:
Al Doshna
Book(s):
Richard Anderson: At Last, a Memoir
From the Golden Years of MGM & the 6 Million Dollar Man to Now (BearManor) by Richard Anderson, co-authored by Al Doshna
More here:
& at BearManor Media: http://tinyurl.com/ov8vcm5
Q & A with Al Doshna:
Dwayne Epstein
Book(s):
Lee Marvin: Point Blank (Schaffner Press, Inc.)
More here:
Q & A with Dwayne Epstein:
Scott Eyman
Book(s):
John Wayne: The Life and Legend (Simon & Schuster)
Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford (Simon & Schuster)
Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer (Simon & Schuster)
More here:
Q & As with Scott Eyman
On John Wayne:
On John Ford:
Alexa Foreman
Book(s):
Women in Motion (Bowling Green State Univ. Press)
In the Picture: Production Stills From the TCM Archives,
co-authored with Robert Osborne (Chronicle Books)
More here:
Q & A with Alexa Foreman:
Eve Golden
Book(s):
John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars (Univ. Press of Kentucky)
Platinum Girl: The Life and Legend of Jean Harlow (Abbeville Press)
More here:
Q & As with Eve Golden:
On John Gilbert:
On Jean Harlow, Theda Bara, The Castles & More:
Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
Book(s):
Bad Boys: The Actors of the Film Noir (McFarland)
Femme Noir: Bad Girls of Film (McFarland)
More here:
Q & A with Karen Burroughs Hannsberry:
Monika Henreid
Projected Book & Documentary:
Paul Henreid Beyond Victor Laszlo: A Daughter’s Memoir
More here:
Q & A with Monika Henreid:
Michael Hoey (1934-2014)
Book(s):
Elvis, Sherlock & Me: How I Survived Growing Up in Hollywood (BearManor Media)
Sherlock Holmes & the Fabulous Faces-
The Universal Pictures Repertory Company (BearManor Media)
More here:
Q & A with Michael Hoey:
Noah Isenberg
Book(s):
EdgarG. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins (University of California Press)
Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era (Columbia University Press)
More here:
Q & A with Noah Isenberg:
J.R. Jones
Book(s):
The Lives of Robert Ryan (Wesleyan)
More here:
Q & A with J.R. Jones:
Preston Neal Jones
Book(s):
Heaven and Hell to Play With: The Filming of Night of the Hunter (Limelight Editions)
Return to Tomorrow: The Filming of Star Trek - The Motion Picture (Creature Features)
More here:
Q & A with Preston Neal Jones:
J.B. Kaufman
Book(s):
Pinocchio: The Making of the Disney Epic (Walt Disney Family Foundation Press)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney's Classic Animated Film (Walt Disney Family Foundation Press)
More here:
Q & As with J. B. Kaufman:
On Pinocchio:
On Snow White, Silly Symphonies and other Disney Animated Films:
Matthew Kennedy
Book(s):
Roadshow! The Fall of the Film Musical in the 1960s (Oxford University Press)
Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy (Univ. of Wisconsin Press)
Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes (Univ. Press of Mississippi)
Q & A with Matthew Kennedy:
On Roadshow! The Fall of the Film Musical in the 1960s (Oxford University Press):
On Edmund Goulding, Joan Blondell (as well as Marie Dressler):
Casey LaLonde
Project(s):
The Restoration of the Reputation of Casey LaLonde's grandmother, Joan Crawford
More here:
Q & A with Casey LaLonde:
Mick LaSalle
Book(s):
Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood (St. Martin's Press)
Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man (Thomas Dunne Books)
More here:
Q & A with Mick LaSalle:
Jacqueline T. Lynch
Book(s):
Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star (CreateSpace Pub.)
Classic Films and the American Conscience
More here:
Q & A with Jacqueline T. Lynch:
Mary Mallory
Book(s):
Hollywoodland (Arcadia Publishing)
Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays: 1920-1970 (Schiffer), co-authored with Karie Bible
More here:
https://www.facebook.com/mary.mallory.7
Q & As with Mary Mallory:
On Hollywoodland:
On Hollywood Holidays:
Brian McFadden
Book(s):
Republic Mysteries: The Serial Studio's Whodunits! (Kohner, Madison & Danforth)
Amicus Horrors: Tales From the Filmmaker's Crypt (Midnight Marquee Press)
More here:
Q & A with Brian McFadden:
Scott McGee
Ongoing Project(s):
TCM Director of Program Prod., Programming & Studio Production.
Writing a book on great stunts in the movies.
More here:
Q & A with Scott McGee:
Genevieve McGillicuddy
Ongoing Project(s):
VP, Brand Activation & Partnerships, TCM: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
More here:
Q & A with Genevieve McGillicuddy:
Denny Miller (1934-2014)
Book(s):
Didn't You Used to Be What's His Name? (To Health With You Publishers)
More here:
Q & A with Denny Miller:
David Meuel
Book(s):
Women in the Films of John Ford (McFarland)
The Noir Western: Darkness on the Range 1943-1962 (McFarland)
More here:
Q & A with David Meuel :
Scott Nollen
Book(s):
Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne and Ward Bond
Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hard-Boiled Dame (Midnight Marquee Press)
More here:
Q & As with Scott Nollen:
On Three Bad Men:
http://silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=6561&p=146339#p146339
On Glenda Farrell:
Scott O'Brien
Book(s):
Kay Francis: I Can't Wait To Be Forgotten (BearManor Media)
Ruth Chatterton: Actress - Aviator- Author (BearManor Media)
George Brent - Ireland's Gift to Hollywood and its Leading Ladies
More here:
Q & As with Scott O'Brien:
On George Brent
On Ruth Chatterton
On Ann Harding
On Kay Francis
Sheana Ochoa
Book(s):
Stella Adler, A Life In Art (Applause Theatre & Cinema)
More here:
Q & A with Sheana Ochoa:
Christina Rice
Book(s):
Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (Univ. Press of Kentucky)
More here:
Q & A with Christina Rice:
Alan K. Rode
Book(s):
Charles McGraw: Biography of a Film Noir Tough Guy (McFarland)
More here:
Q & A with Alan K. Rode:
Carl Rollyson
Book(s):
Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews (Univ. Press of Mississippi)
A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan (Univ. Press of Mississippi)
More here:
Q & As with Carl Rollyson:
On Dana Andrews
On Walter Brennan
Lisa Ryan
Ongoing Project(s):
As Robert Ryan's daughter, Lisa has generously shared her memories and commentary on her gifted father's life and career.
She kindly visited us and continues to enlighten others about her family, most recently when she and her siblings contributed a private letter
written to his children by Robert Ryan to J.R. Jones. "The Actor's Letter," (linked below), inspired J.R. Jones to complete a recent biography of her
father, "The Lives of Robert Ryan" (Wesleyan).
More here:
http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/HOLLYWOOD-DAUGHTERS-They-inherited-marquee-2569605.php
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/film-noir-icon-robert-ryan-his-chicago-childhood-the-ryan-construction-fire/Content?oid=1223003
Q & A with Lisa Ryan:
Lee Server
Book(s):
Robert Mitchum: "Baby I Don't Care" (St. Martin's)
Ava Gardner: "Love Is Nothing" (St. Martin's)
Sam Fuller: Film Is a Battleground (McFarland)
More here:
Q & A with Lee Server:
David Shepard
Ongoing Projects:
Film Preservationist and Restorer whose Film Preservation Associates and Blackhawk Films are
instrumental in finding, archiving, restoring and distributing silent films.
More here:
Q & A with David Shepard:
Jeffrey Spivak
Book(s):
Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley (University Press of Kentucky)
More here:
Q & A with Jeffrey Spivak:
Charlie Tabesh
Ongoing Project(s):
TCM, Senior Vice president of programming across all media platforms
More here:
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/apr/09/midday-movies-tcms-charles-tabesh/
Q & A with Charlie Tabesh:
Steve Taravella
Book(s):
Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before (Univ. Press of Mississippi)
More here:
http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1545
Q & A with Steve Taravella:
Charles Tranberg
Book(s):
Fredric March (BearManor Media)
I Love the Illusion: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead (BearManor Media)
Fred MacMurray (BearManor Media)
More here:
Q & A with Charles Tranberg:
Ken Winokur
Ongoing Project(s):
Musician and a multi media producer Ken Winokur is a driving force behind the Alloy Orchestra, a group
that has created original music for silent films, producing scores and albums from such films as The Lost World, Nosferatu,
Metropolis and The Unknown.
More here:
http://www.alloyorchestra.com/
Q & A with Ken Winokur:
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