Curse of the Silver Screen
New Expanded Edition Revisits Tragedy & Disaster Behind the Movies
Take a look at the movies from another angle with Curse of the Silver Screen - Tragedy & Disasters Behind the Movies. Read about tragic filming events of Superman with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder, Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits. Or follow the tragedies of James Dean, Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood after making Rebel Without a Cause. Countless other tales of John Wayne, Joan Crawford, Liz Taylor, Montgomery Clift and more are told. Movies chronicled include Marnie, Raintree County, Trog, Rosemary’s Baby, Cleopatra, The Conqueror, The Omen, The Exorcist, Poltergeist, Incubus and more. This updated edition includes 10 new films not chronicled in the original book and updated content on stories from the earlier version. In Print and Ebook at Amazon and Apple books.
The Curse of Superman
With Superman soaring back into movie theaters, and our new book Curse of the Silver Screen chronicling the story behind the curse of Superman, our podcast series, Hollywoodn't revisits the topic with a three-part episode series on The Curse of Superman. Visit the series with the button below. Also, explore the topic further by clicking the image at right to see the documentary The Curse of Superman, which features author John William Law discussing the subject.
Noteworthy & Popular Titles
IN PRINT, EBOOK & ENHANCED DIGITAL EDITIONS
Who Nuked The Duke? looks at the atomic testing program through the camera lens and filming of the 1954 RKO epic The Conqueror. The award-winning book comes in an enhanced edition features added audio commentary from the author. Also available on Audible in audiobook.
Who Nuked The Duke?
Podcasts
The Movie Files Looks back James Bond, Alfred Hitchcock and a new exhibit on the science behind 007,
Now on Audible: Movie Star & The Mobster
In the 1970s a new action hero debuted on network television when Lee Majors took on the persona of Steve Austin in The Six Million Dollar Man. Launching a top rated TVs that ran for five seasons, the show offers a host of additional TV movies, a sister show - The Bionic Woman, and a world of merchandising. Now, take a look back at the classic adventure series.
Hollywood'tn takes listeners behind the stories Tinseltown didn't want to tell.
Exploring Hollywood's Dames of the Dark
When Bette Davis and Joan Crawford arrived onscreen in 1962's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? the film became the shining new example of what Grand Guignol was on the big screen. The success spun off a sub-genre referred to at Grand Dame Guignol, where older actresses were placed in bleak dark scenarios, often themselves becoming mentally unbalanced and taking to terrorizing others around them. Dames of the Dark explores the concept through a series of films of the 1960s and 70s with leading ladies facing harrowing circumstances in search for success on the big screen. In addition to Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, stars like Olivia DeHavilland, Janet Leigh, Doris Day, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor and Tallulah Bankhead gave us screen gems deserving of a place in film history.
Charlie’s Angels set the bar for strong women who didn’t need a man to make it – or to catch the bad guy. I hope you enjoy the look back at TV history. They Were Charlie's Angels looks back at the beginning of the iconic series and its stars, as well as an episode guide and the infamous TV reunion. In print and ebook.
Movie Star & The Mobster which is now an audio book on Audible. Go behind the scandal of the 1950s with Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato and the Homicide in the Pink Bedroom.
