THE MOON WAS VERY BLUE PART TWO In 1947 Preminger had taken over the direction of Forever Amber after Daryl Zanuck fired its director. As a book Amber was considered the most salacious novel of the period and Zanuck believed any film with that title would make a fortune. Even through the book had […]
THE MOON WAS VERY BLUE PART ONE As I mentioned in an earlier post, a number of years ago I wrote a proposal for a book about films whose production and or release were engulfed in scandal. Included was a sample chapter as well as 10 thumbnail descriptions of some of the films. I already posted […]
HOLLYWOOD BABYLON VERSES TRUTH I should have written the following when my book, The Purple Diaries, was first published. Nevertheless, for reason discussed below I am now finally getting around to it. Let’s begin with the following paragraph from the book’s acknowledgment section. “The idea of wiring the Purple Diaries was first […]
PORTRAIT OF EDWARD SOREL AT WORK BY STEPHAN ALCOVE Edward Sorel, the award winning caricaturist has also written a book about the 1936 Mary Astor Custody Battle—Mary Astor’s Purple Diary. I am fortunate in having just read an advance review copy and can tell you that Mr. Sorel has illustrated and written a hilarious […]
