HISTORY OF THE REDIO SHOW THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE

The Great Gildersleeve

Humor & Entertainment

Ben Ohmart

Charles Stumpf

Television

Bear Manor Media

The first anthology of NEW fiction based on the beloved OTR characters and shows we know and love. 1. Our Miss Brooks - One Principal Too Many, One Principal Too Meanie by Clair Schulz 2. Tom Mix - Tom Mix And The Mystery Of The Bodiless Horseman by Jim Harmon 3. Candy Matson YUkon 2-8209 - The Japanese Sandman by Jack French 4. The Clyde Beatty Show - Perils of the Tiger Barn by Roger Smith 5. The Green Lama - The Case Of The Bashful Spider by Bob Martin 6. Sgt. Preston of the Yukon - A Call From the Storm by Jim Nixon 7. Quiet Please - The Cradle Of Peace by Martin Grams Jr. 8. The Halls of Ivy - A Matter of Ethics by Carol Tiffany 9. Captain Midnight - The Vanishing Ruby by Stephen A. Kallis Jr. 10. The Bickersons - You've Got Me, John by Ben Ohmart 11. Ma Perkins - The Letter From John by John Leasure 12. The Black Museum - The Ticket Stub by Michael Leannah 13. Honest Harold - Attack Of The Crawling Things From Outer Space by Justin Felix 14. Dimension X - Willoughby Goes and Gets It by Joe Bevilacqua &amp; Robert J. Cirasa 15. Lum &amp; Abner - A Pine Ridge Christmas Carol by Donnie Pitchford 16. Frontier Gentleman - One Card Draw by Michael Giorgio 17. Pat Novak, For Hire - A Poole of Blood by Stephen Jansen 18. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Paddy Rose Matter by Patrick W. Picciarelli 19. Rogue's Gallery - The Case of the Missing Bandleader by Bryan Powell 20. Inner Sanctum - Concerto in Death Major by Christopher Conlon

It's That Time Again!: The New Stories of Old-Time Radio

Literature & Fiction

Jim Harmon

Martin Grams

Humor & Satire

Kay Francis: I Can't Wait to Be Forgotten

Biographies & Memoirs

O'Brien, Scott

Arts & Literature

Finally, a biography of one of the funniest, most overlooked comediennes of the 20th century. The star of television's I Married Joan and film classics Hold That Ghost, Show Business, Thin Ice and many more, very little has been documented about Joan's comical career - until now.

Hold That Joan: The Life, Laughs and Films of Joan Davis

Ohmart, Ben

Que Sera, Sera: The Magic of Doris Day Through Television

McGee, Garry

Patrick, Pierre

"For many years, friends and family have asked me, 'Bill, why don't you write a book about your life? You must have had quite a childhood growing up with your dad, Harpo, and those zany uncles of yours, the Marx Brothers. And what about those weird, maybe fatalistic happenings you've experienced that can only be described as 'too-Hollywood-to-believe?'" - Bill Marx This is Bill Marx's story. Not merely a Marx Brothers book, but an intriguing journey down an amazing highway of discovery, and love. With more than 160 pictures!

Son of Harpo Speaks!

Marx, Bill

Mel Shavelson is one of Hollywood's triple-threat Writer-Director-Producers, and a two-time Academy Award Nominee for his original screenplays, which he also directed. He served three terms as President of the Writers Guild of America, West, and is the recipient of its highest honor, the Laurel Award for Screen Writing. He has written, alone or in collaboration, over thirty-five feature motion pictures, directed twelve of them, and created for television two Emmy Award-winning series. He is the author of two novels and four works of non-fiction, including the NY Times best-seller, Don't Shoot, It's Only Me, this last in collaboration with Bob Hope. Among the stars he has directed in feature films are - in alphabetical order, please! - Lucille Ball, Yul Brynner, James Cagney, Vittorio De Sica, Angie Dickinson, Kirk Douglas, Robert Duvall, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Barbara Harris, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Jack Lemmon, Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, Lee Remick, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, and Joanne Woodward. Among the films he both wrote and directed are Houseboat, The Seven Little Foys, The Five Pennies, It Started in Naples, On the Double, A New Kind of Love, Cast a Giant Shadow, The War Between Men and Women, and Yours, Mine and Ours. Recently he served on the faculty of USC's Master of Professional Writing Program. He has often said, "There are a lot of good things about growing older - and I wish I could remember what they were."

How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Really Trying P.S. - You Can't!

Melville Shavelson

Pat Buttram is known by today's youth as the yodel-y voice in the Disney animated films The Rescuers, Robin Hood, The Fox and the Hound, The Aristocats and A Goofy Movie. To their parents, he's Mr. Haney, the hilarious con-man from Green Acres; and to their grandparents, he's Gene Autry's humorous sidekick. Pat was one of Hollywood's truest success stories. He lived his dream of making people laugh, winning honors from the The Pacific Pioneers Broadcaster's award all the way up to an Emmy, and everyone who knew him loved him. No one could keep an audience laughing as well as Pat could.    Born in 1915, the seventh of eight children grew up to be one of the most...interesting voices in movies and television. This is his story, told for the first time by his many friends, family members and co-workers at Gene Autry Enterprises.

Pat Buttram

Grabman, Sandra

IT CAME FROM THE KITCHEN is a collection of recipes from your favorite horror, science fiction and fantasy actors and film-makers. From Bela Lugosi's Cabbage Rolls to Ray Bradbury's Peach Kuchen, this book contains a treasure trove of favorite recipes from actors, writers, directors, special effects and makeup people past and present that will appeal to both new converts and old connoisseurs of the genres. 
 Scattered throughout are quotes, trivia, bloopers, anecdotes and musings all related to film and television. What was Gene Barry having for breakfast just before a Martian spaceship crashed into his house in WAR OF THE WORLDS? What food was served aboard the ship in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY? What foods must one avoid in order to survive in a horror film? And just what does Jell-O have to do with special effects and spacemen? 
 Whether you want to know more about your screen favorites or simply want to embellish you own table at Halloween, IT CAME FROM THE KITCHEN will provide culinary and cinematic treats for years to come.

It Came from the Kitchen: Monstrously Delicious Celebrity Recipes from Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, & Assorted Aliens And Beyond!

ISAAC GEOFF

Reid, Gordon

Publisher39;s Description"The golden age of the circus had passed but under Irvin Feld, the ruthless, unpredictable, super salesman, another golden age of promotion had just begun. "
And so begins the extraordinary tale of The Advance Man. It's a history, a love story, and a tale of self-discovery. And as much, it's a captivating inside look at the largest traveling entertainment conglomerate on the globe, Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus. "From dwarfs and lion tamers to Siamese twins, a cast of fascinating characters. But the really exotic are behind the scenes, the promoters. A coming of age tale and a story of circus struggles in a new age of mass entertainment. Enormously readable, as compulsive as popcorn at a Saturday matinee. " Â— Ted Bishop, Author, award-winning Riding with Rilke "A first-class book that is strikingly original. What Harvard and Wharton don't teach. This is the treatise on marketing and promotion. An illuminating and riveting tale! " Â— David Hogan, Producer, Broadway Heroes From page one the reader is pulled into the heart and mind of the advance man. I was there and can attest to MacVicar's travails of ponderous pachyderms and hardball tycoons. A marvelous inside treat, superbly done. Â— Peter Halbin , former publicist for Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus
From the Publisher
"From here on in you'll be living on the road, your life's belongings in a suitcase. Do you think you'd enjoy that?"
And so begins a fascinating journey into the world of the circus as Jamie MacVicar skillfully blends the secrets of marketing and promotion as taught by the masters, a captivating personal tale, and an inside look at an American icon, Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus.
Richly textured and meticulously researched, The Advance Man is an incomparable bridge from the circus past to the present. It is a spellbinding narrative inhabited by strange and seductive characters: Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins who couldn't be engaged in unlike conversations simultaneously; Irvin Feld, the Napoleonic genius who wrested control of the circus from Ringling's heir; the smallest man in the world who continuously stymied the show s most virile man; the naive, young woman who risked too much aspiring to become a model; the Cleveland tycoon and a host of others from extraordinary everyday people to well-known celebrities.
From San Diego to Cleveland to moss-draped, beguiling Savannah, the story illuminates the fabric of American citiesÂ—their cultures and moresÂ—and reveals a tapestry at the heart of who we are. We almost forget that this is a true story when MacVicar leisurely pulls us in and then masterfully sets the hook. "Until now you ve been with me and the circus, " a fellow promoter warns. "Wait until it's just you, and you re all alone for weeks before the show arrives. "
As events gather speed, catapulting the reader and the advance man down a heart-pounding track, it becomes easy to forget that "sometimes the most complex illusions have the simplest explanations."
Artfully, MacVicar invites us into a world of splashing color while the story within the story comes to light. Whether the reader is a history or circus enthusiast, a student of business, or just the lover of a remarkable yarn, the ride will be memorable, as unforgettable as a childhood night at the circus.

The Advance Man: A Journey Into the World of the Circus

Jamie MacVicar

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