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I not only write and edit compelling prose on every topic under the sun (specializing in arts and entertainment), but I revel in words and wordplay. Henry Miller said, "I do not believe in words . . . I believe in language." With all due respect to Mr. Miller, I believe in the power of the perfect word.
Based in Los Angeles, I have written and edited books published by Running Press, Hachette, and HarperCollins, and created written content for Sony, Time Warner, the Mary Pickford Foundation, Bright Lights Film Journal, PopMatters, and other outlets.
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From author Sloan De Forest and Turner Classic Movies, this is the essential guide to all the must-know detail on the style, achievements, and landmark films of the most influential directors in cinema history from the silent era through the 1970s.
Through engaging profiles and more than 100 photographs, Dynamic Dames by Sloan De Forest looks at fifty of the most inspiring female roles in film from the 1920s to today. The characters are discussed along with the exciting off-screen personalities and achievements of the actresses and the female writers and directors, who brought them to life.
Spanning a century and branded by the most trusted authority on film, Turner Classic Movies: Must-See Sci-Fi showcases 50 of the most shocking, weird, wonderful, and mind-bending movies ever made. A best-seller in the TCM library by Sloan De Forest.
Today, Cukor's musical version is regarded as a classic, and, due to Garland's spectacular comeback performance, it has even eclipsed the original. Yet I prefer the 1937 version, primarily because Garland's Esther is fundamentally different than Gaynor's. She seems content singing in nightclubs until Norman convinces her to pursue movie stardom.
It all started when five-year-old Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin (née Zacharenko), the daughter of Russian immigrants, first stepped in front of a movie camera in 1943. The film was Happy Land, the director was Irving Pichel, and the rest was history. Hollywood re-christened her Natalie Wood, and she became a beloved child star in classics like Miracle on 34th Street.
One of the most publicized actresses of her time, Marilyn actively sought out the press-which included the famous journalists and columnists Walter Winchell, Edward R. Murrow, Hedda Hopper, Louella Parsons, Earl Wilson, Pete Martin, Sidney Skolsky, Elsa Maxwell, and Dorothy Kilgallen. It was a mutually beneficial relationship that lasted her entire career.
by Sloan De Forest After careful examination of the 77 Mary Pickford scrapbooks housed at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library and the dozen owned by the Mary Pickford Foundation, the MPF has collected countless stories about Mary's life.
FELLINI: The Sixties is a stunning photographic journey through the director's most iconic classics: La Dolce Vita,8½, Juliet of the Spirits, and Fellini Satyricon. Carefully selected imagery from the Independent Visions photographic archive, many published here for the first time, illuminate these films as they have never been seen before, and reveal fascinating details of the director's working style and ebullient personality. With more than 150 photographs struck from original negatives,...