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I am the author of four books, the editor of another, and a long-time free-lance writer specializing in the arts and entertainment. My interests include early film (including the silent film star Louise Brooks), the visual arts, books / authors, and retro popular culture. Past work has been published in the Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Film International, Pop Matters, LitHub and elsewhere. Other work has been collected in books published by HarperCollins, National Gallery of Art, and a few university presses.
I began writing for my college newspaper, and have since turned out a few thousands articles, reviews, columns and interviews for various newspapers, magazines, and the web. I've worked as a book reviewer, contributing editor, and art critic for a regional wire service. I am a blogger, and have contributed to literary journals, trade journals, festival programs, ‘zines, and the alternative press.
By Thomas Gladysz. Though celebrated today, Pandora's Box experienced one of the more troubled exhibition histories of just about any film of its time." Today, Pandora's Box is considered one of the great films of the silent era, as well as a masterpiece of Weimar cinema. It is still regularly [...]
By Thomas Gladysz. An act of cinematic and cultural archeology. I just kept on digging to find out what I could find out." Film International contributor Thomas Gladysz has published a fifth book, The Street of Forgotten Men: From Story to Screen and Beyond (PandorasBox Press). He describes it as [...]
By Thomas Gladysz. The Chaperone, the first theatrical release from PBS Masterpiece, is a story of beginnings as well as a kind of origin story. Its plot revolves around the summer the 16-year-old Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson) - four years before she found fame as a film star - [...]
Did Samuel Steward, a secret historian of 20th century gay life, and Rudolph Valentino, the legendary silent film star, have a sexual encounter?
Seeking a change of pace from his already successful career as a Swedish director and actor, Victor Sjöström arrived in New York in January 1923 at the invitation of Goldwyn Pictures. Sjöström's intention was to study American production methods and to involve himself in a film or two.
Louise Brooks, star of "Pandora's Box" (1929) & other silent films, has influenced Jerome Charyn, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Neil Gaiman, Ali Smith, & many more writers. Click to learn how and to read about the other authors who have referenced or created characters inspired by the Jazz
As a kid, who didn't collect baseball or football cards, or cards depicting their favorite characters from Star Trek or Buffy the Vampire Slayer? For more than 20 years I worked at The Booksmith, an...
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by Thomas Gladysz William Gillette was not the first actor to play Sherlock Holmes on film-that honor goes to the anonymous lead of a brief nickelodeon-era flicker produced in 1900 by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. Gillette, however, is the most important. Gillette's significance lay not in his popularity-which ranked high in his time...