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In the spring of 1968, weeks before the start of her final year of life, Judy Garland met with a biographer to discuss collaborating on her memoir. The author, Gerold Frank, was a journalist well-known for ghostwriting the life stories of celebrity women, including Zsa Zsa Gabor. The meeting, arranged through Sid Luft, Judy’s manager and third ex-husband, was set for 10 p.m. at New York’s St. Moritz Hotel. But at the appointed hour, Frank and Luft, who were dining at the Plaza nearby, got word that the superstar needed more time.
- 6/25/2019
- by Nathaniel Frank
- Rollingstone.com
True-Crime Terror! Richard Fleischer and Edward Anhalt’s riveting serial killer makes extensive use of split- and multi-screen imagery. One of the most infamous murder sprees on record fudges some facts but still impresses as a novel approach.
The Boston Strangler
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date November 15, 2016 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Hurd Hatfield, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey, Sally Kellerman, George Furth
Cinematography Richard H. Kline
Art Direction Richard Day, Jack Martin Smith
Film Editor Marion Rothman
Written by Edward Anhalt from the book by Gerold Frank
Produced by Robert Fryer
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Twelve years ago i wasn’t all that impressed with The Boston Strangler. I thought it too slick and felt that its noted multi-screen sequences were a trick gimmick. I appreciate it more now — except for the name cast,...
The Boston Strangler
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1968 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date November 15, 2016 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Hurd Hatfield, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey, Sally Kellerman, George Furth
Cinematography Richard H. Kline
Art Direction Richard Day, Jack Martin Smith
Film Editor Marion Rothman
Written by Edward Anhalt from the book by Gerold Frank
Produced by Robert Fryer
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Twelve years ago i wasn’t all that impressed with The Boston Strangler. I thought it too slick and felt that its noted multi-screen sequences were a trick gimmick. I appreciate it more now — except for the name cast,...
- 11/26/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Once homeless, an unknown author has quietly conquered the bestseller lists. In this week's Newsweek, Samuel P. Jacobs introduces Lynn Vincent, Sarah Palin's ghostwriter.
The hottest author working today has sold more than 5 million books in the past five years. She commands top-dollar advances, and one of her most popular works is being turned into a film starring Samuel L. Jackson. The only catch: you've probably never heard of her.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How Donald Trump Trashed His Brand
Lynn Vincent is a ghostwriter, the collaborator behind such giant hits as Sarah Palin's Going Rogue. But over the past two years, as her books have reliably rocketed to the top of bestseller lists, Vincent has also become a star.
This makes her something of a walking contradiction. In a profession full of beggars, Vincent can be a chooser, picking books that match her own conservative and Christian worldview.
The hottest author working today has sold more than 5 million books in the past five years. She commands top-dollar advances, and one of her most popular works is being turned into a film starring Samuel L. Jackson. The only catch: you've probably never heard of her.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How Donald Trump Trashed His Brand
Lynn Vincent is a ghostwriter, the collaborator behind such giant hits as Sarah Palin's Going Rogue. But over the past two years, as her books have reliably rocketed to the top of bestseller lists, Vincent has also become a star.
This makes her something of a walking contradiction. In a profession full of beggars, Vincent can be a chooser, picking books that match her own conservative and Christian worldview.
- 4/18/2011
- by Samuel P. Jacobs
- The Daily Beast
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Brian De Palma has long had a thing for the notorious.
The Scarface director has signed on to helm The Boston Stranglers for producer Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures.
The film is adapted by Alan Rosen (Head of the Class) from Susan Kelly's nonfiction book "The Boston Stranglers: The Public Conviction of Albert DeSalvo and the True Story of Eleven Shocking Murders."
The thriller will detail the early-'60s Beantown killings and their controversial resolution.
Hurd will produce, and Kevin Kelly Brown will exec produce.
De Palma similarly plumbed real-life-derived atrocities in Casualties of War, Redacted and The Black Dahlia.
The Strangler case continues to stir debate. Many question whether Albert DeSalvo -- a publicity hound who confessed to the murders and was later stabbed to death while incarcerated on unrelated charges -- was the actual killer.
The murders were the basis of a 1968 movie that starred Tony Curtis as DeSalvo and Henry Fonda as the detective pursuing him. That version was based on an earlier book by Gerold Frank.
The Scarface director has signed on to helm The Boston Stranglers for producer Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures.
The film is adapted by Alan Rosen (Head of the Class) from Susan Kelly's nonfiction book "The Boston Stranglers: The Public Conviction of Albert DeSalvo and the True Story of Eleven Shocking Murders."
The thriller will detail the early-'60s Beantown killings and their controversial resolution.
Hurd will produce, and Kevin Kelly Brown will exec produce.
De Palma similarly plumbed real-life-derived atrocities in Casualties of War, Redacted and The Black Dahlia.
The Strangler case continues to stir debate. Many question whether Albert DeSalvo -- a publicity hound who confessed to the murders and was later stabbed to death while incarcerated on unrelated charges -- was the actual killer.
The murders were the basis of a 1968 movie that starred Tony Curtis as DeSalvo and Henry Fonda as the detective pursuing him. That version was based on an earlier book by Gerold Frank.
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