Magnum Mania!

ConchRepublican wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 8:11 pm Welcome to Magnum Mania!

This is a very interesting project.

Thank you. I'm enjoying it very much!

Sylvia Sidney (3.16 Birdman of Budapest), perhaps best known for her Hollywood film roles in the 1930s and 40s, had a short biography written about her: 'Sylvia: A Memoir Of Hollywood Star Sylvia Sidney' in 1999. Some of the Amazon reviews of the book say it's more about one of the houses she lived in than the person herself, but I'm including it here regardless.

According to this book, actor Fritz Feld (3.16 Birdman of Budapest) used his diaries to construct his autobiography 'On The Fritz' recounting his experiences meeting well known personalities throughout his long career. The book was never published. The material apparently survives at the Museum And Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

Season 3 is done.

Blackie Dammett (4.3 Smaller Than Life) published his memoirs 'Lords of the Sunset Strip' in 2013. He is the father of Anthony Kiedis, lead vocalist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Hollywood legend Carol Channing's memoirs were published in 2002: 'Just Lucky I Guess' (4.4 Distant Relative).

According to this website, 'Eugene Roche is writing a book of short stories chronicling the funny and moving people and events that have touched and graced his life'. But I can find no record that the book was ever published. (4.2 Luther Gillis: File #521, 4.16 The Return of Luther Gillis, 5.10 Luther Gillis: File #001, 7.5 A.A.P.I., 8.11 Transitions).

Surprisingly Angela Lansbury has not written a memoir, but there is a biography of her, 'Balancing Act: The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury' by Martin Gottfried, published in 1999 (7.9 Novel Connection).

litefoot wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:49 pm Surprisingly Angela Lansbury has not written a memoir, but there is a biography of her, 'Balancing Act: The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury' by Martin Gottfried, published in 1999 (7.9 Novel Connection).

Found another biography of Lansbury. Angela Lansbury: A Life on Stage and Screen, by Rob Edelman, published 1996.

Magnum's Mum aka Gwen Verdon had a biography written about her in 2015. Gwen Verdon: A Life on Stage and Screen (6.7 Going Home, 7.17 Forty, 8.1 Infinity & Jelly Doughnuts, 8.12 Resolutions Part I, 8.13 Resolutions Part II). Was married to Bob Fosse. Never knew that.

Wow, Rick's doomed sister is married to Weyoun from Deep Space Nine. That's your trivia for the day! No memoir though...

British actor Terence Knapp was an acting teacher at the University of Hawaii when he was cast in 4.6 Letter To A Duchess. His autobiography, 'Hawaii's Adopted World Class Actor' was published in 2000.

I'm not sure to what extent this was a memoir but Shannen Doherty (4.8 A Sense Of Debt) wrote 'Badass: A Hard-Earned Guide to Living Life With Style and (The Right) Attitude' in 2010. Judging by the Amazon reviews there is an element of autobiography to it.

Sadly, she currently has metastatic Stage 4 breast cancer.

Hermione Baddeley (4.17 Let the Punishment Fit the Crime) wrote her memoir in 1984 - 'The Unsinkable Hermione Baddeley'. She will forever be Ellen the maid in Mary Poppins to me. She was nominated for an Academy Award too, in Room at the Top (1959). She was on screen for two minutes 19 seconds... the shortest ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Season 4 done. I'm halfway! Woohoo!

litefoot wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 11:42 am Hermione Baddeley (4.17 Let the Punishment Fit the Crime) wrote her memoir in 1984 - 'The Unsinkable Hermione Baddeley'. She will forever be Ellen the maid in Mary Poppins to me. She was nominated for an Academy Award too, in Room at the Top (1959). She was on screen for two minutes 19 seconds... the shortest ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.

I also remember her well for playing Mrs. Naugatuck, the housekeeper, on the TV series Maude with Bea Arthur.

Ok, here's the list for Orson Welles. I've never known one person have so many books about him.

Confessions Of A One-Man Band, by Orson Welles. Unfinished. Unpublished.

The Fabulous Orson Welles, 1956, by Peter Noble.
Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of an American Genius, 1985, by Charles Higham.
Orson Welles: A Biography, 1986, by Barbara Leaming.
Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles, 1989, by Frank Brady.
This Is Orson Welles, 1992. A series of interviews between Welles and Peter Bogdanovich over many years.
Rosebud: The Story Of Orson Welles, 1996, by David Thomson.
Orson Welles: The Road To Xanadu, 1995. By Simon Callow. First volume.
Orson Welles: Hello Americans, 2006. By Simon Callow. Second volume.
Orson Welles: One-Man Band, 2016. By Simon Callow. Third volume.
Orson Welles: Interviews, 2002, Mark W. Estrin.
Orson Welles: A Life in Movies, 2003, by Peter Conrad.
Orson Welles (Life & Times), 2005, by Ben Walters.
What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career, 2006, by Joseph McBride.
Discovering Orson Welles, 2007, by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Orson Welles at Work, 2007, by Cahiers du Cinema (French film magazine).
In My Father's Shadow: A Daughter Remembers Orson Welles, 2009, by Chris Welles Feder.
My Lunches with Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles, 2014, by Peter Biskind.
The Magic World of Orson Welles, 2015, by James Naremore.
Orson Welles: The Final Cut, 2017, by Chris Wade.
Orson Welles: Journey of a Filmmaker, 2018, by Chris Wade.