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Pop Twenty: 20th Century Pop Culture
The POP TWENTY adventure continues with installment #2, another in this new series of books devoted to 20th Century popular culture. Michael (Universal Studios A Legacy of Horror) Mallory has "POP TWENTY is a true blast to the past . . . a real throwback to the 1960s and 1970s, when film journalism itself launched its own Golden Age . . . [the authors] have done their research to the nth degree, they love their subjects, and they know what they're talking about . . . each of the articles presents meticulously researched information that hasn't been seen anywhere else." Exploring our shared memories of classic movies, early TV, old time radio, and popular music, POP TWENTY #2 is richly illustrated with over 170 rare, often never-before-published, photos that bring the stories to life. POP TWENTY #2 offers pieces about the golden age of television as remembered in a newly unearthed 1970s interview with Steve Allen; an overview by "British Invader" Ian Whitcomb of Tin Pan Alley during the Great War and how propaganda, patriotism, and pianos made for such a lovely war; the forgotten story of would-be movie mogul Thomas C. Regan--whose lost silent movie studio still stands built even though it never completed or released a single film; and Dorothy Lee's memories of working with Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. Also on hand is an in-depth look at NBC's first leap into the future with their inaugural 1936 television broadcast; a look at how publicity helped Paramount profit from The Ten Commandments, and chapter one of The Adventures of Francis Ford and Grace Cunard, creators of Universal' first movie serial! You've got a ticket to ride the nostalgia train with POP TWENTY # 2. All aboard!
122 pages, Paperback
First published June 22, 2012
About the author
Robert S. Birchard
8 books54 followersRobert S. Birchard is an award-winning film editor who brings an insider’s perspective and a great affection for the people who work in the picture business to his chronicles of the movies. He is the author of Cecil B. DeMille’s Hollywood, Early Universal City, Silent-era Filmmaking in Santa Barbara, and King Cowboy: Tom Mix and the Movies and a contributing writer to the omnibus volumes M-G-M When the Lion Roars, Don Miller’s Hollywood Corral, The Encyclopedia of Early Film and Hollywood: The Movie Factory. His articles on Hollywood filmmakers have appeared in American Cinematographer, Statement, Film History, The Moving Image, Griffithiana, Daily Variety and Los Angeles Times Calendar. He is a past president and current board member of the preservation organization Hollywood Heritage, Inc. and is current president of the Cinecon Classic Film Festival which presents the annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival and contributes to film preservation projects.
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