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Radio turned Orson Welles into an overnight sensation. It helped create the legendary personas of Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Fanny Brice and George Burns. It lured such Hollywood stars as Joan Crawford, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Lucille Ball, Kirk Douglas and Bette Davis. It captured the imagination—and the hearts—of the entire country, and turned America’s airwaves into coast-to-coast magic.
We’re pleased to offer Leonard Maltin’s critically acclaimed celebration of this treasured American institution. The Great American Broadcast offers a fascinating history of radio, from its early days in the late teens and 1920s, through its golden age in the 1930s and '40s, to its denouement in the ‘50s, when television began to dominate the media landscape.
In The Great American Broadcast, Leonard Maltin offers insights gleaned from hundreds of interviews with radio legends, and gives fans a readable history of the great radio genres: the soap operas, westerns, variety shows, comedies and thrillers.
The Great American Broadcast is out of print and availability is limited. We are happy to make available autographed copies of the book to our readers.
“Leonard Maltin brings the same seemingly boundless enthusiasm and encyclopedic recall previously devoted to film to the so-called Golden Age of broadcasting.”
The New York Times Book Review
"A delightful, heavily illustrated history of radio."
-Publishers Weekly
"Fans of radio's golden age will find this valentine right up their alley."
-Entertainment Weekly
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U. S. $27.95 |
Canada $32.95 |
Int'l $37.95 |
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From 1966 to 1975, Leonard Maltin edited and published Film Fan Monthly,
a magazine for movie buffs, and we’re happy to make back issues
of the magazine available again.
Reading Film Fan Monthly is a stroll through movie history: each issue is packed with photos, interviews, filmographies and features that reveal the passion and appreciation that Leonard and his contributors (including many of America's
leading film authors and experts of the 60s and 70s) shared for every
aspect of the history of film.
All back issues of Film Fan Monthly are $5.00, shipping included.
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Highlights include Leonard’s interview with actor, playwright and director ELLIOTT NUGENT, who discusses working with Lon Chaney on the talkie version of The Unholy Three, turning his hit play The Male Animal into a movie, his long relationship with Bob Hope, and his experiences with Harold Lloyd, Samuel Goldwyn, Danny Kaye, and other luminaries.
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Widely-published film buff Doug McClelland chronicles the career of ANN DVORAK, with rare photos and a complete filmography. Arthur McClure puts the spotlight on unsung character actor BYRON FOULGER, and David Chierichetti discusses the career of costume designer EDWARD STEVENSON, with rare behind-the-scenes and wardrobe photos of Maureen O’Hara, Thelma Todd, Susan Hayward, Linda Darnell and Lucille Ball.
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Stuart Oderman profiles actress and musical-comedy performer JANET BLAIR, with rare photos and a complete filmography. Leonard Maltin interviews character actor extraordinaire HANS CONRIED, and reports on rare, recently-unearthed Fox films of the 1930s.
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John Cocchi details the amazing career of football star-turned-movie hero JOHNNY MACK BROWN, with rare photos. David Chierichetti interviews DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. with more rarely-seen stills. Tony Slide salutes character actress SARA ALLGOOD.
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Jim Meyer tells the sad story of beautiful leading lady GAIL RUSSELL, with photos and filmography. William K. Everson tells how JOHN FORD GOES TO WAR—AGAINST V.D. Leonard Maltin interviews silent-screen star turned cowboy hero GEORGE O’BRIEN in one of the most delightful conversations ever printed in this magazine.
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Leonard Maltin discusses MARIE DRESSLER AND POLLY MORAN AT MGM. Alex Gordon tells of his film-vault discoveries with GEORGE O’BRIEN AT FOX. Leonard Maltin profiles character actress—and wisecracker extraordinaire—IRIS ADRIAN—and interviews hoofer HAL LeROY. Lots of great photos in this issue!
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J.E. Albert pays tribute to British musical sensation JESSIE MATTHEWS. Fred Watkins interviews silent-screen leading man VICTOR VARCONI. David Bryant and George Rehrauer discuss the career of movie villain supreme LIONEL ATWILL. Jack Edmund Nolan writes about the television work of director JACQUES TOURNEUR.
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David Chierichetti talks to MYRNA LOY about her remarkable screen career. Leonard Maltin reports on a tribute to SYLVIA SIDNEY at New York’s Town Hall. Anthony Slide interviews fan-magazine editor RUTH WATERBURY. Rare photos appear throughout this issue.
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FFM 94 – April 1969 
