Articles

Scholars’ Spotlight: Robert Shaw

Robert Archibald Shaw was born on August 9, 1927, in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, which was once a center for coal, cotton-spinning, and textile manufacturing....

From Marlowe To Rockford: A Progression To An Iconic Character

Introduction When I was a boy, my family moved to Los Angeles in 1972. Those were idyllic years. I loved living in Southern California. I...

WANNABE: ALL WASHED UP: A Roundtable Interview With The Mockumentary Makers

Introduction Hollywood loves comeback stories. Few, however, are quite as gloriously awkward or as hilariously self-inflicted as Wannabe: All Washed Up. Twenty years after Richard...

BABYLON 5: A Thirtieth Anniversary Retrospective

Introduction It was the year 1987 and writer/producer J. Michael Straczynski came up with a concept for a television story that had not been tried...

James Bond on Horseback: The Making of THE WILD WILD WEST (1965-69)

Two of the most popular genres in television in the mid-1960s were spies and Westerns. So it made perfect sense to combine the pair...

A Dress For Flying: The Glamour And Tragedy Of Marilyn Monroe

Introduction Dr. Marcus Morris, a practicing clinical psychologist in the UK, writes a Substack blog about the psychology of celebrity and stardom. He uses the...

COBWEB: An Interview With The Director And Star Of The New Horror/Thriller

Cinema Scholars interviews the director and star of Cobweb, Samuel Bodin and Woody Norman. Cobweb will be in theaters on July 21. Introduction By their very...

The Stork Club: Old Hollywood’s New York Hangout

Introduction From 1929 until 1965 famed New York City establishment, The Stork Club was one of the premier nightclubs in the world. Here movie stars...