Disney Destinies: How Passion, Patience, and Determination Can Take Anyone Anywhere****************************FIND AND FOLLOW YOUR DISNEY DESTINYIf you've ever had a dead-end job, you're in good company. Walt Disney had dead-end jobs. So did many of the young men who later became Disney legends and luminaries. How were they able to turn the mundane into the magical?In Disney Destinies, Karl Beaudry profiles two dozen Disney notables, from Walt Disney and Wa...

Buddy Baker was Disney music. Mostly known as the composer of The Haunted Mansion song and score, he also was a composer of films (Wicked Woman, The Fox and the Hound), TV shows (the original Mickey Mouse Club), and numerous theme park attractions (World of Motion, Wonders of China, Kitchen Kaberet,Impressions de France) around the globe.From a humble beginning in Springfield, Missouri, Buddy Baker began composing and arranging music at an early age. He worked for many of the top b...

Nightmares and children's stories, fairies, witches and warlocks, giants, dragons and talking animals, golems, living statues, doppelgänger, vanishing shadows and the incarnation of the Devil,Nosferatu, the iconic vampire, epitome of the Spanish Flu that followed WW1, robots, alchemists and mad scientists, occultism and stories of the supernatural, miracle weapons, rockets and spaceships, aliens, zombies and post-apocalyptic fiction.Paul Wegener, Conrad Veidt, Fritz Lang, F....

Angie Dickinson is one of American film and television's most popular, durable, and talented actresses. In this, the first book-length study of her career, film historian James Stratton explores the professional highlights and personal experiences behind the household name. Carefully researched and richly illustrated, this long-overdue treatment includes a biographical profile, an analysis of each of Angie's more than fifty feature films, an annotated listing of her made-for-TV movies, and...

Citizen Kane and Titanic might have an artistic and popular monopoly on greatness, but when it comes to sitting down to a strictly enjoyable film, give me The North Avenue Irregulars any day.What you hold in your hand now is a collection of behind the scenes essays dealing with the unheralded wonders of my youth. I am nobody, but I do have a publishing company, so please excuse the one vanity project you now read. However, I think you...

Remember when Edith Bunker was sexually assaulted on All in the Family? Or when abortion was the hot topic on Maude? Did you know that Leave it to Beaver dealt with alcoholism and that "The Bicycle Man" double episode from Diff'rent Strokes is one of the most remembered sitcom entries in the annals of American television history?The role of the Very Special Episode was to take a departure from the regular comic stylings of the American TV sitcom and offer a standalone "serious in n...

He was Disney’s Haunted Mansion Ghost Host, Boris Badenov, Professor Ludwig von Drake, Pillsbury Dougboy, Toucan Sam, the Green Lama, and thousands of voices you have heard on records, radio, television, and in films. He was voice acting genius Paul Frees.Paul’s son Fred Frees reads this second edition of author Ben Ohmart’s biography.Fred Frees is a successful voice actor in his own right, who has been called upon to recreate his dad’s characters and create new ones all hi...

World War II was a difficult time for separated couples everywhere. Paul "Buddy" Frees would soon become one of America's most popular voice-over artists. Audrey "Annelle" Frees was the love of his life. One of them wouldn't make it through the war. This is the story of their all-too-short marriage, told in the letters they wrote to each other.With the exclusive cooperation of Annelle's family, author Ben Ohmart has painstakingly edited this moving collection of personal correspond...

Everyone was “In the Mood for Love,” when Frances Langford, renowned Big Band singer with a rich contralto voice, rose from performing at hometown parties in Mulberry, Florida, to Broadway, Old Time Radio, and movies during Hollywood’s Golden Era. Her signature song carried her from turntables to troops in World War Two, and then into the stuff of legends.From the airwaves on Louella Parson’s Hollywood Hotel, Rudy Vallée’s The Fleischmann’s Yeast Hour, and Dick Powell’s Campana Ser...

The autobiography of the voice of Fred Flintstone is brought to life by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and Alan Reed, Jr., featuring rare interviews with Alan Reed himself, an interview with Joe Barbera, and clips from Reed's radio, television, and film career, including The Fred Allen Show, The Shadow, The Life of Riley, Life with Luigi, Duffy's Tavern, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Viva Zapata, Breakfast ...

Diana Canova delightfully reads Singin’ in the Corn!, the biography of her mother, Judy Canova.Judy Canova was a popular American comedienne, actress, singer, and radio personality who appeared on Broadway and in films.The popularity of the Canova family led to numerous performances on radio in the 1930s, and they made their Broadway debut in the revue Calling All Stars. During her career, Judy recorded for the RCA Victor label and appeared in more than tw...

A must for any fan of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters!His voice can be heard in countless classic animated cartoons, still seen on TV daily around the world. He was Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Super Snooper, Blabbermouse, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggy, Mr. Jinks, Wally Gator, Elroy Jetson, Cap’n Crunch and hundreds of others. He worked with nearly every major animation director, including Messers Hanna and Barbera, Jay Ward, Walter Lantz, Ch...