Joseph McBride’s books include Steven Spielberg: A Biography, Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success, Orson Welles, and Hawks on Hawks. His biography Searching for John Ford will be published in December. He writes a regular column on film for Irish America magazine. (July 1999)
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The Joys of Necrophilia
July 15, 1999
Gods and Monsters a film written and directed by Bill Condon. Condon's screenplay appears in Scenario: The Magazine of Screenwriting Art, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Winter 1998-1999).
Father of Frankenstein
by Christopher Bram
James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters
by James Curtis
Bride of Frankenstein
by Alberto Manguel. (distributed in the US by Indiana University Press)
Open Secret: Gay Hollywood 1928-1998
by David Ehrenstein
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The Lost Kingdom of Orson Welles
May 13, 1993
This Is Orson Welles by Orson Welles, by Peter Bogdanovich, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum
This Is Orson Welles (audio tapes) conversations between Welles and Bogdanovich, edited by Jonathan Rosenbaum
The Cradle Will Rock a screenplay by Orson Welles, edited by James Pepper
The Magnificent Ambersons: A Reconstruction
by Robert L. Carringer