I'd like to thank Gary Sweeney (The Midnight Palace) for inviting me to be a guest tonight on his Blog Talk Radio program, The Stroke of Midnight. The topic is one that is near and dear to my heart: telling the truth in biographies.
The goal was to discuss classic Hollywood biographies and books that have been written about the history of film - many of which are wonderfully-researched and well-written, while others seem to have been created strictly for financial gain by slandering a famous personality who can no longer defend themselves.
It was wonderful to have had the opportunity to offer my point of view as an author who has taken over a decade to research Franchot's life story in order to get the facts as straight as possible.
Other guests tonight included:
Classic Images book reviewer Laura Wagner
Alan Rode, author of "Charles McGraw: Biography of a Film Noir Tough Guy" and director of The Film Noir Foundation
Barbara Washburn, author of the historically researched biographical novel about Carole Lombard, Chasing Carole.
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