"As someone who worked with and knew Lillian Gish for years, I found Charles Affron's portrait revealing and moving. He rekindles the life of this intuitive and generous artist beautifully."--Eva Mari
Americans flocked to the movies in 1945 and 1946uthe center point of the three-decade heyday of the studio system's sound era. Why?Best Years is a panoramic study, shining light on this critical junct
The Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of this famed New York institution, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affr
Marcia Landy has gathered thirty-seven important essays on film and melodrama that have appeared in books and journals over the last two decades. In her introduction to the book, Landy explores the re
