From Radio to the Big Screen: Hollywood Films Featuring Broadcast Personalities and Programs (Paperback)

from mrsfiskeandco

I love both classic era movies and "otr" - old time radio, a surprisingly amount of which survives and can be found for free online - so I was surprised I was rather disappointed in this book. The book badly needs a detailed table of contents telling what movie adaptations are on what pages, inst...

from bah

This seems like a great book, just not the great book I was looking for. And that's entirely my fault -- the description is accurate, I just didn't pay attention. Many of the radio shows I know of and wanted to learn more of had other origins (mostly literary) or don't have the big screen connect...

from Ronrose1

Mr Erickson gives us details of early radio shows that transitioned to the big screen. He takes one show at a time and gives a detailed picture of how the radio show came about as well as what lead to it's appearance on film. For the most part he does this without getting bogged down in the depth...

from Neftzger

This book is a wonderful resource for fans of both radio and movies. It's so full of information that it reads somewhat like a textbook as the author lists both the name of the radio personality (or group) and then links them to their appearances in Hollywood. Of particular interest to me were Ed...

from mrmapcase

This is pretty much what is says on the cover, a collection of radio shows that had some portion of their program turned into a movie. But that is not to say it is a dry compendium of facts, Erickson definitely has an opinion that he will freely share. All of the big names are covered from Jack B...