William Scott Eyman Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Scott Eyman (born March 2, 1951) is an American author, and former book editor and art critic of The Palm Beach Post. He is a frequent book reviewer for The Wall Street Journal, and has been a contributor for The New York Observer. His books specialize in the Golden Age of Hollywood. He is the author of John Wayne: The Life and Legend, (2014), Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille, (2010), Louis B. Mayer: Lion of Hollywood (Simon and Schuster, (2005), Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford (2001), Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise (2000), and The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930 (1997), Mary Pickford: America's Sweetheart (1990), and Five American Cinematographers (1987). With co-author Louis Giannetti, he published Flashback: A Brief History of Film (1986), now in its seventh edition.Robert Wagner's autobiography, Pieces of My Heart: A Life, written with Eyman, was published on 23 September 2008, and was on the New York Times Bestseller List. Their second collaboration, You Must Remember This, was published March 11, 2014, about life off the studio lot, was also on the New York Times Bestseller List (March 30, 2014).
The backstage musical came about because a lot of people then and now had a problem with people breaking into song within an ostensibly realistic setting. Where does the orchestra come from? In a backstage musical we're on stage, so that's not a problem.
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Ghost-writer of Robert Wagner's autobiography.
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American writer and biographer, specialising in Hollywood's silent era. He is also books editor and arts writer for The Palm Beach Post.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Documentary
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
2006
Video short
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Experience
2005
TV Series documentary consultant - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Garbo
2005
Documentary grateful thanks
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
2004
TV Movie documentary thanks
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002
Documentary grateful thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Cecil B. DeMille Biographer / Himself - Film Historian
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Author of 'Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer'
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
Video documentary
Himself - Author 'The Speed of Sound'
Monument Valley: John Ford Country
2006
Video documentary short
Himself - Biographer
American Masters
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri
2006
Documentary
Himself
American Experience
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself - Biographer
Film Genre
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
William K. Everson Film History Award
National Board of Review, USA
Known for movies
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007) as Himself - Author 'The Speed of Sound'
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) as Thanks
Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (2006) as Himself
Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) as Writer
$1.9 Million
