Best Book of the Year - Classic Images, 2007
Best Cover of the Year - Classic Images, 2007
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story is the heartbreaking saga of the wild and free-spirited actress who hit Hollywood in the late 1940s, equipped with little more than a suitcase full of dreams, a ravenous hunger for fame and a devastating beauty---only to see each one of her dreams destroyed by a disastrous private life that led her straight through the gates of Hell.
Gutsy, vulnerable--and doomed--Barbara Payton blazed across the motion picture stratosphere in record-time, only to collapse in a catastrophic free-fall from which she would never recover.
A second volume on Barbara's life and career, titled "Barbara Payton: A Life in Pictures" is now in progress. It will contain over 250 rare and previously unpublished photos of Barbara, along with commentary by John O'Dowd, Barbara's son, John Lee Payton, and family member Jan Redfield.
A film project based on the BearManor Media book, "KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE: THE BARBARA PAYTON STORY", is currently underway in Los Angeles!!
