You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet: Interviews with Stars from Hollywood's Golden Era

by James Bawden, Ron Miller

Overview

Journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller spent their careers interviewing the greatest stars of Hollywood's golden age. They visited Lee Marvin at home and politely admired his fishing trophies, chatted with Janet Leigh while a young Jamie Lee Curtis played, and even made Elizabeth Taylor laugh out loud.

In You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet, Bawden and Miller return with a new collection of rare interviews with iconic film stars including Henry Fonda, Esther Williams, Buster Keaton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, and many more. The book is filled with humorous anecdotes and incredible behind-the-scenes stories. For instance, Bette Davis reflects that she and Katharine Hepburn were both considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara but neither was "gorgeous enough" for the part; Janet Leigh analyzes the famous shower scene in Psycho (1960), which was shot in seven days and gave the actress nightmares for years; and Jimmy Stewart describes Alfred Hitchcock as a "strange, roly-poly man, interested only in blondes and murder." Popular horror film stars from Lon Chaney Jr. to Boris Karloff and Vincent Price are also featured in a special "movie monsters" section.

With first-person accounts of Hollywood life from some of the most distinguished luminaries in the history of American cinema, this entertaining book will delight classic movie fans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813174211
Publisher:	University Press of Kentucky
Publication date:	10/20/2017
Series:	Screen Classics
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James Bawden, a former TV columnist for the Toronto Star, is renowned for his distinguished profiles of movie stars and directors. He coauthored Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era. Ron Miller was TV editor at the San Jose Mercury News from 1977–1999 and a syndicated columnist for the Knight Ridder News Service. A former national president of the Television Critics Association and a recipient of the National Headliner Award, he is currently an instructor at the Academy for Lifelong Learning at Western Washington University. He coauthored Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How to Talk to a Movie Star
1. A Comedy Giant
2. The Leading Men
3. The Leading Ladies
4. Child Stars and How They Grew
5. Famous Monsters of Filmland
6. Unforgettable Heavies
7. Great Character Actors
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"These interviews break through the silver screen and pull the reader into a privileged world. Bawden and Miller showcase the art of the interview." — Robert Crane, coauthor of Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder

" You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet presents stimulating, informative interviews with a fascinating assortment of stars and leading character players from Hollywood's Golden Age." — James Robert Parish, author of Hollywood Divas

James Robert Parish

"You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet presents stimulating, informative interviews with a fascinating assortment of stars and leading character players from Hollywood's Golden Age."

Robert Crane

"These interviews break through the silver screen and pull the reader into a privileged world. Bawden and Miller showcase the art of the interview."

Editorial Reviews

More the work of fanboys than film scholars, Bawden and Miller's book promises to delight its principal audience of movie-obsessed readers eager to feast on nuggets of celebrity gossip and industry lore teased out in conversation.

The New York Times Book Review - Noah Isenberg

You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet is a fascinating look at the long and rocky road the era's biggest stars took to the top, and a reminder of the genuine people that remained behind all the glitz and glamour.

Film Matters Magazine

You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet presents stimulating, informative interviews with a fascinating assortment of stars and leading character players from Hollywood's Golden Age.

James Robert Parish

Bawden and Miller's collection is a feast of nostalgia and insight into a never-to-be-repeated era of Hollywood history, and this book is a must for the bookshelf of any respecting film fan or potential Hollywood journalist.

Cinema Retro

[This] new collection, a follow up to Conversations with Classic Film Stars, showcases an illustrious group whose careers came to fruition during Hollywood's studio age. Bawden and Miller's book promises to delight its principal audience of movie-obsessed readers eager to feast on nuggets of celebrity gossip and industry lore teased out in conversation.

New York Times

[Bawden and Miller] have pooled an extensive collection of show-biz interviews they've conducted over the years in the star-studded You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet, an easy, breezy read for movie buffs and nostalgia junkies. The overall tone isn't fawning, but an undeniably affectionate, leisurely stroll down memory lane, told in a relaxed, conversational style that goes down very easily.

YES! Weekly

These interviews break through the silver screen and pull the reader into a privileged world. Bawden and Miller showcase the art of the interview.

Robert Crane

This is as entertaining as the first book. You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet contains more, more, more — a feast for movie mavens!

New York Social Diary - Liz Smith

"This is as entertaining as the first book. You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet contains more, more, more — a feast for movie mavens!" — Liz Smith, New York Social Diary

"[This] new collection, a follow up to Conversations with Classic Film Stars, showcases an illustrious group whose careers came to fruition during Hollywood's studio age.

Bawden and Miller's book promises to delight its principal audience of movie-obsessed readers eager to feast on nuggets of celebrity gossip and industry lore teased out in conversation." — New York Times

"It is obvious that Miller and Bawden enjoy their subject matter and have had many great experiences with Hollywood royalty, making this book a breezy, delightful read." — Library Journal

"[Bawden and Miller] have pooled an extensive collection of show-biz interviews they've conducted over the years in the star-studded You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet, an easy, breezy read for movie buffs and nostalgia junkies.

The overall tone isn't fawning, but an undeniably affectionate, leisurely stroll down memory lane, told in a relaxed, conversational style that goes down very easily." — YES! Weekly

"Bawden and Miller's collection is a feast of nostalgia and insight into a never-to-be-repeated era of Hollywood history, and this book is a must for the bookshelf of any respecting film fan or potential Hollywood journalist." — Cinema Retro

" You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet is a fascinating look at the long and rocky road the era's biggest stars took to the top, and a reminder of the genuine people that remained behind all the glitz and glamour." — Film Matters Magazine

From the Publisher

09/01/2017
What do you get when you have two old friends with over 50 years of experience interviewing stars? Longtime TV critics Bawden and Miller's Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era (2016). This second installment in a series of the authors' collected interviews span from the Great Stone Face Buster Keaton to the Million Dollar Mermaid Esther Williams. The book's format is very similar to that of the previous volume, with a setting of the scene, the interview, and a brief afterword. But what sets this title apart from the first book is the focus on leading men and ladies, horror stars, and disciplined character actors who learn from the film stars at the end of their careers, as most were working in television at the time. It is obvious that Miller and Bawden enjoy their subject matter and have had many great experiences with Hollywood royalty, making this book a breezy, delightful read. VERDICT Readers interested in film studies, film history, particularly the golden age of Hollywood will benefit from seeing it through the eyes of those who have seen it all.—Jennifer Thompson, Richland Lib., Columbia, SC

Library Journal