Private Eye-Lashes: Radio's Lady Detectives
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.83 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0971457085 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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K C said Well written and fun to read. If you're a fan of old radio shows, this is a must read item. Jack French has a warm, easy to read style that informs and entertains.If you're not a current fan of old radio shows, might want to troll the internet to check them out. Lots of good things available online from the 19Well written and fun to read If you're a fan of old radio shows, this is a must read item. Jack French has a warm, easy to read style that informs and entertains.If you're not a current fan of old radio shows, might want to troll the internet to check them out. Lots of good things available online from the 1930s, Well written and fun to read K C If you're a fan of old radio shows, this is a must read item. Jack French has a warm, easy to read style that informs and entertains.If you're not a current fan of old radio shows, might want to troll the internet to check them out. Lots of good things available online from the 1930s, 40s and 50s, including many of the shows mentioned in Private Eyelashes.. 0s and 50s, including many of the shows mentioned in Private Eyelashes.. 0s, Well written and fun to read K C If you're a fan of old radio shows, this is a must read item. Jack French has a warm, easy to read style that informs and entertains.If you're not a current fan of old radio shows, might want to troll the internet to check them out. Lots of good things available online from the 1930s, 40s and 50s, including many of the shows mentioned in Private Eyelashes.. 0s and 50s, including many of the shows mentioned in Private Eyelashes.. "A Major Gap In Old-Time Radio History Filled" according to OTR Researcher. One of the most popular genres of Old-Time Radio was the private investigator. While much has been written about male radio private investigators, comparatively little has appeared in print about their female counterparts. Well-respected Old-Time Radio writer and researcher Jack French fills this major void in OTR literature with his well-researched and well-written book, "Private Eyelashes." In his book, Jack tells the stories of the lady detectives and crime-fighters of the American Golden Age . Essential reading for the old-time radio fan As a long time fan of old-time radio, I have found it necessary not only to collect tapes and CDs of those wonderful programs from that Golden Age, but books written about them as well. An essential amount of space must be made in one's library for the books written by John Dunning, Jim Cox, Martin Grams, Jr., etcand no OTR fan should be without a copy of Jack French's Private Eye-Lashes: Radio's Lady Detectives.It's very simple, reallymany of the programs discussed in this truly incredible book
Jack is a union member of SAG and AFTRA and has acted in several television shows and motion pictures. Jack French, former Navy cryptology officer and retired FBI Agent, has been researching the Golden Age of Radio for over 20 years. . They have six children and six grandchildren. He and his wife, Cathy, now live in Northern VA. He is a recipient of the Allen Rockford Award, given annuall
--SPERDVAC's Radiogram . If you're old enough to remember the glory days of radio (or even if you're not), Private Eyelashes is an entertaining and informative guide." --New York SunI highly recommend this book to those who are experts in old time radio as a very useful research tool and to those who simply have a delicious time reading about these programs, their fictional characters and the real one who played them. --SPERDVAC's Radiogram"lots of fun…This is a fascinating study of the lady detectives of radio. Private Eyelashes is the first
He intersperses the text with actual dialogue taken directly from the program scripts.. The author traces the chronological appearance of the subject's show, examines the program's history and origins, and details with substantial documentation the manner of the show's presentation and production. Each lady detective appearing under one of eight cleverly conceived categories gets handsome, multi-page treatment. While its focus is on women detectives, French provides minute and fascinating details about dozens of mystery programs and includes a comprehensive listing of source material ranging from magazine articles, to dime detective novels, to film noir. This book examines radio and mystery drama from about 1932 to the genre's final appearance in the late 1950's