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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 Film Comment, and was a contributor for The New York Observer. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami in the Department of Cinema & Interactive Media, where he has taught film history since 2015. His books specialize in the Golden Age of Hollywood. He is the author of Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise, (Simon & Schuster, 2020); Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart, (2017); 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 & Schuster, (2005); Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford (2001); Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise (1993); 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, and was also on the New York Times Bestseller List (March 30, 2014). Their third collaboration was I Loved Her In The Movies: Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses, (2016). Books Flashback: A Brief History of Film (1986) with Louis D. Giannetti Five American Cinematographers (1987) Mary Pickford: America's Sweetheart (1990) Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise (1993) The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930 (1997) Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford (1999) Louis B. Mayer: Lion of Hollywood (2005) Pieces of My Heart: A Life (2008) with Robert Wagner Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille (2010) You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age (2014) with Robert Wagner John Wayne: The Life and Legend (2014) I Loved Her In The Movies: Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses (2016) with Robert Wagner Hank & Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart (2017) Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise (2020) 20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio (2021) Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided (2023) External links Articles for The New York Observer Review of "Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise," The Washington Post, October 28, 2020 [1] Book review: 'Empire of Dreams' by Scott Eyman, Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2010 Review of "Empire of Dreams," Scott Eyman's biography of Cecil B. DeMille, The Washington Post, October 24, 2010 Scott Eyman at IMDb Biography, Scott Eyman website Finding aid author: John N. Gillespie (2015). "Scott Eyman papers". Prepared for the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Provo, UT. Retrieved May 16, 2016. Appearances on C-SPAN. Discover the Scott Eyman popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Scott Eyman books.

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    Ernst Lubitsch

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    “Highly recommended” (Library Journal): The only fulllength biography of legendary film director Ernst Lubitsch, the director of such Hollywood classics as Trouble in Paradise, Nin...

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    Cary Grant

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    Film historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive, “captivating” (Associated Press) biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant...

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    Hank and Jim

    Scott Eyman

    “[A] remarkably absorbing, supremely entertaining joint biography” (The New York Times) from bestselling author Scott Eyman about the remarkable friendship of Henry Fonda and James...