Bing Crosby was, perhaps, the first multi-media superstar: radio, recordings, live performances, and film. Crosby was an Oscar-winning actor and the top-selling recording artist of the first half of the 20th-century. Despite all these…
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William Wyler’s 10 Greatest Films of All Time
The original 1977 Book of Lists featured an exclusive list of the legendary William Wyler’s 10 Greatest Films of all time. Here is his list, along with the original introduction. “Director William Wyler’s film…
Orson Welles’ 12 Best Movies of All Time (and Their Directors)
1. City Lights, 1931, (Charles Chaplin) 2. Greed, 1924, (Erich Von Stroheim) 3. Intolerance, 1916, (D.W. Griffith) 4. Nanook of the North, 1922, (Robert Flaherty) 5. Shoeshine, 1946, (Vittorio De Sica) 6. The Battleship…
John Water’s 10 Favorite Overlooked Movies
One of my favorite books as a kid was the original Book of Lists (1977) which I frequently site as an influence on Stargazing (along with Rona Barrett’s Hollywood, the Merv Griffin Show, and…
Making Lists: On Collecting, the Acquisitive Personality, and 8 Things Barbra Streisand Did in 1971
“I don’t know much about what Barbra Streisand did in 1971.” So began my first attempt at “serious” writing—in 1973. I was a nine-year-old kid who was determined to write a biography about a…
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