Meet the Author: Scott Eyman |
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Thursday, July 28, 2:30 p.m.
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The book editor of the The Palm Beach Post, Scott Eyman, talks about his latest celebrity biography “Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille.”
About Empire of Dreams:
 Following biographies of Ingrid Bergman, John Ford, Louis B. Mayer, Ernst Lubitsch, Louis B. Mayer, and Mary Pickford, Eyman, book editor of the Palm Beach Post, offers an in-depth look at producer-director DeMille. Born in 1881, DeMille started as an actor on Broadway in 1900. During the silent movie era, he directed 52 films: "Fully ten are superb or close to it, while another dozen or so are quite good." In the decades that followed, his name became synonymous with "sin, spectacle and reverence," notably with such films as Samson and Delilah and The Ten Commandments. Eyman set out to "create a three dimensional portrait of a man who was capable of heroism and loyalty, as well as grievous wrongheadedness, but always in the grand manner." With access to DeMille's letters and personal papers, he has succeeded, capturing the showman's commanding and authoritarian presence on lavish film sets along with intimate details of his home life. Eyman's evocative prose and exhaustive research makes this an engaging and authoritative biography.
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About the author:
Scott Eyman is the literary critic of the Palm Beach Post and has written for numerous publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. He is the author of numerous books about the movies including Lion of Hollywood: The Life of Louis B. Mayer, Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford, Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise, The Speed of Sound, John Ford: The Searcher, and Pieces of My Heart with Robert Wagner. |
Posted: 07/01/2011 |
