Movie Confidential. Andrew Schanie

Movie Confidential - Andrew Schanie


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      Copyright © 2010 Andrew Schanie

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any fashion, print, facsimile, or electronic, or by any method yet to be developed, without express permission of the copyright holder.

      Printed in the United States of America

      Distributed by Publishers Group West

      First edition, first printing

CLERISY PRESSPO Box 8874Cincinnati, OH 45208-0874www.clerisypress.com

      ISBN 978-1-57860-354-1

      Edited by

      DONNA POEHNER

      Cover and interior designed by

      STEPHEN SULLIVAN

      Layout by

      SANDY KENT

      Front and back cover photos appear courtesy of Photofest (Judy Garland), Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (Marlon Brando), Wikimedia Commons (Charlie Sheen, Drew Barrymore, Brad Pitt, Jean Harlow, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Carole Lombard)

      Photos in Movie Confidential appear courtesy of:

      Photofest: pp. 48, 87, 134

      Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division: pp. 2, 7, 9, 27, 72, 110 (Titanic), 148, 172, 158, 167, 178, 210, 256

      Wikimedia Commons: pp. 31, 37, 58, 62, 63, 66–67, 71, 72, 79, 80, 88, 100, 110 (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet), 152, 164, 188, 192–193, 194, 197, 198, 208, 214–215, 217, 220, 223, 227, 238, 245, 249, 256

      Other photos: p. 116, courtesy of the author; p. 199, courtesy of PETA

      For all my friends and family who are still willing to talk to me.

      Mainly for Chandra—after all the years, you still laugh at my jokes. You’re my favorite person to have adventures with, and you smell nice. Really nice.

      Oh—and my dogs. They give me inspiration in their own odd way.

      Table of CONTENTS

       The Scoop: Tales of Lust, Legends Weirdness, and Woe

1 Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle—Life of the Party Fatty Arbuckle Suffers a Crushing Victory
2 Clark Gable—Ready, Willing, and Gable Gable Loves Older Women. Gable Also Loves Married Ladies. Hitler Loves Gable. Dillinger Wouldn’t Miss It.
3 Charlie Chaplin—The Comedic Red Scare Charlie Chaplin Gets the Tramp Stamp
4 Judy Garland—Being Judy Garland Is Quite a Chore The Lost Autobiography
5 The Academy Awards—Things You May Not Have Known About America’s Most Over-hyped Awards Show Oscar Oddities
6 Paul Bern—The Darkest Comedy A Shocking and Puzzling Death
7 Peter Jackson—Shock and Awful! Peter Jackson Eats Vomit, Wins Oscar
8 Richrad Elfman—The Last and Greatest Midnight Movie Ever Made The Forbidden Zone
9 Silent Night, Deadly Night—No Cookies for Santa Punish! The PTO Sends Santa Off With No Cookies
10 Titanic—Dude, I’m Sinking Cast and Crew of Titantic Ride the Yellow Submarine
11 The Turkish Film Industry—Remakes Through a Fever Dream Lens The Turkish Film Industry Defies Copyright Laws and All Logic
12 Twilight Zone: The Movie—Three Die Under Shocking Circumstances No Redemption

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