About The Cinemorph
Emmy Award-winning writer Dana Gould (The Simpsons) draws from his lifelong interest in the stranger-than-fiction stories behind the scenes of the movies and television shows we all grew up loving. With his focus on cult, science fiction, horror, and other drive-in fare, Gould reveals how the events on the other side of the camera were often just as incredible as what ended up on screen. Did you know there would not have been a Star Trek without Lucille Ball? That Jackie Gleason was obsessed with UFO’s? That Alfred Hitchcock had to finance Psycho himself because, despite being the most successful director in Hollywood at the time, every major studio turned it down cold? Did you know that during the shooting of Planet of the Apes, make-up designer John Chambers had crews working around-the-clock, some on the film and others assembling in-the-field disguise kits for CIA agents? Told with affection and more than a little humor, The Cinemorph evokes the feeling you get when you're flipping channels and find an old movie you love. You might have to be someplace, but you stand there and keep watching...