Daniel M. Kimmel has been a film critic for more than twenty years, including reporting for Variety. His book The Fourth Network: How FOX Broke the Rules and Reinvented Television (also published by Ivan R. Dee) won the Cable Center Book Award. Mr. Kimmel is a past president of the Boston Society of Film Critics and teaches film at Suffolk University. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
You may think you know everything about the great romantic comedies
of Hollywood, but unless you've read this book you're wrong. Dan
Kimmel puts it all in one place with scholarly diligence, an ear
for gossip and great dialogue, and a sheer love of the movies. A
treat for neophytes and hardcore cineastes alike, not to mention a
handy guide for in-home night viewing.
*The Boston Globe*
Tony Curtis said romantic moments with Marilyn Monroe in Some Like
It Hot were like 'kissing Hitler' and Hector Elizondo was paid out
of Garry Marshall's pocket for Pretty Woman because Disney balked
at paying him top dollar for a small role. One of the surprises of
this entertaining behind-the-scenes look at romantic comedies is
how miserable everyone was. Comedy is hard, love is worse.
*New York Post*
This collection of self-contained essays about films, ranging from
Adam's Rib to Annie Hall is full of behind-the-scenes details on
the making of the movies. It's almost like being there.
*Chicago Tribune*
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