An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.

Boris Karloff will forever be Frankenstein's Monster, but is that any reason for us to overlook his later great horror film Isle of the Dead (1945)? An Oscar was George Clooney's reward for Syriana (2005), but isn't the underrated war film Three Kings (1999) still his best movie? Woman of the Year (1942) introduced the team of Tracy and Hepburn, yet didn't their later Pat and Mike (1952) resoundingly surpass it? Jeff Bridges has long been one of our best actors, so why didn't anyone take noti...

Screen Savers II is John DiLeo's three-part grab bag of classic movies, beginning with his extensive essays about ten remarkable and underappreciated movies, as in the first Screen Savers, and representing a variety of genres and stars such as Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, Ginger Rogers, and DiLeo favorite Joel McCrea. Part Two collects and categorizes posts from DiLeo's classic-film blog screensaversmovies.com, containing his musings on classics revisited, sleepers and stinkers, films old...

Katharine Hepburn stars in what play at the climax of Stage Door? Can you name the classic in which a cigarette is put out in a jar of cold cream? What star (not Alan Ladd) is the top-billed male in This Gun for Hire? If you think you know classic movies, well, prepare to be challenged as never before. Die-hard film buffs wont be able to resist the cleverness, imagination, and pleasure of John DiLeos 200 memory-teasing quizzes on all facets of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Upon the books initi...

Marlon Brando is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Marlon Brando's roles in the films A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and The Fugitive Kind (1960), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional information about Marlon Brando's film career as it relates to the making of these films. John DiLeo also provides sidebars filled with tidbits related to these films and their times...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Harvey Girls (1946). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Big Country (1958). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Seventh Cross (1944). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film Bad Company (1972). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.

Vivien Leigh is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Vivien Leigh's roles in the films A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. The author John DiLeo provides additional information about Vivien Leigh's film career as it relates to the making of these films. John DiLeo also provides sidebars filled with tidbits related to these films and t...

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Publishing Group.