Links and resources for the 7 movies in the Biopics series I’m giving at DEAR every other Tuesday at noon, starting on September 12, 2023.
The Life of Émile Zola (1937)
- Reading Zola – Collaborative blog devoted to Zola’s works.
- The Dreyfus Affair – Blog of the International Society for the History of the Dreyfus Affair. You’ll likely need to have your browser translate from French to English.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
- History on Film Review – Succinct summary of the film from an historical perspective.
They Died with their Boots On (1941)
- Custer’s Trials – Author T. J. Stiles’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning book from 2015 is a welcome addition to the crowded Custer canon and is available in the Penfield Library. The link is to Stiles’s website, which includes reviews and pictures that didn’t make it into the book.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Classic Movie Hub Blogpost – Nice piece on the movie’s backstory by Michael Curtiz biographer Alan K. Rode.
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
- Lou Gehrig’s Farewell Speech – Only surviving footage with sound of Gehrig’s “luckiest man on the face of the earth” speech in Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939.
Ed Wood (1994)
- Roger Ebert’s Review – Ebert’s review when the film came out is an elegant expression of the outsider perspective.
- Ed Wood Wednesdays – Blogger Joe Blevins’s exhaustive series of articles about Ed Wood. Way more than you ever wanted to know…
The Imitation Game (2014)
- Alan Turing: The Enigma – Website maintained by Andrew Hodges, author of the comprehensive 1983 biography, which the movie (over)dramatized.
Al Biles 