FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
TRIBUTE TO
THE ART SPECIAL EFFECTS EVENT
Burbank, CA
- March 10, 2013 - Documentary DVD and Book signing featuring veteran effects
artists and a tribute to the history of Special Effects on Sunday, April 14th
at 2:00 PM.
Editors for
the newly published memoirs of A. Arnold "Buddy" Gillespie will be
signing The Wizard of MGM. Buddy Gillespie was the Head of the Special Effects Department
at MGM Studios from 1924-1965. He contributed
to such movie classics as Wizard of Oz,
Ben-Hur, Forbidden Planet, 30 Seconds
Over Tokyo, and Tarzan. The 384 page book includes hundreds of never
before published photographs, illustrations, technical details, and whimsical
stories of the Golden Age of Hollywood at its largest Dream Factory. Included is an introduction by Spencer Tracy
and Katharine Hepburn.
Veteran
effects artists will be signing the documentary DVD Sense of Scale, a personal behind the scenes look into the
fantastic miniature world of movie special effects as told by the model makers
themselves. These contemporary artists brought
such features as Terminator 2, Armageddon, Alien, Star Wars, Batman and many more to life.
Philip J.
Riley, co-editor of The Wizard of MGM
will be signing Horror of Dracula and
The Invisible Man, alternate film
history tales for these horror movie classics.
Film historian and author, Philip J. Riley has contributed to the horror
genre for the past 40 years, including historical references for Frankenstein, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and London After Midnight.
Dark
Delicacies Book Store
3512 W.
Magnolia
Burbank, CA
91505
Sunday,
April 14th @ 2:00 PM