FATHER OF THE BLOB: The Making Of A Monster Smash & Other Hollywood Tales

Jack H. Harris started out as a child performer in vaudeville and has done everything related to the movies including projectionist, usher, theatre manager, actor, distributor and producer. Whether talking about Burns and Allen, Mary Pickford, Laurel and Hardy, Howard Hughes, Jack Nicholson, Jackie Kennedy, Natalie Wood or Barbra Streisand and Jon Peters, he’s got the stories. Some of those he helped to start in the business include Steve McQueen, Patty Duke, Ivan Reitman, John Carpenter, John Landis and so many more.

You can literally finish this book and know how to make, distribute and exploit a film. THE BLOB was his first movie, and surprisingly has turned out to be his forever movie. He’s made 30 others including DINOSAURUS, 4D MAN, EQUINOX, EYES OF LAURA MARS, and one of Hugh Hefner’s favorites, PARADISIO.