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June 27, 2005 -- Oops #1 Received a phone call from publisher Mike Bifulco, regarding the fact that the books will be delivered to us tomorrow, June 28th. We thank all of you who have made inquiries in advance for your interest, patience, and participation. There are a couple of things we’d like to make you aware of before you receive Behind the Crimson Cape, the Cinema of George Reeves. The chapter order for 1943, to say the least has a problem. The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith is at the front of this section, when in actual fact it was released the same day, September 9, 1943, as So Proudly We Hail! (the film that should have vaulted George to superstardom). There is a typo problem in 1949's The Mutineers. We identify Adele Jergens throughout the chapter in both text and captions as Adele Jerkins. This is, of course, incorrect, and we wish to apologize to Ms. Jergens if she is reading this. The final thing we wish to make you aware of is that when ordering from Bifulco Books, checks should not be made out to Bifulco Books but instead to Michael or Mike Bifulco. No doubt there may be other errors that readers will pick up. The authors and publisher and their extended families spent many hours culling this volume for typos and technical mistakes. While it would be easy to blame our respective computers, in the end we must accept the blame ourselves. We thank you for your indulgence, and hope you enjoy Behind the Crimson Cape, the Cinema of George Reeves as much as we enjoyed writing it and producing it for you. The authors and the publisher From Jan Alan Henderson - July 10, 2005 -- Oops #2 How to be an Author and make yourself look more foolish than nature intended: Well, here we are folks... back in the corrections zone instead of the Torrid Zone. But things happen, and here are a few corrections from Behind The Crimson Cape all Reeves enthusiasts should take note of. 1. On page 47, a still that is captioned George and Frank Wilcox is incorrect. The gentleman who is identified as Frank Wilcox is not, and we are checking into his identity as of this writing. 2. On page 78, from Throwing a Party, the lady in the still on the far right is serial queen Kay Aldrich. 3. On page 79, Elsa Maxwell, who is noted second from the left, is joined by Richard Greene of Robin Hood television fame, and once again Kay Aldrich. 4. On page 226, the chapter on Bugles in the Afternoon, we are missing the cast credits, although the production credits are listed. The cast credits are as follows: Ray Milland - Kern Shafter Helena Carter - Josephine Russell Hugh Marlowe - Capt. Edward Garnett Forrest Tucker - Donavan Barton MacLane - Capt. Myles Moylan George Reeves - Lt. Smith James Millican - Sgt. Hines Gertrude Michael - May Stuart Randall - Bannack Bill William ‘Bill" Phillips - Tinney Uncredited: 5. Page 329, third photo, bottom, with Toni Mannix left, George
center, and the unidentified friend who is actress Angela Greene. We are sure you readers out there may find more facts that might be inaccurate. We will try to keep you posted as to the corrections as they are reported to us. Enjoy! Oops #3 Some Things Fall Through the Cracks Like Elephants, but the Weasels Stole the Cheese. On page 11, in the first paragraph of the chapter of On Dress Parade, we state that On Dress Parade was the seventh film in Warner Brother’s highly successful Dead End Kid series. This is incorrect. The first film Dead End, was produced by the Samuel Goldwyn Studios. The scuttlebutt has been that the kids were so disruptive, Sam Goldwyn sold them to Jack Warner because they were such a pain. Page 322, bottom, we state that George Reeves lifts Ed Hinton off the ground in a gag photo from "The Phantom Ring." In Cereal to Serial, he is identified as Arthur Weissman, George’s manager. In reality, it is actor Henry Rowland. |