Movie publicist Tom Miller, writing under the name Tom Canford, tells of his experience working on films such as Francis Coppola's "The Cotton Club" and Elaine May's "Mikey and Nicky." He provides intriguing insight into the process of movie-making from a privileged position deep inside the productions and also sharp portraits of directors, actors both major and minor, and behind-the-scenes people involved in bringing their films to you. In addition to those mentioned in the subtitle of the work, many other artists and film personnel make their appearance: Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Diane...

A life doesn't come at you all at once. You experience it in bits and pieces. In this book Jonathan May picks up some of those pieces to examine. His dogs, his cats, his community over time. His younger years growing up in rural Alabama. His years in New York working at Columbia University in the library of the school of journalism and in various government documents operations. His experience immersing himself in New York's theater, ballet, and movies. His favorite restaurant, Fuji, and friends he made there. His mother and his father. He remembers friends and food, follies and fancies. At...

Movie publicist Tom Miller (who used the name Canford for his writings) had before his death written a memoir, A Fever of the Mad, about his experiences working on the troubled production of Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky and Francis Coppola's The Cotton Club, that manuscript edited and published by his surviving friend Jonathan May. In later years May wrote down his memories of what he had been told by Tom of his experience on other movies, and with the tales having first come from the publicist himself, he decided it only appropriate to list Canford as first author. Movies discussed include...