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A Listing of Magazine and Journal Articles by Robert S. Birchard

Primarily for my own amusement I recently compiled a list of the magazine articles I've published.  From movie history, to boxing and karate, to ESP to celebrity interviews I was surprised to discover that there have been about a hundred of them.  I'm especially fond of some of the historical pieces I've done recently for American Cinematographer and Statement magazines, which go behind the scenes and illuminate some fascinating (to me, at least) aspects of Hollywood History. 

Article Title, Periodical, Issue Date 

"In Memoriam: Jack Cardiff, 1914-2009," American Cinematographer, July 2009 

"Our Town-Walking in a Winter Wonderland," Statement, Issue 5 (2008) 

"Our Town-Gene Autry in The Last Round-Up," Statement, Issue 4 (2008) 

"The Eye of Radio," Statement, Issue 4 (2008)

"Our Town-American Film Company, Santa Barbara,"  Statement, Issue 3 (2008)

“Dreamer or Schemer?" Statement, Issue 2 (2008) story of the lost Thomas C. Regan studio

"Our Town-Tom Mix house,"  Statement, Issue 2 (2008)

"Uproar at the Oscars,” Statement, Issue 1 (2008)

“Our Town--Intimate Scenes,” Statement, Issue1 (2008)

“In Memorium-Roderick C. Ryan,” American Cinematographer, January 2008

“Our Town--The Ed Wynn Show," Statement, Issue 5 (2007)

"Altar Ego" Statement, Issue 5 (2007), about Joan Davis and I Married Joan

“Cleopatra Dressed Here,” Statement, Issue 4 (2007) Joan Craig and Theda Bara’s costumes

“Our Town-Cecil B. DeMille’s Film Costumes,” Statement, 4/2007

“Bucking Bargains,” Statement, Issue 3 (2007) How to make “B” Westerns

“Our Town-Lone Pine,” Statement, Issue 3 (2007) Lone Pine, California, as a movie location

“Saving Sound Tracks,” American Cinematographer (September 2007)

“A Northern Light,” American Cinematographer LXXXVIII:2 (Feb 2007) tribute to Sven Nykvist

“In Memoriam: Sven Nykvist,” American Cinematographer (Decrmber 2006)

"Word War I Flying Aces," American Cinematographer (October 2006)

“Ascent Polishes The Sand Pebbles,American Cinematographer (July 2006)

“Anatomy of a Disaster,” American Cinematographer (July 2006) Faust (1916-1920)

“In Memoriam: Leonard South, ASC,” American Cinematographer (Apr 2006)

“A Master's Palette,” American Cinematographer (Mar 2006)

“A Song-and-Dance Spectacular,” American Cinematographer (Nov 2005) making Footlight Parade

“The Road to Universal City,” American Cinematographer (July.2005) Universal City in 1915

"Restoring CinemaScope 55," American Cinematographer (June, 2005) restoring Carousel

“A Versatile Veteran,” American Cinematographer (Feb 2005)

“The Boy With the Glasses,” Variety ( 2005) The origin of Harold Lloyd’s “Glass Character”


“Prodigal Son,” American Cinematographer (Jan 2005)

“Humble Beginnings,” American Cinematographer (Nov 2004) Francis Boggs and the first L.A. studio

“A Man of Many Hats,” American Cinematographer (Sept 2004)

“He is a True Artist,” American Cinematographer (Aug 2004)

“Shaping Cinematography's ‘Magazine of Record’,” American Cinematographer (Aug 2004)

“The Founding Fathers,” American Cinematographer (Aug 2004)

“Nitrate Machos vs. Nitrate Nellies: Buccaneer Days at the UCLA Film and Television Archive,” Moving Image, The IV:1 (Spring 2004) IV:1 (Spring 2004)

“Conversations With Irvin V. Willat,” Film History XII:1 ( 2000)

“America's Singing Cowboy: An Interview,” Classic Images 282 (Dec 1998) Interview with Gene Autry

“Edward D. Wood, Jr. - Some Notes on a Subject for Further Research,” Film History (Winter 1995)

“The (continued) Adventures of Francis Ford and Grace Cunard,” American Cinematographer (Aug 1993)

“The Adventures of Francis Ford and Grace Cunard,” American Cinematographer (July.1993)

“The Ten Commandments (1923): DeMille Completes Personal Exodus,” American Cinematographer (Oct 1992)

"DeMille and The Ten Commandments (1923): A Match Made in Heaven,” American Cinematographer (Sept 1992)

“Diamond Jubilee for The Squaw Man,American Cinematographer (Aug 1989)

“The Historic Film Studios: All-Star Feature Corporation (1913-1915),” Classic Images, # 155 (May 1988) with Marc Wanamaker.

“Knightfall of the Movies? A Rejoinder to a Critic’s Auto-Obituary,” Los Angeles Times Calendar (March 20, 1988) Response to an article by Arthur Knight, “Teacher/Critic Looks Back on 40 Years in the Movies” published March 13, 1988)

“Ernest Goes to Video Editing,” American Cinematographer (Oct 1987)

“Hollywood at 100,” American Cinematographer (July 1987)

“Earliest Days of the Tom Mix Legend,” American Cinematographer (June 1987)

“Before Hollywood: a review,” Film History I:4 ( 1987)

"Jack London in Hollywood," Film History I:1 ( 1987)

“A Great Wall: Americans in China,” American Cinematographer (Dec 1986)

“Poster Perfect,” Americana, Vol. 14, No. 4 (September-October 1986) poster restorer Igor Edelman

“Making A Fine Mess,American Cinematographer (Aug 1986)

“173 Precious Images in 6 1/2 minutes,” American Cinematographer (June 1986)

“The Youngest Art is 90 Years Old,” American Cinematographer (May 1986)

Witness - John Seale, ASC,” American Cinematographer LXVII:4 (Apr 1986)

“Griffith Nieznany Rozdzial” by Neilan, Marshall, edited by Robert S. Birchard Iluzjon 4(24) ( 1986)

Reprint of below article in Poland

“Griffith - An Untold Chapter” by Neilan, Marshall,” edited by Robert S. Birchard, American Cinematographer LXVII:1 (Jan 1986)

“My Hair is Red, My Eyes are Blue. . .,” American Cinematographer (Oct 1985) about colorization

“Double Vision Through the Magic of Introvision,” American Cinematographer (Apr 1985)

“Kalem Company-Manufacturers of Moving Picture Films,” American Cinematographer (Aug-Sept 1984) making of From the Manger to the Cross (1912)

“Roy Overbaugh, ASC,” American Cinematographer (May 1984)

“Amy Jones and Love Letters,American Cinematographer (Jan 1984)

“Virgil Miller, A.S.C.,” American Cinematographer (May 1983)

“Oscar Nominees for Cinematography: Gandhi,American Cinematographer (Apr 1983)

“Oscar Nominees for Cinematography: Tootsie,American Cinematographer (Apr 1983)

“Mitchell Insert Systems Camera Car,” American Cinematographer (Mar 1983)

“Loretta Switt: Acting is Her Profession,” Rainbow, Vol. 4, # 2 (Spring 1982) Pseudonym: Robert Stewart

“Fine Music and Full Houses,” Rainbow, Vol. 4, # 1 (Winter 1982) interview with Fred Waring

“007 to Zero and Return?,” Fighting Stars, (October 1975) Interview with George Lazenby

“Westerner Talks With George O’Brien,” Westerner, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Summer 1975)

“A Champ in the Amen Corner,” Fighting Stars, (August 1975) Interview with Steve Sandor

“Aileen Eaton and the Olympic,” The Fighters, Vol. 2, No. 4 (August 1975)

“Bruce Lee: He Found Truth in Boxing,” The Fighters, Vol. 2, No. 3 (June 1975)

“Ironfisted Jordan Roth Cool Hands it on the Beat,” The Fighters, (April 1975)

“A Caveman on the Living Room,” Fighting Stars, Vol. II, No. 2 (April 1975) Interview with Jim Malinda

“ESPecially Doris Collins,” Probe the Unknown (March 1975)

“Hayward Nishioka’s Troubled World of Judo,” The Fighters, Vol. 2, No. 1 (February 1975)

“There’s No Requiem For This Middleweight,” The Fighters, Vol. 1, No. 2 (December 1974) Interview with boxer Andy Heilman

“Miss U.S.A. All-American Girl Fights Back,” Fighting Stars, Vol. 1, No. 8 (December 1974) Interview with Sherri Ann Reed

“Discovering the Arts of Samurai and Arnis,” Fighting Stars, Vol. 1, No. 8 (December 1974) Interview with Alejandro Rey

“Gene Autry: Back in the Saddle Again,” Westerner, Vol 6, No. 5 (September-October 1974)

“Chuck Norris: Builder of Champions,” The Fighters, Vol. 1, No. 1 (October 1974)

“Chuck Wagon Round-Up,” Westerner (May-June 1974)

“Horsing Around in Silents,” Westways, Vol. 66, No. 5 (May 1974)

“The 1929 Mysterious Island - Fascinating-Disappointing,” Classic Film Collector # 42 (Spring 1974)

“Where the Cowboys Made Movies,” Westerner (July-August 1973) The Flying “A” Studio in Santa Barbara

“Technicolor Circa 1924,” Film Fan Monthly, # 143 (May 1973)

“A Director Remembers - Making the First Color Feature,” Hollywood Studio Magazine (November 1972)  Irvin Willat recalls making Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924)

“The Great Movie Cowboys,” Westerner (July-August 1972)

“Tom Mix-The Tinsel Cowboy?,” Westerner (July-August 1972) pseudonym: Stewart Roberts

“Art Acord, Jack Hoxie & Hoot Gibson,” Westerner (July-August 1972) note: no by-line

“William S. Hart - The Sioux Country Fighter,” Westerner (July-August 1972) pseudonym: Gordon Shepard

“The Late Comers and the Last Great Movie Cowboy,” Westerner (July-August 1972) pseudonym: Richard Stuart

“Tom Mix: Budding Western Star,” True Frontier (September 1971)

“Motion Picture Vignettes - America‘s Pal, Neal Hart,” Frontier Times (July 1971)

“Motion Picture Vignettes - Brothers in the Saddle: The Hoxies,” Frontier Times (May 1971)

“Motion Picture Vignettes - Ted French,” Frontier Times (Mar 1971)

“Motion Picture Vignettes - Art Acord,” Frontier Times (July 1970)

“Motion Picture Vignettes - Sid Jordan,” Frontier Times (May 1970)

“Motion Picture Vignettes - Robert (Clyde Kinney) Ruffner,” Frontier Times (Mar 1970)

“Taming of the Shrew - A Re-Issue,” Classic Film Collector, # 17 (Winter-Spring 1967)

“Sid Jordan, Friend to Mix,” Classic Film Collector (late Fall 1966)

 


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