DiLeo’s TENNESSEE WILLIAMS & Co. Rave Review

John DiLeo’s TENNESSEE WILLIAMS and COMPANY: His Essential Screen Actors  (ISBN 978-1-60182-423-3) just received a wonderful review by Elizabeth McCullough at The Internet Review of Books. No doubt that McCullough is a Tennessee Williams fan, a film buff, and has a keen sense of humor.

Here’s some poignant quotes from the McCullough’s review of Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors:

…Because it’s organized by actor, you revisit each film at least once, seeing it through the lens of a different performer – for example, Streetcar is discussed three times, in the Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, and Karl Malden chapters. The films never grow stale with retelling, because DiLeo draws out each actor’s unique contribution.

…Whether writing about men or women, DiLeo is insightful, opinionated, and delightfully gossipy.

…And in refreshing contrast to the Hollywood taboos of Williams’ time, DiLeo is frank and funny about the sexual themes in Williams’ work, pointing out every instance in which the studios, producers, and directors made nonsense of films like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or Suddenly, Last Summer with their timidity.

The entire review of Tennessee Williams and Company can be read at The Internet Review of Books.

John DiLeo’s Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors is available in paperback for $25.95 from your favorite online retailer. Tennessee Williams and Company is also available as an ebook for $9.99 on the Kindle, the Nook, and the iPad and iPhone.