Michael G. Ankerich

Michael G. Ankerich is a biographer whose work focuses on American silent film and early twentieth century actors and actresses. His biography of silent film actress Mae Murray, Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips, was named one of the top 10 must-read film books of 2012.^[1]

Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels, Ankerich's book about the tragic lives of 14 silent film actresses, was named by the San Francisco Examiner as one of the top ten silent film books of 2010.^[2]

Bibliography

• Broken Silence: Conversations with 23 Silent Film Stars (1993)
• The Sound of Silence: Conversations with 16 Film and Stage Personalities Who Made the Transition from Silents to Talkies (1998)
• The Real Joyce Compton: Behind the Dumb Blonde Movie Image, with Joyce Compton (2008)
• Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen (2010)
• Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (2012)

Sources

• Interview with Michael G. Ankerich, Author of Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels (by Cliff Aliperti Immortal Ephemera)

• The Reel Joyce Compton (by James B. Neibaur The Rogue Cinema)

• An Interview with Michael G. Ankerich (by James Zeruk The Hollywood Sign Girl)

• Living Resources (by Robert C. Sickels H-Film)

• Blogging for a Good Book

• The Movies: 10 Must-Read Books Coming This Fall (by Thomas Gladysz)

References

External links

• Michael G. Ankerich official web site.