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Articles by Betsy McLane

About Betsy McLane
Betsy A. McLane is the author of A New History of Documentary Film: Second Edition. She served as the project director for the American Documentary Showcase, and was the executive director of the International Documentary Association. Contact her at betsy@documentarydiva.com.
John Rosenberg, center, during production of “The Blue Light.” PHOTO: IMDB
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Screen Gems: A New Book Looks at Editing Careers From Multiple Angles

August 28, 2025
By Betsy A. McLane   For everyone who hopes to become a successful motion picture editor and has questions how […]
SOPHISTICATED LADY: “I can’t talk about Hollywood,” Parker said. “It was a horror to me.” PHOTO: PHOTOFEST
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Such a Nasty Woman: How Dorothy Parker Ruled – and Rued – Hollywood

February 5, 2025
When “talking pictures” took over in the early 1930s, Dorothy Parker was one of the many writers recruited by film studios to meet the needs of sound.

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TWO OF US: Siskel, left, and Ebert in 1981, with their mascot Spot.
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Book Review: How Siskel & Ebert Became the Most Famous Movie Critics In America

March 18, 2024
Nostalgic fans of Siskel and Ebert may be the only readers to welcome all this detail.

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SECRET CODE: Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen in “Dishonored.”
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BOOK REVIEW: A Deep Dive Into the Secret History of Espionage and Entertainment

November 6, 2023
  By Betsy A. McLane Not all actors and writers are spies,  but every spy has a bit of actor […]
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BOOK REVIEW: How a 1941 Disney Animators’ Strike Changed Hollywood

January 5, 2023
By Betsy McLane Jake Friedman deserves a rousing hurrah for writing “The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s […]
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Kill the Documentary’ Takes Aim at an Old Art Form

July 7, 2022
A new book takes aim at the art of documentary from a critical, leftist viewpoint.

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Art and Craft of Motion Picture Editing’

May 3, 2022
A new book looks at the craft of picture editing from a fresh perspective

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Editing for Directors’ Has Advice for Aspiring Helmers

March 31, 2022
What Directors need to know about editing

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shooting Midnight Cowboy’ Examines a Classic of Late-1960s Cinema

July 6, 2021
A New Book Looks at the Tortured Creators – and Editing-Room Nightmare – Behind ‘Midnight Cowboy’

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Peter O’Toole in “Lawrence of Arabia.” PHOTO: PHOTOFEST
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Was 1962 the Best Year Ever for Movies? A New Book Makes the Case

October 5, 2020
The early ’60s was a more fertile time for movies than many think.

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