For fans of Hollywood's Golden Age, especially fans of Pre-Code films, I recommend the new biography of Warner Bros. actor Lyle Talbot ("Three on a Match," "20,000 Years at Sing Sing," "Ladies They Talk About" and many, many more).
It's called, "The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century" by his daughter, Margaret Talbot, who is a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine.
It's packed with insider stories about Talbot's many loves and countless film, TV and stage performances and offers new insights into the nature of show biz from the Roaring '20s through the 1980s. T