He went to Ithaca College and received a B.F.A. John DiLeo is the author of seven books about classic movies: AND YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW CLASSIC MOVIES (1999, reissued in 2013), 100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DON'T (2002), SCREEN SAVERS: 40 REMARKABLE MOVIES AWAITING REDISCOVERY (2007), TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND COMPANY: HIS ESSENTIAL SCREEN ACTORS (2010), SCREEN SAVERS II: MY GRAB BAG OF CLASSIC MOVIES (2012), TEN MOVIES AT A TIME: A 350-FILM JOURNEY THROUGH HOLLYWOOD AND AMERICA 1930-1970 (2017), and THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS: 100 OUTSTANDING FILM PERFORMANCES WITH SCREEN TIME OF TEN MINUTES OR LESS (2022).īorn in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, John currently resides in Milford, PA. HERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS: 100 OUTSTANDING FILM PERFORMANCES WITH SCREEN TIME OF TEN MINUTES OR LESS is available wherever books are sold from Glitterati.

We hope this interview will inspire you to go back and appreciate these small but scene-stealing gems. Brandon and John highlight close to a dozen of the one-hundred performances discussed in the book. The actors range from major stars to dependable character actors in a wide variety of films from 1935-2019. The book shines a spotlight on pivotal performances from gifted actors who make their mark with limited screen time. John has recently written a new book called, 'There Are No Small Parts: 100 Outstanding Film Performances with Screen Time of 10 Minutes or Less'.

I really will be doing shorts on Youtube.Brandon welcome author & film historian, John DiLeo to Front Row Classics this week. I really will be doing shorts on Youtube.REALLY!! I’m also on Pinterest, Tumblr, twitter and instagram. I’m also on weekly at Lots of great music and shows. If you have an idea for a show or want to be a guest contact me can also listen on google play, spotify, YouTube, player FM, I heart radio, amazon music and basically anywhere podcasts are played. Of course you can find me by looking for True Stories Of Tinseltown. His love and knowledge of movies is contagious. We talked some really wonderful performances. It's an iconic role and that film and Elsa will go on forever.

WE did about ten.starting with Elsa Lanchester in her appearance (and it wasn't even close to ten minutes and five seconds) in The Bride Of Frankenstein. It's amazing how little time these performers had on screen, but they make HUGE contributions to films.

There Are No Small Parts by John DiLeo