Reviewers from Blogcritics and Amazon describe the book as a "fun diversion" or "trashy fun" that should be taken with a grain of salt. It is designed as an accessible, "coffee table" read rather than an academic text.
: Profiles are generally presented in birth order, starting with pioneers like D.W. Griffith and ending with modern figures like Quentin Tarantino . Notable Filmmakers Featured Secret Lives of Great Filmmakers: What Your Tea...
: Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, and Federico Fellini. Reviewers from Blogcritics and Amazon describe the book
: Charlie Chaplin , Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles. Griffith and ending with modern figures like Quentin
The book covers a wide range of Hollywood and international legends, including: : D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille.
: Schnakenberg highlights "strange-but-true" facts, such as Alfred Hitchcock lacking a belly button or Charlie Chaplin failing to qualify for a Chaplin look-alike contest.
: His corpse was stolen for ransom two months after he died.