Good day, Mr. Eyman. Any truth to the fact that Mary Pickford intended to have all her films destroyed after her death? What is your take on the Maureen O'Hara book 'Tis Herself', especially her recollections of John Ford? The Pickford story is true, although I imagine it was said when Mary was deep...

How did John Ford get along with James Stewart? I remember reading there was a tension because Ford felt he couldn't pull all the tricks on Stewart that he could on one of his regulars, like John Wayne for example. They were friendly, but not intimate. Stewart did three films for Ford in just five o...

"MissGoddess"]We've only got you for two more days! What can I think to ask next...by the way, I enjoyed your post about Mayer and the whole Schenck/Schary thing. I just received your Mayer book (and Speed of Sound) so I'm looking forward to reading it more than ever (after I finish Sterli...

Hi Mr. Eyman, In addition to the question resubmitted by SPTO above this one, there are 2 questions below that were lost in the shuffle over the course of the last 3 days and are now buried on page 2 of the thread that you are using. Would it be possible for you to please address these when you have...

Gee...Mr. E didn't answer my questions :( I'll repost: Hello Mr. Eyman I haven't gotten a chance to read any of your books so forgive me if this question is silly or anything. I'm interested in MGM and Meyer so I looked at the Wikipedia entry on him (which I know can be fraught with errors) Anyways ...

MissGoddess"]"Lean and elegant" like Coop. Too bad he's only a German Shepherd or I'd ask you to pass along my phone number. I do like that Ford had his loyalties to Wayne and others---I don't know why, but that appeals to me more than someone who is always "fair". I haven't...

My next question: how do you decide what projects to work on? It seems to me that doing a thorough biography is a huge investment of time and energy in someone's life. How do you come to a decision that a particular person is worth that? What drove you to choose the projects that you have? I find th...

]Hi again, Mr E: I have one more Fordian query. My favorite actor is Gary Cooper and I've always thought it would have been a match made in heaven had Ford directed him in an appropriate vehicle. I know Ford attended Coop's funeral service so apparently they had some connection but have never read o...

Mr. E, It is an honor to meet you in cyberspace after having read your books Flashback and Speed of Sound. I look forward to reading some of the biographies. I thought it was very interesting that Edison was not interested in pursuing the patents of his first machines overseas. In your opinion, how ...

I was privileged to see the restored print of Drums Along the Mohawk last week at the NY Film Festival and it prompts me to ask a question regarding the film's purported "historical innaccuracies". I bring it up because so often when I tell people I love this movie they always throw in my ...

Good evening Mr Eyman, I watched with interest the documentary "John Ford Goes to War" that you participated in and a question arose that I don't think was broached during the show and it's actually quite simple. Do you think that the "propogandizing" of the War (a term I know he...

Mary of Scotland is (mildly) interesting for several reasons: John Carradine seems to be playing a gay man, for one thing, and you can intuit Ford's interest in Hepburn because he gives her dozens of big, soft-focus close-ups of the sort he almost never gave leading ladies. The main problem is that ...

Hi Mr. Eyman. I have several questions, if that's okay: Now that so many of the primary sources for your books have passed away, do you find that interviews on film or tape or in transcripts have affected your choice of future projects? ************** Have you met any obscure individuals in your res...

Mr. Eyman: My compliments to you on the "My Darling Clementine" DVD. It was exactly the thing I would have like to have done by showing two different versions of the movie. Your commentary was well done and immensely informative right down to your explaining the camera angles. A question a...

Dear Mr. Eyman, We are so privileged to have you share your expertise with us on Silver Screen Oasis. Thank you for this wonderful visit. I am intrigued by Lynn's question concerning the making of The Iron Horse and its influence on the westerns that followed, and I hope you won't mind an additional...