Lulu: A Novel
Samuel Bernstein

Price: $14.95

Paperback  |  240 pages | ISBN: 978-0-9826629-1-5

She was the laughing girl with the black helmet of hair and the sexy bangs … The new novel "Lulu" finds film star Louise Brooks in 1928 Berlin playing the role of her life: A childlike woman named Lulu, whose sexual desires destroy her, and destroy the men in her life as well. Actress and character became joyfully, hopelessly enmeshed in work that blends fiction with non-fiction. Her volatile relationship with her director is at the center of the book as she grapples with trying to make sense of her life. It's a modern tale of what it means to be a woman, an actress, and a sexual being. In life, Louise Brooks was rarely able to balance these elements — a problem hardly unique to her time. Brilliant people with enormous promise still often soar brightly, then crash and burn. It came too little, and far too late, when Henri Langlois of the Cinémathèque Française declared decades later, “There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!”

Mr. Confidential: The Man, His Magazine &
The Movieland Massacre That Changed Hollywood Forever
Samuel Bernstein

Price: $22.95

Paperback  |  400 pages | ISBN: 0-9787671-2-8

Summary

Liz Smith says it best in her advance praise: "SEX, SCANDAL and sensationalism. Libel suits and humiliations. Idols with feet of clay. Think it's anything new? Not at all. Slip into the compulsively lurid and exhaustively researched pages of Mr. Confidential which tells the tale of publisher Robert Harrison and his magazine, Confidential. That forerunner of celebrity dirt quite literally changed the face of entertainment journalism. It reads like a house afire in a sultry swamp. Nobody did 'down and dirty' like Mr. Harrison and today's beleaguered stars, politicians and others owe him a sock in the jaw. An illuminating, fun read!"

About the Author

Samuel Bernstein grew up all over the world, living in Cairo, Honolulu, Austin, Phoenix, Albuquerque, New York, Los Angeles, and Ft. Collins, Colorado, while also traveling through Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean.

While writing and rewriting the script that would become his first film, Silent Lies, he worked on his first book, a photo-anthology called "Uncommon Heroes" that won a Stonewall Book Award from the American Library Association. He and his partner on the project, Phillip Sherman, tied with writer Dorothy Allison.

Silent Lies, his dark, violent film about incest, caused a stir, and was banned in England until cuts were made. Though press materials for the film said otherwise, Bernstein was referred to in newspaper articles as an “incest survivor,” which he actually found rather funny. His Paramount/Showtime film Bobbie's Girl starred Bernadette Peters, Rachel Ward, and Jonathan Silverman. Peters received an Emmy nomination while the film received a G.L.A.A.D. nomination and a citation from The Advocate as one of the top ten television events of the year.

His most recent book "Mr. Confidential" was named a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year finalist and won an Hermes Creative Platinum Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction. He is currently working on turning into a stage musical with composer David Snyder.

He has also worked on such televisions shows as Judging Amy, Witch, Sally B., Kill Your Inner Child, and Icing on the Cake.