Classic Hollywood & a Giveaway

February 1st, I’m rereleasing my novel Stars in the Night into the world. This is one of my favorite books that I’ve written because it marries my love of World War II with suspense. As my oldest put it at the time the book came out…”Mom, I love this book. It has a body count!”

Only the daughter of a suspense writer would get excited about that!

Right now the novel is on prerelease sale for $2.99. But I’m also having fun on my blog sharing reviews of my favorite classic movies. Why? Because Stars in the Night is set partly in 1942 Hollywood and entirely in the world of the stars. I have long loved classic movies, and would love to know what your favorites are as well.

I thought today I’d share my favorite Harvey, a classic from 1950, with you. If you like this one, be sure to stop by my blog for more…I’m sharing two a week this month. And be sure to read to the end to enter a contest I’m running this month in celebration fo the coming release!

Basically, Harvey is a slap-stick comedy in which a grown man (Elwood P. Dowd) introduces everyone to his friend Harvey, a six foot tall rabbit. His sister, played to perfection by Josephine Hull, tries to commit him to a mental institution, and a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mendingits wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.

Jospehine Hull won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and when you watch the movie, you will totally understand why. But you’ll wonder why Jimmy Stewart didn’t win the Best Actor Oscar, especially when you consider he makes a huge, invisible rabbit seem real.

This movie is a lot of fun to watch. Even though it’s from 1950, it’s still black and white (at least in the version I have). And it has a basically feel good storyline that makes you want to suspend belief for the 100 or so minutes of the movie. It’s a film the whole family can watch and enjoy together.

In celebration of the release of Stars in the Night, I’m running a giveaway for a copy of the book as well as the winner’s choice of two of the movies I review. You can enter through January 31, 2022. Good luck!

Here’s more about Stars in the Night: Hollywood 1942. When attorney Audra Schaeffer’s sister disappears, Audra flies to Hollywood to find her but instead must identify her body. Determined to bring the killer to justice, Audra takes a job with the second Hollywood Victory Caravan. Together with Robert Garfield and other stars, she crisscrosses the southern United States in a campaign to sell war bonds. When two other women are found dead on the train, Audra knows the deaths are tied to that of her sister. Could the killer be the man with whom she’s falling in love?