Chaplin and Agee: The Untold Story of the Tramp, the Writer, and the Lost Screenplay »

John Wranovics is a Director of Marketing for a leading electronics and computing manufacturer who has written for The Boston Book Review. He lives in Pleasanton, California.

The first book about the unusual friendship between two beloved figures

The New York Times - William Georgiades

The spirit of James Agee comes through these pages beautifully, as do his passions -- against nuclear war, HUAC and Hollywood fluff in general, and for his friends and his work. He was an unkempt man who cared nothing for his appearance; he was married three times and took more than a few lovers. The intensity of his letters, memos, story ideas and notes alone makes for fascinating and often moving reading. But it was his complete devotion to Chaplin that seems to have given him the most satisfaction, and the possibility of Chaplin's producing his script, the most hope. Agee cared less about commercial gain than about making an important film with one of his childhood idols.