Early in 1998 I introduced two dozen people who created classic movie Web sites of great value, in a special two-part series. Now here's Part III, consisting of even more entries in this "family album." This new batch of Webmasters covers an age range of about a half-century, and includes several bona fide experts in their topic areas.
As always, if you know of somebody who you think should be included, please email me with the information. We plan to continue adding more names as time goes by. Maybe even yours!
June Parker Beck is the force behind an excellent tribute site for Maureen O'Hara. June launched her writing career six years ago with the publication of three feature magazine articles on Maureen O'Hara. With the encouragement from her oldest son, Jim, she launched the Web site in March, 1996. She has the support of Ms. O'Hara herself and has won several awards.
The Web's leading Gregory Peck fan has to be 16-year-old Jeff Lang (possibly a distant cousin of mine, though this is still unproven). He lives in the small town of Ellinwood, Kansas (pop. 3,000) and is a junior at Ellinwood High School. He became a Gregory Peck fan in 1997 after seeing To Kill a Mockingbird in his freshman English class. He knew very little about html, but added a small Peck section to his existing Website, which eventually became exclusively a Gregory Peck site. Jeff met his hero by invitation in May of 1998; his site was also recently made the Official Gregory Peck site. Way to go, Jeff!
Like many others, Phillip Oliver decided to create a website for his favorite actress, Jennifer Jones, when he could not find anything on the Web about her. He enjoyed it so much that it became a hobby; the following year he created his Greta Garbo site. In addition to the actresses and films of the golden age of Hollywood, he also enjoys reading and gardening. Phillip is from Alabama and is an academic librarian by profession.
Patricia Eliot Tobias and Victoria Sainte-Claire are the co-creators of The Damfinos Buster Keaton Website. Patty is one of the world's leading authorities on Buster Keaton. A published writer for more than 20 years, she has been the film expert for The New York Times obituary department and for The New York Times Book Review. She has taught communications at the University of Connecticut, and was the film instructor for the acclaimed JASA program for senior citizens in New York City. She has also been a consultant for several television documentaries, including several for the A&E biography series, plus an upcoming documentary for the CBC in Canada. She is a contributing author for Leonard Maltin's upcoming Family Film Guide, and also contributed to Corel's All-Movie Guide CD-ROM. She is
working on a book about Keaton's life and career.
Victoria is a digital artist and designer. She enjoys walking, reads Edith Wharton, Henry James and ghost stories, loves history (particularly fashion and silent film), technology, ragtime and early jazz, writes fiction, and dislikes modern network tv shows. She is about to launch her own Web site, Cybertints, and a CD of her antique postcard and book clipart, called Curious Goodies, is scheduled for release soon. She is working on a biography of Ray Bolger.
Steve Warren was a "cybervirgin" in March, 1997 -- although he'd been reviewing professionally for 30 years -- when he was hired by Creative Loafing Network to develop and handle the content of their Reeltime movie/video site. His alter ego, Captain Video, answered users' questions about films old and new, though he is currently on hiatus. Although the priority has been keeping up with current and future films, Steve has been trying to add the classics to his database over time. A Penn State graduate in Broadcast Journalism, Steve has lived in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Miami, but is now settled in Atlanta.
More Webmasters!
Meet The Webmasters - Part I
Meet The Webmasters - Part II
Meet The Webmasters - Part IV
