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Ghosts of the Savoy

Posted on October 31, 2022 by ronbase — Leave a comment

Seated on a banquette in a corner of the Savoy Hotel’s iconic American Bar, sipping one of Priscilla’s Buck Fizzes, the celebrated ghosts of the hotel’s legendary past swirl around. The 2022 Savoy is a sleek modern, beautifully run hotel…

Tagged with: American Bar, Death at the Savoy, Downton Abbey, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, London, Marlene Dietrich, Noel Coward, Prudence Emery, Richard Burton, Savoy Hotel, Scandal at the Savoy
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Evolution of a Novel: How Death at the Savoy Came to Be

Posted on May 29, 2022 by ronbase — Leave a comment

Susan Walker, former editor of Quill and Quire, who also served as the Toronto Star’s book editor, and no slouch when it comes to all things literary, has written a wonderful piece about how my new novel (with Prudence Emery),…

Tagged with: Death at the Savoy, Douglas & McIntyre, Nanaimo Girl, Prudence Emery, Quill and Quire, Ron Base, Susan Walker, The Sanibel Sunset Detective, Toronto Star
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DEATH AT THE SAVOY COMES TO THE MOVIES

Posted on May 11, 2022 by ronbase — Leave a comment

Prudence Emery and I are delighted that Los Angeles-based The Ponti Company has acquired movie and TV rights to Death at the Savoy, even before its publication May 28. Here’s what producers Sasha Alexander-Ponti and Edoardo Ponti had to say…

Tagged with: Death at the Savoy, Edoardo Pontil, Prudence Emery, Sasha Alexander-Ponti, The Ponti Copany
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FINALLY, A BOOK!

Posted on May 4, 2022 by ronbase — 2 Comments

Death at the Savoy arrived on my doorstep early this morning. It’s been a long but mostly delightful journey getting here, in close company with my old friend and collaborator, Prudence Emery. For an author there is nothing quite like…

Tagged with: Bill Hanna, Death at the Savoy, Douglas & McIntyre, Prudence Emery, Ron Base
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DIRTY BOOKS: WHEN NOVELS COULD SHOCK

Posted on April 20, 2022 by ronbase — Leave a comment

The lengthy process that is publishing a new novel, started my mind drifting back to the past, where it all-too-often drifts lately, to a lost era when popular novels actually influenced the culture and stirred controversy in ways unheard of…

Tagged with: Death at the Savoy, Grace Metalious, Henry Miller, Irving Wallace, Kiss Me Deadly, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lana Turner, Mickey Spillane, Peyton Place, Prudence Emery, The Adventurers, The Carpetbaggers, The Chapman Report
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And Then Ann-Margret Kissed Me…

Posted on May 1, 2013 by ronbase — 9 Comments

I have known many publicists over the years, but I have never known a publicist like Prudence Emery. Wild, wildly lovable, highly intelligent, no-nonsense, a combination gypsy, therapist, drinking buddy, and den mother, I covered more movies with Pru than…

Tagged with: Ann-Margret, Bobby Darin, Broadway, Brockville, Bruce Dern, Bye Bye Birdie, Carnal Knowleledge, Elvis Presley, Kitten With A Whip, Middle Age Crazy, musical, Pamela Tiffin, Pat Boone, Prudence Emery, Rogers and Hammerstein, State Fair, Tom Ewell, Toronto, Viva La Vegas
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