1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive
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Banta Memorial Library<br />
Pete Lyon publishes<br />
his autobiography<br />
Twists of Fate, by F. D.<br />
Lyon, UCLA '28, Evanston<br />
Publishing Inc., Evanston,<br />
IL. <strong>1993</strong>. 256 pages. $14.95<br />
Francis D. "Pete" Lyon,<br />
UCLA '23,the Academy<br />
Award-winning film<br />
editor, director, and<br />
producer has written an<br />
autobiographical story of<br />
his experiences in the<br />
competitive and colorful<br />
world of Hollywood.<br />
Lyon's book. Twists of Fate,<br />
describes in loving detail<br />
the people, the events, and<br />
the skill that went into<br />
building his outstanding<br />
career.<br />
Lyon directed or edited<br />
such films as Body and Soul,<br />
The Great Locomotive Chase,<br />
The Cult of the Cobra, The<br />
BobMathias Story, and The<br />
Oklahoman. He was<br />
associated with many of<br />
Hollywood's early legends<br />
Hke Ingrid Bergman, David<br />
Selznick, Walt Disney,<br />
Leslie Howard, H. G.<br />
Wells, Laurence OHvier,<br />
and Vivian Leigh.<br />
Twists of Fate is an<br />
important educational tool,<br />
a document of the early<br />
days of the motion picture<br />
industry. It is also an<br />
entertaining bit of Uterature,<br />
describing intimate<br />
moments with the famous<br />
actors, actresses, and<br />
directors of Lyon's time.<br />
In the book, Lyon points<br />
to his fratemity experience<br />
at UCLA as one of his<br />
critical twists of fate.<br />
"The elements that I<br />
believe helped me to be<br />
prepared when the longsought<br />
twist of fate offering<br />
me a feature directing<br />
opportunity finally<br />
appeared, would include<br />
my extracurricular activities<br />
at UCLA, such as<br />
athletics, associations, and<br />
my fratemity. <strong>Phi</strong> <strong>Delta</strong><br />
<strong>Theta</strong>, which afforded<br />
profitable training in<br />
meeting, mixing, competing<br />
with, and sometimes<br />
speaking before many<br />
people of various interests<br />
and backgrounds," he<br />
writes.<br />
The book has been<br />
praised by many people in<br />
the film industry for its<br />
insight and cleverness.<br />
Another alunmus and<br />
Academy Award-winning<br />
director and producer,<br />
Robert Wise, Franklin '36,<br />
said "It is a rare treat to<br />
find personal reminiscences<br />
skillfully combined<br />
with a history of our<br />
business and information<br />
on the nuts and bolts of<br />
editing, directing, and<br />
producing. I really enjoyed<br />
it."<br />
Brother Lyon has<br />
generously agreed to<br />
donate all profits from the<br />
sale of this book to the <strong>Phi</strong><br />
<strong>Delta</strong> <strong>Theta</strong> Foimdation.<br />
Lodestone by Russell Jack<br />
Smith, IVIiami (OH) '37,<br />
Bartleby Press, Silver<br />
Spring, MD. <strong>1993</strong>. 234<br />
pages. $9.95<br />
This, the third novel by<br />
Brother Smith, is a<br />
chronicle of a young man's<br />
journey to adulthood<br />
through the years of The<br />
Great Depression and<br />
World War II. The book is a<br />
colorful account of a young<br />
journalist who struggles<br />
with the many issues that<br />
faced young people during<br />
the 1930s and '40s. There<br />
are several references to<br />
college life, and it is<br />
obvious that Brother<br />
Smith's coUege days at<br />
Miami heavily influenced<br />
the writing of this book. He<br />
dedicated the novel to<br />
several of his coUege<br />
professors, including<br />
Walter Havighurst, Ohio<br />
Wesleyan '23.<br />
Brother Smith spent ten<br />
years teaching English<br />
Uterature at CorneU<br />
University, Williams<br />
CoUege, and WeUs CoUege.<br />
After his experience with<br />
inteUiegence work during<br />
World War II, he joined the<br />
CIA, where he eventually<br />
became the deputy director<br />
of inteUigence. He has<br />
written several other books,<br />
including The Secret War<br />
and Singapore Chance.<br />
Artfiur C. Clarke: Tlie<br />
Authorized Biography by<br />
Neil McAleer, New Mexico<br />
'64, Contemporary Books,<br />
Chicago, IL. 1992. 430<br />
pages, hardbound. $25.00<br />
Brother McAleer is the<br />
author of several books,<br />
including, Earthlove, a<br />
science fiction novel, and<br />
The Omni Space Almanac,<br />
which won the 1988 Robert<br />
S. BaU Award.<br />
In this biography,<br />
McAleer documents the life<br />
experiences of Arthur<br />
Clarke, one of the most<br />
influential writers and<br />
scientists of the twentieth<br />
century. He is most<br />
remembered for his awardwinning<br />
novel and<br />
screenplay 2002; A Space<br />
Odyssey. Through interviews<br />
with Clarke and<br />
people close to him,<br />
McAleer skillfully reveals<br />
the man behind the legend.<br />
A Corner of Time by John L.<br />
Kirkhoft, Butler '46, Guild<br />
Craft, Indianapolis, IN. 1992.<br />
<strong>116</strong> pages. $15.95<br />
This is Kirkhoff's first<br />
novel. It autobiographical,<br />
describing the coming of<br />
World War II in a small<br />
Indiana town and the bitter<br />
rivalry between two of the<br />
town's boys. Even though<br />
the war scatters them<br />
across the globe, their<br />
boyhood animosity extends<br />
beyond the war to a<br />
surprising final conclusion.<br />
Spring <strong>1993</strong> * TheScroU 97
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