Blood of the White Bear
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Also published by WriteLife, Hurricane Blues and Other Stories, is a collection of Marcia’s short stories, some previously published and some new for the collection, including, “The Gift of the Spanish Lady,” a Pushcart nominee.
Marcia is a senior editor of Fine Lines, a literary journal, and writes a blog for writers and readers at GoodReads.com.
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Gerald Schnitzer is a retired film director and screen writer. He was born and raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1940. Following his service in WWII as a 2nd Lieutenant, attached to a French Cadet Air Crew Training Unit, he began his professional career as a writer and director in Hollywood. He retains his membership in Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America and continues his writing, publishing short stories in national magazines. In 2011, his book, My Floating Grandmother, was published.
Gerald’s Polaroid art work was exhibited internationally. He owned and operated Gerald Schnitzer Productions for twenty years and was awarded several Gran Prix for his commercials for Kodak, Chevrolet, and Clairol. Feature film credits: Sail to Glory, The Naked Sea, Doomtown, Kid Dynamite, Bowery Boys, Jinx Money, The Corpse Vanishes, and TV segments of Lassie, and National Velvet. He gained notoriety in the world of TV advertising in the late 1950s with his humanizing commercial, creating the so-called “Kodak Moment.”