The Adventures of Cinema Dave in the Florida Motion Picture World

About the Book

“The Adventures of Cinema Dave” is a celebration of films from the turn of the recent century. Dave Montalbano, alias Cinema Dave, wrote over 500 film reviews and interviewed Hollywood Legends such as Fay Wray, Louise Fletcher, Dyan Cannon and new talent like Josh Hutcherson, Jane Lynch and Courtney Ford. With South Florida as his home base, Cinema Dave details his growing involvement with the Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Delray Film Festivals, while covering local interest stories about individuals who contribute to the film culture. Featuring a fun introduction from Cindy Morgan, actress from “Caddyshack” and “Tron” fame, and an extensive appendix of “Literary Cinema”, “The Adventures of Cinema Dave” is a saga about one man’s bibliomania and his pursuit of an entertaining story in the big cave known as cinema.

About the Author

Dave Montalbano, alias Cinema Dave ~ swashbuckling journalist and information scientist ~ was born in New York and lived in South Florida most of his life. While attending Deerfield Beach Schools, Dave attended the Dillard School of Performing Arts. Dave earned his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Florida State University. He is one of the last employees from R.K.O. Radio, served as a Social Science Teacher, Children’s librarian, Audio Visual Supervisor and programmer for “Blues School” and his “Literary Cinema” anthology for Broward County Libraries. A Seminole and Dolphins fan, Cinema Dave has 5 books awaiting publication between swimming laps.