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"Based on author Herbie J Pilato's exclusive interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery prior to her death in 1995, Twitch Upon a Star includes insider material and commentary from several individuals associated with her remarkable life and career before, during, and after Bewitched, including her classic feature films The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? (1963), and Johnny Cool (1963). Two of Montgomery's many popular TV movies, A Case of Rape (which remains one of the highest-rated TV movies of all time) and The Legend of Lizzie Borden, were groundbreaking and remain classics. But Twitch Upon a Star also goes behind the scenes to explore Montgomery's political activism, including her early advocacy for AIDS sufferers and the peace movement; her support for all minorities, including the gay community and the disabled; and her controversial participation as narrator of the 1988 feature film documentary Cover-Up and its 1991 Oscar-winning sequel, The Panama Deception. The book also explores Montgomery's tumultuous relationships with her father, screen legend Robert Montgomery (she was a liberal; he was a staunch conservative), and her four husbands. Through it all--and to family and friends--she was just Lizzie: down-to-earth and unaffected, just like Samantha, the ""witch-with-a-twitch"" Stephens, her most famous role."

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Herbie J Pilato is a writer and producer whose books include Dashing, Daring, and Debonair: TV's Top Male Icons from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, Glamour Gidgets and the Girl Next Door, Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery, The Bionic Book, The Kung Fu Book of Caine, and NBC & ME: My Life as a Page in a Book, among others. Pilato has produced and/or appeared on several TV documentaries, including Bravo's hit five-part series, The 100 Greatest TV Characters, TLC's Behind the Fame specials on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show, and DVD documentaries such as The Six Million Dollar Man boxed set, Kung Fu, and CHiPs. A former page for NBC, Pilato worked on shows like The Tonight Show (starring Johnny Carson), and Family Ties, appeared on shows The Golden Girls, General Hospital, and The Bold and the Beautiful, in addition to various film and live stage productions (some of which he has also directed). In 2010, Pilato founded the Classic TV Preservation Society, a formal 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the positive social influence of classic television programming. Born in Rochester, New York, and today living in Los Angeles, Pilato is also creative director for Television, Inc. (a family-oriented TV, film, and literary production company), serves as contributing editor for Larry Brody's tvwriter.com, writes frequently for the Television Academy and Emmys.com, and is the host of Then Again with Herbie J Pilato, a TV talk show geared toward classic television. Herbie J Pilato is a writer and producer whose books include Dashing, Daring, and Debonair: TV's Top Male Icons from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, Glamour Gidgets and the Girl Next Door, Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery, The Bionic Book, The Kung Fu Book of Caine, and NBC & ME: My Life as a Page in a Book, among others. Pilato has produced and/or appeared on several TV documentaries, including Bravo's hit five-part series, The 100 Greatest TV Characters, TLC's Behind the Fame specials on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show, and DVD documentaries such as The Six Million Dollar Man boxed set, Kung Fu, and CHiPs. A former page for NBC, Pilato worked on shows like The Tonight Show (starring Johnny Carson), and Family Ties, appeared on shows The Golden Girls, General Hospital, and The Bold and the Beautiful, in addition to various film and live stage productions (some of which he has also directed). In 2010, Pilato founded the Classic TV Preservation Society, a formal 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the positive social influence of classic television programming. Born in Rochester, New York, and today living in Los Angeles, Pilato is also creative director for Television, Inc. (a family-oriented TV, film, and literary production company), serves as contributing editor for Larry Brody's tvwriter.com, writes frequently for the Television Academy and Emmys.com, and is the host of Then Again with Herbie J Pilato, a TV talk show geared toward classic television. Michael Butler Murray is a professional actor, narrator, and musician who has voiced over fifty-five audiobooks. His recorded titles run the spectrum from dramatic to comedic fiction and nonfiction titles varying in topics from the Middle East to understanding your dog's olfactory senses. Born on Long Island, New York, he has been performing his entire life. Over the past few decades, he has performed in slews of musicals, dramas, and improv shows across the country, has appeared in several films, and performs regularly with his guitar comedy duo, Schoolcraft & Murray. He loves stretching his legs in the great outdoors, sailing, surfing and, naturally, sitting in a quiet box reading aloud.

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