Tom Miller(1922-2007)
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Tom Miller was unit publicist on the 1971 "Shaft," Blow Out," "The
Cotton Club," and "Mikey and Nicky." Previously he worked as staff
publicist at Embassy Pictures ("The Graduate" and "The Producers") and
at American International Pictures ("Wild in the Street" the the
Vincent Price/Edgar Allen Poe movies). He was hired by MGM as unit
publicist after he wrote a letter in rebuttal to "New York Times"
critic Renata Adler's negative review of "2001: A Space Odyssey," the
first favorable comments about the Kubrick film to appear in print. His
novels, published under the name Tom Canford, include "Boy at Sea,"
"The Curse of Vilma Valentine," and "Ghost Guitars." The last two drew
heavily on his knowledge of the film industry and film history. Two
memoirs written by Miller were published posthumously in 2013: "A Fever
of the Mad, A Movie Publicist Works with Francis Coppola, Elaine May,
John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, and Richard Gere and Survives to Tell the
Tale!" and "Baker's Daughter, Miller's Son, A Memoir of the Famly of
Tom Miller and Norma Miller." In 2008 a large collection of writings,
photographs, and other material from his years as a publicist was
donated to the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.