Nancy's Bookshelf: A chat with Chico's "Detective of Film Noir"

By Nancy Wiegman,

Published February 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM PST

Chico author, playwright, and film historian Robert Strom interviewed former child actors about movies they were in. He compiled those interviews into a book.

This book includes photographs and is a well-researched reference book for film noir in Cries in the Night: Children in Film Noir.

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Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.

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