tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post1657425841703384921..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Sundown Hurried Too Quickly for the Typewriting Bert GildenRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-83894640009342254712023-01-06T09:26:46.478+11:002023-01-06T09:26:46.478+11:00Thank you for writing this fascinating article abo...Thank you for writing this fascinating article about my grandparents. That is my father David brandishing the stick in the photo from Time magazine. It is certainly the case that the novels were authored together. In fact, Bert Gilden never published any book that was not written in partnership with Katya. If anyone has any questions or comments, I can be reached at jasmine.gilden@gmail.com. Jasmine Gildennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-75652034842261949592021-12-21T13:26:07.168+11:002021-12-21T13:26:07.168+11:00My dad became friends of the Gildens when they wer...My dad became friends of the Gildens when they were in Brunswick, GA. At the time they lived in an apartment over the Ritz Theater in downtown Brunswick. I think Katya may have worked as projectionist. One of the characters in the novel HURRY SUNDOWN was based upon my oldest brother. So they were working on the novel then, and asked my parents permission to even name the character for him (Charles).<br /><br />My father would tell me how Katya would type the manuscript despite her terrible eyesight, leaning into the pages almost until her face was touching.<br /><br />I do recall that my dad was always disappointed that he never heard from either of them again after they left Brunswick.<br />James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-37035011610185644912021-12-21T13:26:00.006+11:002021-12-21T13:26:00.006+11:00My dad became friends of the Gildens when they wer...My dad became friends of the Gildens when they were in Brunswick, GA. At the time they lived in an apartment over the Ritz Theater in downtown Brunswick. I think Katya may have worked as projectionist. One of the characters in the novel HURRY SUNDOWN was based upon my oldest brother. So they were working on the novel then, and asked my parents permission to even name the character for him (Charles).<br /><br />My father would tell me how Katya would type the manuscript despite her terrible eyesight, leaning into the pages almost until her face was touching.<br /><br />I do recall that my dad was always disappointed that he never heard from either of them again after they left Brunswick.<br />James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.com