# Charles Higham's Film Biographies.  Well done?  Eve?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-highams-film-biographies-well-done-eve/156714>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 22, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-highams-film-biographies-well-done-eve/156714 "2003-02-22T03:39:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-highams-film-biographies-well-done-eve/156714/1 "2003-02-22T03:39:51Z")

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As a tangent to discussions elsewhere, Charles Higham has come up. What I want to know is how well researched are his biographs of film stars. Does the film community accept his research as crap? Solid? interesting but speculative? What’s the dope?  
If you need more info, I will supply.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-highams-film-biographies-well-done-eve/156714/2 "2003-02-22T07:37:31Z")

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I have met this man in the course of my job.

All I will say is:

Ewwwwwwwwww.