Alan Jay Lerner with Tony Thomas

Tony Thomas (July 31, 1927 – July 08, 1997) was a British-American film historian, author, writer, producer, and radio and television broadcaster. Considered one of Hollywood's preeminent film historians,[1] he authored over thirty books, produced more than fifty albums of film music, and produced film documentaries for radio and television. Among his works are biographies of Errol Flynn, Burt Lancaster, Joel McCrea, Gregory Peck, and Dick Powell, and entries in Citadel Press's Films of series, including chronicles of the careers of Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Gene Kelly, Ronald Reagan, and James Stewart. From Wikipedia.