You've never heard of J.X. Williams. And why should you have? His life work is a footnote to the forgotten history of Hollywood. Film historian Noel Lawrence rediscovered Williams recently via Ebay auctions and a series of mysterious phone calls. This guided tour through Williams' lost films builds the myth of this reclusive cantankerous filmmaker whose alleged ties to organized crime, the occult and the Communist party are the stuff of legend. An engaging program by Mr. Lawrence includes Peep Show (with Frank Sinatra) and the found-footage masterpiece Psych-Burn.

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