Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.

Jeanine Basinger (born 3 February 1936) a film historian is Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and Founder and Curator of The Cinema Archives at Wesleyan University Middletown Connecticut. Audio Commentaries
The Ghost and Mrs. Knopf (2007) (ISBN 978-1-4000-4130-5).

Basinger has been described as "one of the most important film scholars alive today. On February 11 2005 Jeanine Basinger was named to the board of directors of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Jeanine Basinger (born 3 February 1936) a film historian is Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and Founder and Curator of The Cinema Archives at Wesleyan University Middletown Connecticut.