Bob King (aka Robert B. King) is the editor and general manager of

Classic Images ''Classic Images'' is a monthly American mail-subscription newspaper in tabloid format, founded in 1962 by film collector Samuel K. Rubin, dedicated to film and television of the "Golden Age". Its offices are located in Muscatine, Iowa, and it i ...

, a monthly tabloid of 60 to 144 pages with news and articles about movies and movie people of the past, primarily pre-1960. He is also the editor and general manager of

Films of the Golden Age ''Films of the Golden Age'' is a quarterly magazine devoted to films and movie stars from the 1910–1960 film era in Hollywood. It is published by the Muscatine Journal division of Lee Enterprises, Inc., the same publishers of the monthly ''Cl ...

, a quarterly magazine for movie enthusiasts.

Personal information

Robert Boyd King was born in

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on 17 October 1949. He graduated from the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized int ...

in 1972.

Other projects

He is the co-author of the autobiographical ''I Wasn't Like the Cautious Man: The Life of Roy C. Smith As Told to Robert B. King''. It details the life and career of Roy C. Smith the founder of American Petroleum Company based in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:King, Bob 1949 births Living people Writers from Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa alumni