Tag: directed by Michael Curtiz

September 11, 2017 / Vickie Lester

“Let conversation cease. Let laughter flee. This is the place where death rejoices to help the living.” Giovanni Morgagni, an 18th c. physician

On this overcast day in Southern California I wasn’t going to post anything in reference to 9/11 — more eloquent voices than mine have noted the passage of 16 years. I will just say this, a friend of mine was piloting one of the American Airlines flights up in the…

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January 15, 2014 / Vickie Lester

I can get away from this shack with its cheap furniture…

Veda (in Mildred Pierce referring to the town of Glendale): With this money I can get away from you. From you and your chickens and your pies and your kitchens and everything that smells of grease. I can get away from this shack with its cheap furniture. And this town…

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