It seems we must be reawakened to the challenges of living civilly. The 1920s, when this picture of Myrna Loy was taken, was a time similar in many ways to our own. It was an era of startling innovation, ushering in the dawn of a youth culture dubbed The…
Category: New Year’s Day
Evelyn Waugh based “Brideshead Revisited” on family friends, the Lygons, children of Lord Beauchamp — a man who was driven into exile from his stately home (and country) by his Catholic wife for a series of dalliances with his butler, valet, etc. — but his children stayed forever true. We’re…
Morrow: Pal, look, how would you like to go on a real old-fashioned binge? 8 Deeds: Binge? 8 Morrow: Yeah, I mean the real McCoy. Listen, you play saloon with me and I’ll introduce you to every wit, nitwit, and half-wit in New York. We’ll go on a twister that’ll…
You really shouldn’t write under the influence of cold medicine, but what the hey? Beguiling Hollywood’s New Year’s Missive
Hello sweetest babies, dearest darlings, friends beyond compare (yes, I’m in a flamboyant mood but humor me!) I could say I hope you all stay well-hydrated and virus-free but that might be too reflective of how I’m feeling at the moment… So – here’s something more appropriate instead: the real…