Category: Pets
April 18, 2014 /

Words cannot express… A very… I don’t know what image of an Easter in Hollywood. Large rabbit with Jean Parker and Mary Carlisle

April 6, 2014 /

All of these individuals were in the film business or married to it…

February 17, 2014 /

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. FDR First Inaugural Address

January 5, 2014 /

Another shaggy dog story

Sometimes you find your soul mate. Sometimes a perfect companion. And sometimes… There was a second-generation actor who almost made it to the altar several times, but was hung up by his fascination with strippers.  Throughout his life he would make marked achievements and then crash, not only his cars,…

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January 5, 2014 /

A dog’s life

This handsome pooch just cost a major motion picture studio ten million dollars, and I’m referring to the creature with the fur. Let’s just say a certain person was slated to make a sea faring epic in the antipodes, Australia, to be precise, and due to quarantine laws their furry…

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January 5, 2014 /

He’s just a pussycat!

Is “true story” a contradiction in terms? Anyway, it’s come to my attention that the director on a BIG budget movie disappeared for four days. Phffft! Even his wife pled ignorance as to his whereabouts. His absence brought production to a halt and caused quite a stir and (not to…

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December 15, 2013 /

On set – Bringing Up Baby – with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant

November 19, 2013 /

To my neighbor…

Owner of the mighty seven inch mutt (Mr. Piddles, not his real name) who pitches like a major leaguer. Take me out to tea, or the chew toy gets it.
October 3, 2013 /

Bringing Up Baby – I just went gay all of a sudden

Hawks’ friend (and Hepburn’s sometime-boyfriend) Howard Hughes finally suggested Cary Grant for the role. Grant had just finished shooting his breakthrough romantic comedy The Awful Truth, and Hawks may have seen a rough cut of the unreleased film. Grant then had a non-exclusive, four-picture deal with RKO for $50,000 per…

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October 3, 2013 /

Bringing Up Baby – Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Howard Hawks

David Huxley: Now it isn’t that I don’t like you, Susan, because, after all, in moments of quiet, I’m strangely drawn toward you, but – well, there haven’t been any quiet moments. I need a little escapist, fun filled, romantic fantasy today. Join me? This cracks me up, every time.