Tag: alcoholic
March 1, 2014 /

A Star Is Born – tell me this scene didn’t make you cry…

February 13, 2014 /

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything. Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

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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April 30, 2013 /

JOHN BARRYMORE SITS FOR A PORTRAIT BY KATHERINE STUBERG – 1941

January 10, 2013 /

JACKIE COOGAN

The actor whose exploitation brought about the Coogan Laws governing earnings, education, hours, and trusts set aside (California Child Actor’s Bill)… Long and short, Coogan was screwed over by his mother and step-father. His mother’s response, “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns…

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