I couldn’t get a focused enough picture of the light bulb, but the filament is still there, which means this baby still burns… Cool, yes? In the 1920s, when this… Read more Burning bright, in the forests of the night… →
Depression isn’t sadness, it’s a feeling that overcomes you and pushes everything else aside. It gobbles up your thoughts and makes you physically ill, fatigued, insomnia prone. In some it… Read more A difficult thing to experience, write about, talk about: depression →
…He took on different characters with different accents, roamed to all kinds of locations, both physical and metaphysical, made lightning-fast comic connections in time and space that were at once… Read more Kenneth Turan, Robin Williams’ rise no surprise to a writer dazzled by unknown comic →
One of the things I found most intriguing about this insightful and touching portrait of a golden girl’s fatal plunge into depression, was Hope Anderson’s account of filming the reenactment… Read more My friend wrote a book about Peg Entwistle and made a short film, but… →
Peg has been depicted as a naïf, a lightweight and a wannabe, but nothing could be farther from the truth. No less a star than Bette Davis vividly recalled seeing… Read more Bette Davis on Peg Entwistle →
Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign by Hope Anderson Introduction My interest in the actress Peg Entwistle, who in 1932 committed suicide from the Hollywood Sign (which then read… Read more “Peg Entwistle and The Hollywood Sign” – by Hope Anderson →
Hettem’s on Vermont opening day 1931: Look at those light fixtures! If the Depression hadn’t wiped me out I may have gotten my De Soto out of the garage and… Read more EVERYDAY IN OLD HOLLYWOOD →
