Tag: Hollywood
June 17, 2015 /

20th century greats: James M. Cain, author of…

The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity

June 7, 2015 /

…and soon I will be back to writing #HollywoodFiction…

June 4, 2015 /

In vino veritas #SantaYnezValley #DemetriaEstate

June 3, 2015 /

Sometimes you have to get the hell out of Hollywood and head up the coast…

May 27, 2015 /

PALM SPRINGS – THE POOL AT THE EDRIS HOUSE – PHOTO JULIUS SHULMAN – DESIGNED BY E. STEWART WILLIAMS

May 25, 2015 /

In memory of one of my makers…

Babies, that’s Pop, sometime in the late 1940s early 1950s. You know, I’ve mentioned him and my uncle a couple of times on the weblog: Once upon a time (when I was oh so much younger) I cracked wise to my pop – something about Hollywood being a cesspool, or…

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May 25, 2015 /

In memory of — The Inestimable Paul Newman — who was also a decorated WW2 soldier

May 12, 2015 /

Audrey Hepburn, “She was very thin. Sometimes, standing on the set, she disappeared. But when she stood before the cameras, there was something just adorable about her. You trusted her.” Billy Wilder

May 11, 2015 /

When I wrote scripts I had an agent who, when he was pleased with what I said, or did, would say, how Audrey of you! For that alone I loved him.

May 2, 2015 /

I Tried Greta Garbo’s Strange, Horrifying Diet – The Cut

Oh, my darlings — you must click on the great big letters at the bottom of this post and let Ms. Harrington regale you with the details of this diet. She is wonderfully funny! By Rebecca Harrington In the thirties, famously reclusive actress Greta Garbo met self-described “doctor of natural…

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