Tag: humor

July 20, 2013 /

Let me just say I bear a closer resemblance to a Smurf than Katharine Hepburn, but I think the reason Tracy and Hepburn made screen magic was because everyone could identify… My husband looks at me like this all the time.

July 19, 2013 /

Recalling a portrait session with Marilyn Monroe that took place in his studio in May 1957, Avedon said, “For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that’s—she did Marilyn Monroe.” via MoMA | Richard Avedon. Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York. May 6, 1957.

July 9, 2013 /

Booking A Show Adapting a book for the screen isn’t easy. No, really, don’t laugh at the obviousness of that statement! It isn’t. A screenwriter (okay, this is Hollywood we’re talking about…is there a word for a group of scripters, perhaps a Scribe of Sceenwriters?!) has to find the essence…

July 8, 2013 /
July 6, 2013 /

NORA: How do you feel? NICK: Terrible. I must have gone to bed sober.

July 6, 2013 /

I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.                  Ben Hecht Ben Hecht – Wikipedia, the free…

June 30, 2013 /

Poppets, we finally saw, “Star Trek Into Darkness”. And, besides the whiz-bang-doing-the-backstroke-through-my-gallon-sized-MEDIUM-coke, and clutching Mr. Lester’s hand at regular intervals, I had a wonderful time. The highpoint of the experience for me was seeing Production Designer, Scott Chambliss’, deep bow to the master, Ken Adam. If ever we meet, Mister,…

June 29, 2013 /

Babies, I know I haven’t been responding to comments. I have been puffy and crabby and preparing things for the book. Now, that’s no excuse, and I apologize. I’ll be back to my chatty self in a few days. And, in the meantime, a little indulgence? And, no. I’m not…