Tag: humor

March 16, 2013 /

AN INTERESTING EXCHANGE BETWEEN YOURS TRULY AND A DELIGHTFUL READER

March 12, 2013 /

THE FIRST TIME EDITH HEAD WORKED FOR CECIL B. – EDIBLE DRESSES

March 1, 2013 /

VICKIE LESTER ON A SHORT HIATUS

My angels, this has been a whack-a-do year… And, I am going to take a short break from blogging to confer with the publishers of my… ro·man à clef   /rōˌmän ä ˈklā/ Noun A novel in which real people or events appear with invented names. If I were still young…

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February 28, 2013 /

GRACE KELLY – BY THE POOL – HIGH SOCIETY

February 24, 2013 /

BILLY WILDER TELLS LOUIS B. MAYER TO F-HIMSELF

Via my friend Martin: Sat, February 23, 2013 2:31:06 PM Sunset Boulevard – At Oscar time I thought we could use a Billy Wilder comment! Martin In Hollywood, Paramount arranged a private screening for the various studio heads and specially invited guests. ” Louis B. Mayer berated Wilder before the…

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February 22, 2013 /

IT HAD TO BE YOU…YOU…OR YOU

Player? Serial monogamist? Peter Pan? Lothario? Why label? Some people’s libido does not wane with the years. Let’s just say a charming actor confided to me over lunch he absolutely loves women. I’ll say. After dating a cavalcade of beauties, and entering his fifth decade, his ardor remains fierce. While…

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February 21, 2013 /

THE INESTIMABLE: BILLY WILDER

That’s the director, lurking in the background, with his trademark owl framed spectacles. When I was a tyke my father took me to a retrospective screening at the DGA of SOME LIKE IT HOT – a then elderly Billy Wilder and Tony Curtis presided. The screening was packed and the…

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February 11, 2013 /

ONE OF THE REASONS MR. LESTER IS MY SPECIAL VALENTINE

February 10, 2013 /

LOVE – ANNE BANCROFT AND MEL BROOKS – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

“My Favorite Year” was loosely based on Mr. Brooks early experiences working on Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows” and it was the first film Richard Benjamin directed — I got sidetracked. We were talking about enduring love. Anne and Mel met in 1961 and were married in 1964. “From…

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February 10, 2013 /

LOVE – PAULA PRENTISS AND RICHARD BENJAMIN – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

Married 51 years, she started as a contract player at MGM and became a noted comedienne – his breakthrough film role was in “Goodbye, Columbus” and he went on to direct. (A big aside: one of my favorite movies, “My Favorite Year”, watch it on Valentine’s!) . .