Tag: Old Hollywood

February 17, 2013 /

See, four Oscars – I forgot to mention Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett won best screenplay as well. It’s been a harbinger of things to come for a long time… Billy Wilder wins Best Director for “The Lost Weekend” at the Golden Globes.

February 14, 2013 /
February 14, 2013 /
February 13, 2013 /

I’m very interested in the derivation of ideas and that takes me on some winding paths on which I invite you to join… I was scrounging around for images like these for… ah, tomorrow… you know, Valentine’s Day: When I stumbled across this on IMDb – Movies, TV and Celebrities:…

February 12, 2013 /

Today’s my birthday mon petit fleur – and I have a whole hell of a lot to be happy about. My novel is going to be published (more on that later, as I still don’t quite comprehend what happened), my household is currently full of contentment, and I’m married to…

February 12, 2013 /

Doris Day: Bette Davis and her stand-in, Sally Sage, on “Now Voyager”:

February 11, 2013 /

I was running around town with my sweetheart and I snapped these photos with my ancient, but mighty, iPhone. This is a neighborhood at the southern edge of Korea Town, south of Wilshire Blvd. When I was a little girl I used to have dreams about Los Angeles. It was…

February 10, 2013 /

“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…

February 10, 2013 /

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!) . .

February 10, 2013 /

Married 57 years… They also owned most of Camarillo – the original place, the Joel and Frances McCrea Ranch Foundation, is still there, and, I will not speak of the Kardashians here, or the outlet mall 🙁 OK, my beguiling beloved just stopped me, being both shopping and TV impaired…