I know my father served from almost the start of World War II until 1946 when it was all over. He was nineteen and studying pre-med when he enlisted. He told me that the carnage he witnessed during the war caused him to study something else, entirely, when he came…
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Jack Dawn was an extraordinary make-up artist at MGM who came up with pliable facial prosthetics that supplied us with the likes of the Cowardly Lion… During WWII he volunteered to make temporary applications for disfigured soldiers to make them appear more normal in between reconstructive surgeries. To read his…
Bette Davis and John Garfield decided something had to be done for the enlisted men who passed through Southern California… They secured a building at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard and opened a USO club to be staffed by movies stars and entertainers. That’s Dezi Arnaz: That’s co-founder Bette Davis preparing to…