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Rebel Without a Cause
Here’s a detailed review of this classic, a fave of some of my Mike Montego characters, courtesy of Hal Erickson. (http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/40604/Rebel-Without-a-Cause/trailers) This...
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An Author’s Best Friend
Thor, at seven months Thor is going to be one (very) big boy… Thor ensures I don’t spend the entire day hunched over my computer, writing.
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Hollywood as it was…
Here’s a sweet, short documentary clip capturing the essence of Hollywood in its (black & white) heyday.
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Steve McQueen
I never knew Steve McQueen. However I did briefly own a black ’69 Mustang fastback. My wife at the time had gone against my suggestion to only have it serviced at an authorized Ford dealership....
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Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd’s son, “junior,” went to Lankershim Elementary school with me in North Hollywood. One day we both were gawking at a beehive in a tree growing beside the bicycle racks. Alan Jr. lucked out, I...
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Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the...
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Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen “Burt” Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique, blue eyes and distinctive smile (which he called “The Grin”). After...
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Leslie Caron
Leslie Claire Margaret Caron was born 1 July 1931. She is a French film actress and dancer, who appeared in 45 films between 1951 and 2003. Caron is best known for the musical films An American in...
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Sandra Dee
My only personal “connection” with Sandra Dee is that I dated a girl, a singer (Anna May) in ’54 when she attended Hollywood Professional School (Jimmy Boyd went there, too), a school Dee attended...
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Jane Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress in film, theatre, and television, a nightclub entertainer, a singer, and one of the early Playboy...
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Lana Turner
In 1969, when I was a patrol sergeant in Hollywood I got a call to the Desilu studios on Gower. Eddie Albert greeted me on the set. In the next room was Lana Turner. Albert prevailed upon me that...
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John Garfield
“If I hadn’t become an actor, I might have become Public Enemy Number One.” John Garfield (March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class...
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Hollywood High
Hollywood High School, my alma mater, is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of...
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Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner (b. July 11, 1920, d. October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born American stage and film actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the King of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The...
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Frank Sinatra
I never actually met Sinatra, but I did experience a “drive-by” exchange. While leaving Hollywood High School one afternoon with a gorgeous blonde classmate, I got the “evil eye” from Ol’ Blue Eyes....
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Radio Free Kaslo
Here’s a blogpost kindly shared by the folks at Radio Free Kaslo, a fun, funky Canadian radio program. I’m a fan of the show, and am happy to have given them access to my jazz collection, which...
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Nat “King” Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (b. March 17, 1919, d. February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer and musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. He...
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS) a major US commercial broadcasting television network, started as a radio network, and continues to operate a radio network and a portfolio of large market television and...
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Vintage L.A.
Here’s a PowerPoint presentation that features some fabulous shots of L.A. as it once was. Enjoy! VintageLA1
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Gilmore Field
Gilmore Field is a former minor league baseball park that served as home to the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League from 1939-1957 when they, along with their intra-city rivals, the Los...
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