Attention Must Be Paid: Philip Ahn
It is depressingly difficult to find images of Philip Ahn the way I remember him.…
Attention Must Be Paid: Louella Parsons
It’s wild to think that Louella Parsons was initially fired by William Randolph Hearst because…
Attention Must Be Paid: Candy Candido
Men aren’t generally as celebrated for having a wide vocal range as women are. A…
Attention Must Be Paid: Lillian Randolph
It will never not annoy me when I read about black people who were given…
Attention Must Be Paid: Dwayne McDuffie
Rights issues are the bane of superhero movie fans. Even more than Bane is. Some…
Attention Must Be Paid: Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald deserves our attention regardless of whether she ever actually appeared in a movie…
Attention Must Be Paid: Isaac Hayes
I’ve been watching a lot of The Rockford Files recently, so the temptation was strong…
Attention Must Be Paid: Julanne Johnston
We basically don’t have the concept of the starlet today. I think we have a…
Attention Must Be Paid: Bill Thompson
Sometimes, the voice is so iconic that everyone knows it even if the character has…
Attention Must Be Paid: Jean Arthur
With the expansion of public domain, some of the great names of the pre-Code era…