Celebrating the Living: Stanley Donen
It’s not that he directed nothing but musicals—I will go to bat for Charade any…
Attention Must Be Paid: Sharon Tate
It is an unfortunate truth that people assume that beautiful women cannot be talented, Probably…
Attention Must Be Paid: Peter Falk
When a man names his autobiography for one of a character’s recurring lines, you know…
Attention Must Be Paid: Sally Menke
I’ve got to level with you—this is someone I don’t have a specific mental image…
Attention Must Be Paid: Jack Elam
It isn’t just the eye, though goodness knows the eye is distinctive enough. (Apparently, someone…
Attention Must Be Paid: Shirley Jackson
Actually, the Shirley Jackson work I’ve read most recently is not one that was made…
Attention Must Be Paid: Tor Johnson
The thing you hear most often from people who knew the man, not just the…
Attention Must Be Paid: Milicent Patrick
Okay, I confess. There are two main sources I use for these articles. For my…
Attention Must Be Paid: Vincent Price
It turns out the cookbook of his that I have isn’t the valuable one. I’m…
Attention Must Be Paid: Agnes Moorehead
Oh, it could be worse—I could remember her as Endora. I’m sure a lot of…