Attention Must Be Paid: Double Feature Picture Show
Don’t get me wrong; double features do still sometimes happen. As a child, I saw…
Attention Must Be Paid: Veronica Lake
It’s always kind of bothered me that her character in Sullivan’s Travels doesn’t get a…
Attention Must Be Paid: James Wong Howe
I recently read Five Came Back, a fascinating book about five major Hollywood directors who…
Attention Must Be Paid: Eartha Kitt
I did not intend for this week to be Holes week here in my little…
Attention Must Be Paid: Philippe Noiret
I’ve never seen most of his movies. Not going to lie—I’ve never heard of most…
Attention Must Be Paid: Elsa Lanchester
She was apparently, by the time she died, extremely tired of just being thought of…
Attention Must Be Paid: Disney’s Ink and Paint Department
Lillian Disney was born Lillian Bounds. She worked in the Ink and Paint department. Famously,…
Attention Must Be Paid: Una Merkel
There are two kinds of actresses that appeal to me most, and there are a…
Attention Must Be Paid: Elvis Presley
I know what you’re thinking, and it’s true. I did say that one of the…
Attention Must Be Paid: Ginger Rogers
I feel as though Ginger Rogers gets ignored in favour of Fred Astaire a lot.…