ON BERKELEY, DEL RÍO, AND WELLES—TOSS IN PARSONS AND HEARST AS WELL
BUSBY BERKELEY WAS RENOWNED for kaleidoscopic choreography. Dolores del Río with a career spanning 50 years was the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood. Orson Welles was … Continue reading
INFANCY TIDBITS
ONE INTERESTING FACT LEADS to another. As an example, the Interesting Facts website recently noted that “Babies Blink Less Than Adults.” Here are tidbits gleaned from this report and from … Continue reading
POCKETS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY….
WE’VE ALL GOT THEM—EVEN WOMEN THESE DAYS. But, as Alexandra Jacobs says in The New York Times Book Review, “In her nifty ‘Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close,’ … Continue reading
ON ACTORS, YOU’LL EXCUSE THE TERM
PITY THE POOR Thespians. Those of the acting profession have given us entertainment, comfort, even enlightenment. Yet, like Rodney Dangerfield used to say, they don’t get no respect. Here are … Continue reading
ORSON WELLES FOR PRESIDENT!
NOT THAT there aren’t elements of unreality about this year’s presidential campaigns, but here I present Fantasy Politics, an entertaining blend of fact and fiction. Indeed, mostly fact. Orson Welles … Continue reading
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