Dudley Moore: Impossible to Dislike
Seeing any of his movies, it was impossible to dislike the English comic actor, writer, composer and musician, Dudley Moore. He won an organ scholarship to Oxford University and became…
Willie Mays’ thoughts on Roberto Clemente
Many baseball authorities, including Vin Scully, have named Willie Mays as the greatest player in the history of the game. For a 1987 interview Joe Morgan asked Mays who was…
Natalie Wood in MIRACLE ON 34 STREET
During 1947, according to the annual poll, Bing Crosby and Betty Grable were the top two attractions in films. Movie tickets cost forty cents that year. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE…
Milton Berle: Mr. Television
In the early days of television there was no one bigger than Milton Berle. It was no contest. People all over America bought their first TV sets to see Milton…
May 7, 1959, Roy Campanella Night
Roy Campanella played his last game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1957. Following that season on January 28, 1958, he suffered a terrible auto accident. His neck was broken, leaving…
President Barack Obama Remembering & Celebrating the Life of Dr. Maya Angelou
"Over the course of her remarkable life, Maya Angelou was many things – an author, poet, civil rights activist, playwright, actress, director, composer, singer and dancer. But above all, she…
Bettie Page & pin-up artist Olivia De Berardinis
Bettie Page hailed the work of pin-up artist Olivia De Berardinis as "better than Vargas and Petty combined. She makes me so beautiful, her pictures outshine all the rest."
Zack Wheat – One of the Greats
The LOS ANGELES TIMES has a blog which is currently soliciting votes to name the ten greatest Dodgers players of all time. There are twelve Dodgers who have had their…
Lillian Gish: The Silent Screen Heroine
William K. Everson has written, "Lillian Gish, more than any other star, has always symbolized the silent screen heroine. Of course, she was more than just a 'heroine,' and all…
Casey Stengel: The Most Colorful Manager in Baseball History
Maybe the most colorful manager in baseball history was Casey Stengel. But he was also a great manager. Both the New York Yankees and the New York Mets retired his…
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