Photo Credit All The Things A Movie Star Should Be When I was a kid, one of the most popular movie actresses was the glamorous Rita Hayworth. She was the epitome of the word “beautiful,” though there were many other stars coming out of Hollywood at the time. But Rita had red hair. Of course, […]
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My Hot Weekend With Frank Sinatra
Photo Courtesy of Pixabay I Was Breathless With Anticipation It was the Spring of 1994 and I was seated in the back of a long, black limousine, headed for the Las Vegas Strip. I was breathless with anticipation as I was on my way to the MGM Grand to meet Frank Sinatra. My heart was […]
Why Is Maureen O’Hara Buried In Arlingto
Photo Credit Rest In Peace, Maureen O’Hara, 1920-2015 Maureen O’Hara, beautiful talented actress, passed away on October 24th, 2015. The news stated that her burial is to be in Arlington National Cemetery. Many people, including this author, wondered why she would be buried there, since she was not a veteran. First, let’s learn a bit […]
Things You Might Not Know About Frank Si...
In The Beginning There Was Francis… Francis Albert Sinatra, born on December 12, 1915, in an upstairs tenement in Hoboken, New Jersey, would grow up to be a force to be reckoned with in America’s music industry. No one knew that yet and his birth certainly didn’t signify that kind of success. He weighed […]
The Secret of “Soylent Green?”
What’s The Secret of Soylent Green? New York City, 2022 “Soylent Green ” is a science fiction movie about OUR world, New York City in particular, in the year 2022. There are 40,000,000 (that’s forty-million!) people living there, in stairways, sidewalks, anywhere they can find room to sit or lie down. In addition, the “greenhouse […]
How I Met George Burns
How I Met George Burns In the 1980s I met Movie Star, TV Star, Entertainer, Comedian and All-Around Legend George Burns at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. He was signing his book, “Gracie: A Love Story,” and as the Assistant to the Entertainment Director of the Las Vegas SUN, I went to greet him and […]
Disappearing Act
Photo Credit The Mystery Begins Jean Elizabeth Spangler, a young aspiring actress, dancer and model lived with her mother, a five year old daughter, her brother and sister-in-law on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Jean hadn’t made it in Hollywood yet, but it didn’t stop her from trying. She still pursued “the dream” American […]