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 […]
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 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 […]