Clik here to view.
Happy 146th Birthday Piet Mondrian
Today is the 146th birthday of the artist Piet Mondrian. My first trip to New York, I made sure to have enough time to visit the Guggenheim, specifically to see a Mondrian in real life. I was not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Goodbye February, Hello March
Fifty years ago this month, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood aired nationally. He promoted a thoughtful kindness and understanding that is greatly lacking. There is all too much mean-spirited negativity in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 113th Birthday Myrna Loy
Today is the 113th birthday of Myrna Loy. Her rapid-fire line delivery, unequaled beauty, and dedication to humanitarian causes all add up to make her one the most amazing actresses of her era. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 94th Birthday Elizabeth Short
Today is the 94th birthday of aspiring actress, daughter, sister and unsolved murder victim Elizabeth Short. NAME: Elizabeth Short BIRTH DATE: July 29, 1924 DEATH DATE: c. January 15, 1947 PLACE OF...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 111th Birthday Barbara Stanwyck
Today is the 111th birthday of Barbara Stanwyck. Born Ruby Stevens, reinvented herself into an internationally-known actress, and stayed in the public eye for 60 years. You know by now, I am a sucker...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 111th Birthday Rosalind Russell
Today is the 111th birthday of Rosalind Russell. Suggesting any one of her films to watch is in no way discounting any of the others. I adore The Women, His Girl Friday, Gypsy, and Mrs. Pollifax –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 122nd Birthday Howard Hawks
Today is the 122nd birthday of the film director Howard Hawks. He directed one of my very favorite films Bringing Up Baby as well as His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 117th Birthday Gary Cooper
Today is the 117th birthday of the actor Gary Cooper. You don’t have to be a fan of Westerns to be a fan of High Noon and of his. It changed the entire genre for me and broadened my understanding....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 112th Birthday Mary Astor
Today is the 112th birthday of the actress Mary Astor. Have you seen Red Dust, The Palm Beach Story, The Maltese Falcon, and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte? You need to. For so many reason, if not only...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 90th Birthday James Garner
Today is the 90th birthday of James Garner. For the most part, when left to my own devices, my TV viewing style is very similar to what my grandfather’s must have been in 1978: Rockford Files,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 110th Birthday Bette Davis
Today is the 110th birthday of Bette Davis. You have seen All About Eve, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, and maybe even Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte and The Nanny. But have you seen Madame Sin, Return...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 76th Birthday Tammy Faye
Today is the 76th birthday of Tammy Faye LaValley Bakker Messner. Given numerous reasons why we shouldn’t love her or at least be cautiously indifferent toward her, we love her not in spite of those...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 146th Birthday Piet Mondrian
Today is the 146th birthday of the artist Piet Mondrian. My first trip to New York, I made sure to have enough time to visit the Guggenheim, specifically to see a Mondrian in real life. I was not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Goodbye February, Hello March
Fifty years ago this month, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood aired nationally. He promoted a thoughtful kindness and understanding that is greatly lacking. There is all too much mean-spirited negativity in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 107th Birthday Merle Oberon
Today is the 107th birthday of the actress Merle Oberon. Her beauty was undeniable, her heritage was unacceptable, her story is of what legends are made of. The world is a better place because she was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 87th Birthday James Dean
Today is the 87th birthday of James Dean. What is is about him that he has influenced so many people? Sixty years after his death, he is still one of the most widely-recognized Hollywood actors of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 93rd Birthday Paul Newman
Today is the 93rd birthday of Paul Newman. I think (at least hope) that we all have a similar desire for our life, a sort of State Park approach to humanity and the world: to leave it better than we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 114th Birthday Cary Grant
Today is Cary Grant’s 114th birthday. It is no secret I love Cary Grant. I long to have a mid-century mid-atlantic accent, to have effortless style, and to have a wit as sharp as my wardrobe. He is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 110th Birthday Ethel Merman
Today is the 110th birthday of Ethel Merman. I first learned of her when she was on The Muppet Show, it is strange to say that, but the show got so many amazing people and I was at the age. Even...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 79th Birthday Sal Mineo
Today is the 79th birthday of the 50’s actor Sal Mineo. He is probably best known for his role opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause. I first learned of him was from a rerun of Mysteries and...
View Article
