“People have grown fond of me, like some old building.” Today I remember a Connecticut Yankee in Hollywood. Katharine Hepburn would have turned 106 years old on this day and by way of this humble tribute I honor her. If there’s one, definitive who’s who…
I watched the 85th Academy Awards telecast last night. Only they weren’t called that. They were called, “The Oscars” as I noted when “the voice” introduced the telecast at 8:30. Hmmm…odd, I thought. But, in my mind they were still the 85th Academy Awards. I…
All About Eve, Academy Award-winning Best Picture (1951) is based on the short story, “The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr. The 9-page short story first appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine in May 1946. Orr later expanded her short story, in collaboration with Reginald Denham, into…
Divorce. An ugly business. It turns love into hate and dependency into burden. Facts that are never truer than when young ones are involved – when they are forced to choose between those they love most. Mr. Smith, or Smitty, as his friends and family…
