IF: onomatopoeia
Roy Lichtenstein. Hustler. Conman. Huckster. Salesman. Marketer. Artist. Bratatat!
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from my sketchbook: jean harlow
Twenty years before Marilyn Monroe‘s big-screen debut, there was Jean Harlow. No one dreamed the frail and sickly Harlean Carpenter from Kansas City. Missouri would blossom into the world famous “Blonde Bombshell.” The actress, who as a child who fought off scarlet fever and meningitis, caught the attention of eccentric director Howard Hughes and she was …
from my sketchbook: berry berenson
Berinthia Berenson was born into a privileged, aristocratic family in the upper-class Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. Her father was an American diplomat. Her mother was Countess Maria-Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor, but was better known as socialite Gogo Schiaparelli. Berinthia, or “Berry,” as her family called her, was also a descendant of prominent fashion …
IF: hidden
Remember those dreaded visits to the doctor’s office when you were a kid? The only pleasant aspect of that terribly sterile and unwelcoming waiting room was the few cheerful moment spent perusing the latest issue of Highlights for Children. Remember the lessons we learned from the antics of Goofus and Gallant? Remember the endearing, if …
IF: lush
Dean Martin was a lot of things. Singer. Actor. Variety show host. Comedian. Womanizer. But, one thing Dean Martin was not. Lush.
from my sketchbook: anissa jones revisited
WFMZ, a local affiliate just outside of Philadelphia, picked up MeTV, the syndicated retro television network that presents programming exclusively from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, around the same time that Meredith Viera stepped down as co-host of The Today Show on NBC. When the insipid and unwatchable Ann Curry took over Meredith’s duties, I …
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from my sketchbook: evelyn ankers
Evelyn Ankers was born in Chile to British parents. Once her family moved back to England, young Evelyn was bitten by the acting bug. She took in small parts in British films, including The Bells of St. Mary’s with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in 1937. Evelyn left England at the start of World War …
from my sketchbook: william talman
After serving in the US Army during World War II, William Talman found work in Hollywood as a character actor, first in films then in various roles in anthology television series. In 1957, he went to an audition that would change his career. He read for the lead in a proposed courtroom drama series opposite another character actor Raymond …
IF: fresh
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from my sketchbook: dudley dickerson
As a young boy, Dudley Dickerson was inspired by the Ringling Brothers Circus. After a stop in his hometown of Chickasha, Oklahoma, Dudley gathered some props left behind by the circus. He cobbled together an act, calling it “Pin-Penny Circus” and performed acrobatics under the name “Paddlefoot” Dickerson. Soon, Dudley was off to California in …