Orson Welles lived a life filled with accomplishment. At the age of 20, he presented a version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, reworked in a Haitian setting with the three witches as voodoo priestesses. The production was highly praised for its originality. In 1938, he gained international fame when he frightened the entire country with his radio …
Donna Reed’s career ran the full spectrum from her humble beginnings opposite Mickey Rooney in The Courtship of Andy Hardy to her popularity as a pin-up girl during World War II to her Academy Award-winning performance as prostitute Lorene Burke in 1953’s From Here to Eternity. Network executives must have been focusing on her role as …
Hungarian-born Michael Curtiz was one of the most prolific directors that ever worked in Hollywood. He directed over one hundred films beginning with The Third Degree in 1926, just after his arrival in America. (He directed nearly a hundred films in his native Hungary). As the 20s became the 30s, Michael was cranking out five …
Nine-year old June Preisser, along with her sister Cherry, performed as child acrobats from their hometown of New Orleans to New York City, to the famous music halls of Paris, Berlin and London. They even were given an audience with King George of England. Their act caught the interest of show-biz impresario Florenz Ziegfeld and …
I have spent years expanding my blog with observances of the quirkiness of my surroundings, chronicling the deaths of those once celebrated and now forgotten, stories from my past and, of course, my silly drawings. In that time, I presented my opinioned views on religion, of both my own and those of which I am not a …
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Here is the third in a series of pigs playing the banjo. (Inspired by the Dueling Banjo Pigs website.) My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. 26 unusual songs, an annoying BONUS track and a custom full-color cover with track listings all for you and for …
My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. 26 unusual songs, an annoying BONUS track and a custom full-color cover with track listings all for you and for FREE! Just CLICK HERE for “A Non-Traditional Christmas 2010.” Happy Holidays from your pal JPiC! (Please contact me if you have …
Beginning with his first film, 1935’s I ragazzi della via Paal, Mario Monicelli wrote and directed over one hundred films and earned praise as one of the most beloved masters of the Commedia all’Italiana (Italian-style comedy) in a career that spanned eight decades. He worked quite often with stars Vittorio Gassman and Marcello Mastroianni, as well …
In the early 1920s, young Lee Nash developed a comedy vaudeville act and was soon joined by his childhood friend Morris Horowitz. Lee, now known by the stage name “Ted Healy”, told jokes onstage and was heckled by Morris, who was planted in the audience. Morris would then come up to the stage and engage Ted …
Here is a second illustration showing the pig/banjo relationship. (Inspired by the Dueling Banjo Pigs website.)
