Bettie Page’s 20th Century Fox Screen Test
Bettie Page was given a screen test at 20th Century Fox. It did not work out. "By the time they finished making me up for the screen test," Bettie said,…
Jack Johnson: The Galveston Giant
The first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world was Jack Johnson. His parents had been slaves who were freed during the Civil War. "I made a lot of mistakes…
The improvisational styles of Thelonious Monk
With his unique improvisational style Thelonious Monk excelled as a jazz pianist and composer. Only Duke Ellington tops Monk as the most-recorded composer of jazz music, ever. Monk and Ellington…
Dudley Moore: Impossible to Dislike
Seeing any of his movies, it was impossible to dislike the English comic actor, writer, composer and musician, Dudley Moore. He won an organ scholarship to Oxford University and became…
Natalie Wood in MIRACLE ON 34 STREET
During 1947, according to the annual poll, Bing Crosby and Betty Grable were the top two attractions in films. Movie tickets cost forty cents that year. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE…
Milton Berle: Mr. Television
In the early days of television there was no one bigger than Milton Berle. It was no contest. People all over America bought their first TV sets to see Milton…
May 7, 1959, Roy Campanella Night
Roy Campanella played his last game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1957. Following that season on January 28, 1958, he suffered a terrible auto accident. His neck was broken, leaving…
President Barack Obama Remembering & Celebrating the Life of Dr. Maya Angelou
"Over the course of her remarkable life, Maya Angelou was many things – an author, poet, civil rights activist, playwright, actress, director, composer, singer and dancer. But above all, she…
Bettie Page & pin-up artist Olivia De Berardinis
Bettie Page hailed the work of pin-up artist Olivia De Berardinis as "better than Vargas and Petty combined. She makes me so beautiful, her pictures outshine all the rest."
Zack Wheat – One of the Greats
The LOS ANGELES TIMES has a blog which is currently soliciting votes to name the ten greatest Dodgers players of all time. There are twelve Dodgers who have had their…
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