SPEAKING OUT – PT91
ALI MACGRAW (1939 – ) [On Steve McQueen]: ‘One thing about Steve, he didn’t like the women in his life to have balls.’ [On the surprise success of her second starring role, the 1970 film Love Story]:’If […]
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TV – The old classics – The Honeymooners 1955-6.
Television first reared its ugly head in my hometown of Fremantle, Western Australia on 16 October 1959. By then the quite brilliant comedy series The Honeymooners had come and gone in the USA. TV viewers in WA were probably unaware of that, however, and the show was an immediate […]
Actors’ real life war records.
Caine in Korea (standing second from left) Here are a few more stories about actors who participated in one or more of the conflicts of the 20th century. I will add a second segment in a couple of day’s time. Sir Michael Caine was called up for national […]
TV – More trivia from the early days.
In 1945 there were 7,000 TV sets in the USA. By 1950 there were 5 million! The first three shows to run weekly were I Love Lucy, Life with Riley and The Adventures of Superman. Most movie actors did not want to have anything to do with TV, convinced […]
Did you know? Points of interest Pt.11
Renee Zellweger prepared for her role in Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001) by gaining 25lbs in weight and then obtaining a job in a London office under an alias, so she could study English accents. Nobody at the firm recognised her. On her desk she kept a photograph of her […]