This is how I came to trip a Hollywood legend. First of all, let’s set the scene: It is opening night at Detroit’s grand old Fisher Theatre. A new musical based on the classic 1950 Bette Davis movie, All About…
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I Tripped Lauren Bacall
Tagged with: Adolph Green, All About Eve, Applause, Bette Davis, Betty Comden, Broadway, Charles Strouse, Detroit, Fisher Theatre, Humphrey Bogart, Key Largo, Lauren Bacall, Lee Adams, Len Cariou, Margo Channing, Ray Bennett, The Big Sleep, To Have and Have Not, Toronto Telegram
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And Then Ann-Margret Kissed Me…
I have known many publicists over the years, but I have never known a publicist like Prudence Emery. Wild, wildly lovable, highly intelligent, no-nonsense, a combination gypsy, therapist, drinking buddy, and den mother, I covered more movies with Pru than…
Tagged with: Ann-Margret, Bobby Darin, Broadway, Brockville, Bruce Dern, Bye Bye Birdie, Carnal Knowleledge, Elvis Presley, Kitten With A Whip, Middle Age Crazy, musical, Pamela Tiffin, Pat Boone, Prudence Emery, Rogers and Hammerstein, State Fair, Tom Ewell, Toronto, Viva La Vegas
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I Should Have Known Better: The Wildly Improbable Story of Heavenly Bodies
Last weekend, at the Canadian Film Centre’s annual barbecue in Toronto, I ran into a couple of old friends who, although they didn’t realize it, were unique among the more than two thousand industry types flowing through the old E.P.…
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Ron Base Writes 