Today is the 127th birthday of the eccentric socialite and documentary film subject Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (Big Edie). It’s no exaggeration to state that
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Happy 132nd Birthday Groucho Marx
Today is the 132nd birthday of Groucho Marx. I think of him often, especially quotes of his. I try my best to live by this one:
Happy 98th Birthday Jimmy Carter
Today is the 98th birthday of of the 39th president, philanthropist, human rights activist, and the one of the people I list when asked “who alive
Happy 98th Birthday Truman Capote
Today is the 98th birthday of the author Truman Capote. I had read Breakfast At Tiffany’s years ago, and thought it was a bit strange that
Hazel (1968)
Hazel is a Screen Gems television series about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke (Shirley Booth) and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode
Happy 119th Birthday Mark Rothko
Today is the 119th birthday of the artist Mark Rothko. His works are inspiring in their pure boldness. Photographs remove the texture and movement. The world
Happy 126th Birthday F. Scott Fitzgerald
Today is the 126th birthday of the writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. It should come as no surprise that I enjoy his work, his narratives,
Happy 126th Birthday Paul Muni
Today is the 126th birthday of Paul Muni. He has probably one of the best ‘before’ names in Hollywood History. I enjoy him in every
Happy 156th Birthday H. G. Wells
Today is the 156th birthday of the author H.G. Wells. His writing and visions of the future were and are well before their time, I
Happy 138th Birthday Maxwell Perkins
Today is the 138th birthday of Maxwell Perkins. My first exposure to him was from reading a book of correspondence between him and F. Scott
Happy 81st Birthday Mama Cass
Today is the 81st birthday of the singer Mama Cass. I remember those The Mamas and The Papas albums clearly, I was fascinated by the one that
Happy 109th Birthday Frances Farmer
Today is the 109th birthday of Frances Farmer. There is something about her, the biopic with Jessica Lange helped push her into cult icon status
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