August 24, 2012
Yes, that’s Mary on the left as well as on the right. One could, however, assert that both ladies are Gladys and also be correct. Yes, America’s Sweetheart was born Gladys Smith in Canada and by the age of 7 was the sole breadwinner supporting her mother, brother and sister. I bow to you and […]
August 23, 2012
The actress on the left, gazing at Mary Pickford as Stella Maris on the right, is: a. an accomplished practitioner of the silent movie gesture-and-pose pantomime style of acting most flamboyantly perpetrated by Lon Chaney Sr. b. not all there. c. afraid of moths. d. Mary Pickford.
August 17, 2012
Peggy Ann would have cut off her right arm before she gave away Gertie, her pet elephant. So it’s not that. However, she had no problem with aiding and abetting Gertie in the wrenching out of the ground a Brooklyn sapling some four inches in diameter and ten feet in height and presenting it to […]
August 16, 2012
After completing A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peggy gave Joan Blondell: a. her weight in emeralds. b. a tame elephant. c. a daffodil. d. 2 soiled doves. e. a tree wrenched from the soil of Brooklyn.
August 10, 2012
Yes, all answers are true. Wonderful Marion’s Sopwith Camel was a familiar sight cruising the skies above San Simeon. She hosted merry steamroller races. And rollerskating parties? Forget about it. The best. A jewel of a human was Marion.
August 9, 2012
Marion: a. possessed the world’s largest collection of steamrollers. b. wore gloves with some sort of odd fringed cuffs. c. roller skated from the castle to the beach every year on Aardvark Day. d. built from scratch and flew her very own Sopwith Camel. e. did more than one of the above.
August 3, 2012
Although Slim and Eleanor teamed up to win an impromptu beach volleyball tournament, Eleanor’s tight schedule had her flying off to work in a coal mine, and she had to regretfully decline Slim’s invitation to join the post volleyball mumbletypeg romp.
August 2, 2012
Slim Pickens left one great dream unfulfilled. It was: a. to play Hamlet. b. to play mumbletypeg with Eleanor Roosevelt. c. to date Ayn Rand. d. to visit Minsk, or failing that, Pinsk. e. to write his memoirs while living in a missile silo.
July 27, 2012
In 1928, young Gene was in New York and went to a Yankee game. Ignoring Ruth and Gehrig, he approached Miller Huggins and asked him to sign a baseball. It became his favorite talisman, and he carried it under his hat throughout his Hollywood career.
July 26, 2012
Under his good guy hat Gene Autry always carried his lucky: a. little statue of Roy Rogers. b. Miller Huggins autographed baseball. c. lunch of two hard boiled eggs. d. million dollar bill. e. pet garter snake, Rudy.