Attention Must Be Paid: Elsa Lanchester
She was apparently, by the time she died, extremely tired of just being thought of…
Attention Must Be Paid: Disney’s Ink and Paint Department
Lillian Disney was born Lillian Bounds. She worked in the Ink and Paint department. Famously,…
Attention Must Be Paid: Una Merkel
There are two kinds of actresses that appeal to me most, and there are a…
Attention Must Be Paid: Elvis Presley
I know what you’re thinking, and it’s true. I did say that one of the…
Attention Must Be Paid: Ginger Rogers
I feel as though Ginger Rogers gets ignored in favour of Fred Astaire a lot.…
Attention Must Be Paid: Carl Stalling
I write about Disney a lot. There are a couple of reasons for this; first…
Attention Must Be Paid: Ida Lupino
It’s interesting to think of someone who goes into acting to appease a demanding parent.…
Attention Must Be Paid: Eddie Albert
I think one of the losses of syndication is that we don’t talk as much…
Attention Must Be Paid: Gene Tierney
Only once did Gene Tierney work in the Hollywood Canteen. It was June 1943, and…
Attention Must Be Paid: LUX RADIO THEATRE
Every now and again for this column, I’m going to celebrate a thing, not a…