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A Curtain Rung Cruelly Down: Barrymore's Last Days

Maurice Barrymore (l847-l905), the founder of the important family of American actors... [Article]

	The Great Ziegfeld And His Ziegfeld Girls

	The most famous of American theatrical producers, Chicago-born Fllorenz Ziegfeld... [Article]

Disney's Credo

Walt Disney's basically optimistic view of the world is apparent in his... [Article]

The Greatest Show On Earth

Phineas Taylor Barnum, American impresario and forerunner of all the Mike Todds and Sol Hurokses of Broadway and movie... [Article]

History's First Theater Assassination

History records several assassinations and assassination attempts of heads of state in... [Article]

If You Need Anything Just Whistle

When Humphrey Bogart died and was cremated in l957 his wife Lauren Bacall... [Article]

Mickey Mouse's Credits

Today Mickey Mouse's name is a part of the language, adorning thousands of things... [Article]

Reprehensible Scum, The Dirty Rotten Scoundrel

Nobody would expect anything from someone nicknamed 'scum" and leading British actor... [Article]

	The Ape Before King Kong

	With all the attention given to King Kong recently, another great ape... [Article]

The Oscar

Hollywood's gold-plated Oscars remained nameless four years after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first... [Article]

The Real Yorick

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of the most excellent... [Article]

The Twilight Zone Crash

It was two o"clock in the morning of July 23, l982, director John Landis and his crew working... [Article]

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