I recently saw the film of the William Luce play “Barrymore.” Christopher Plummer reprises the central (and nearly only) character. The play depicts the great American actor John Barrymore in the last year of his life. Plummer, as usual, is great. My interest in the film is natural since I did see the play at the Music Box Theatre in […]
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I have been reading the new autobiography by Declan MacManus or, as he is better known, Elvis Costello. It is called “Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink”. It is well written but that is hardly surprising given his skill with words as exhibited in many of his songs. I am not a fan of all of his stuff. His voice can
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S.J. Perelman is one of my favorite artists. Mr. Perelman was a humorist and writer. He essentially wrote short pieces in a very distinctive style. His use of language and skill with words were and are highly regarded. Many of his pieces (or “feuiletons” as he called them) appeared in the New Yorker and later were gathered into collections to
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I have always liked Autumn and Halloween especially holds some fond memories for me. When I was 12 years old I purchased two books that made a big impression on me. One book was The Collected Short Stories of Washington Irving (which included The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) and the other was a collection of poems by Edgar Allan Poe.