1928 San Francisco
I love research. So I am jazzed that my writing gives me many opportunities to do so. Usually I do all my research upfront before starting a script. For instance,…
Fixing Walt Coy’s Timeline Pt 1
As I mentioned in my Memories post, The Stagehand of the Fifth Avenue, I made the leap of deduction that Walt T. Coy must have been an extra in Charlie…
The Year Was 1938 – August 6
NEWS AROUND HOLLYWOOD REPORTED ON THIS DATE The assistant dance director David Robel at Paramount married dancer Mary Manners on Wednesday in Malibu. Groom was formerly with the Ballet Russe;…
The Stagehand of the Fifth Avenue
Union agreements required that the Fifth Avenue Theater employ a stagehand. I was not aware of this fact, when I met Walter Theron Coy my first week on the job.…
DOWN IN THE CANYONS OF SEATTLE
We were canyon dwellers in Seattle, and spent the majority of our time in the one canyon called Fifth Avenue. Out where our apartment was located the canyon was a…
Designed for Heaven
Called Chosen Faithful Followers Hearing what God has done And will do Walk by faith after Him Because what Was done to Him Gave us a future And a hope…
The Year Was 1938 – August 4
NEWS AROUND HOLLYWOOD OUTSIDE HOLLYWOOD After four days of confinement at her Boston hotel, Shirley Temple finally was well enough yesterday to see the sights. Out again today, she suffered…
Working the Fifth Avenue
As I mentioned in my last Memories post, I left the UA Cinemas and began a job as assistant manager for Mann’s Fifth Avenue in Seattle. It wasn’t an exercise…