The Year Was 1938 – May 9
Actors in the News Comedienne Joan Davis was taken to the hospital after a fall when doing a knockabout dance number with Buddy Ebsen in “My Lucky Star” at 20th…
Sunday Drives, Hudsons, and Maverick
From the back seat of a Hudson Commodore 8 My dad liked to drive. He drove truck on the weekdays (as I have noted), and come the weekend he loved…
The Year Was 1938 – May 8
Singer and actress Alice Faye turned 23 today, and though a singer, could not read a note of music. (The greats of that time – Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and…
On the Tiger Road and Beyond with Lucky Lager
Adventures in the Hinterlands Some summer days I would accompany my father as he worked for my grandfather. My mom would put a sack lunch together for me, always a…
The Year Was 1938 – May 7
John Ford returns from Hawaii after a five weeks there, and meets with Zanuck about his next film for 20th Century Fox. An action film about midget subs in the…
Atop Lucky Lager
Remembering Grand Parents Back when we lived in Colville, I can remember times we spent at my grand parents. They had a nice two story home on Third between Wynne…
The Year Was 1938 – May 6
Opening day for ‘Jones Family in Paris’ from 20th Century Fox and ‘Torchy Blane in Panama’ from WB, two series that will continue in 1939 . Long pending deal whereby…
Lawrence of Arabia Encounter of the Third Kind
Serendipity Serendipitous moments are to be treasured. C. S. Lewis expressed it beautifully in his autobiographical title “Surprised by Joy.” Though I am taking it in the original sense, rather…
The Year Was 1938 – May 5
It’s Tough Being a Kid at 24 The Jackie Coogan case is in the news. At question was how did the fortune he earned as a child actor (e.g. Chaplin’s…