The Year Was 1938 – May 22
Sharing Birthdays on This Day Laurence Olivier turned 31 today. He was hard at work on the stage in England. He had made a couple of films in Hollywood, beginning…
Saltonstall School and the J.D.s
Going to School in Salem Mass Saltonstall School in Salem Massachusetts was located (and still is) on Lafayette Street, one of the main thoroughfares leading south out of the center…
The Year Was 1938 – May 21
News Around Hollywood Robert Montgomery’s 34th birthday. Until September he was the president of the Screen Actors Guild. The Oscar nominated actor, for 1937’s ‘Night Must Fall,’ has his next…
Research and the Curtiss P40 Warhawk
Research Comes First Since that time in California long ago, I have learned a lot more about the P-40 pursuit fighter (a lot more than about that Hellcat fighter I…
The Year Was 1938 – May 20
The News Around Hollywood Just finishing ‘Love Finds Andy Hardy,’ a long term contract at MGM is awarded to Cecilia Parker for her work in the family series. She began…
My First Script
It All Starts with an Idea Some time in those four months that we lived in San Jose I wrote my first script, an historical adaptation. It was a road…
The Year Was 1938 – May 19
News around Hollywood Today child actor Virginia Weidler was added to the RKO production ‘Mother Carey’s Chickens.’ She was borrowed from MGM where she was at work in ‘Too Hot…
The Fourth Grade and Dealing with Change
A Tough Year The fourth grade for me was a tough year. I began the school year in Spokane. My father’s job of ferrying minuteman missiles around to the silos…
Heaven and Hearts
heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You yet You deign to remain within our hearts.
The Year Was 1938 – May 18
News Around Hollywood Darryl F Zanuck expounds on the biz – some are saying that negative costs must come down to meet a lesser box office take, but he points…