Happy Birthday, Baby
Jean Harlow would have turned 100 this month. Since she only lived 26 years, it’s hard to think of her as old.A couple of years ago, while researching INFAMOUS, Harlow was everywhere. In 1933, she was Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s, Madonna in the 1980s.I ran across a piece in the Kansas City Star — the […]
Nobody Could’ve Done it Better — Ben Hecht’s 007 Script
Just read a terrific piece in the The Telegraph about a recently unearthed 007 film script written by Ben Hecht.Hecht was the screenwriting genius behind the films His Girl Friday, Gunga Din, Spellbound, and Notorious. He also had a hand in Gone with the Wind.But it looks like his version of Casino Royale would’ve been […]