Tag Archives: Hollywood

Digging though the Hollywood archives: Ted Healy’s drawing of Wallace Beery, and Wallace Beery’s murder of Ted Healy

By Mark | February 23, 2013

Every once in a while, I’ve been known to go off on a tangent. Something obscure will pique my interest, and, for whatever reason, I find that I’m not able to let it go. (Does anyone remember my interest in the large school bell that was rung by the 19 year old Orson Welles in [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1932, 1937, Albert Broccoli, anxiety, cross-dressing, Dinner at Eight, drag, Good Old Soak, Grand Hotel, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Greta Garbo, Jackie Cooper, James Bond, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Louie B. Mayer, MGM, murder mystery, Orson Welles, Oscars, Pat DiCicco, Phyllis Ann Beery, silent films, social anxiety disorder, Sweedie The Swedish Maid, Ted Healy, The Champ, The Hearts of Age, Thelma Todd, Three Stooges, Trocadero, unresolved mystery, vaudeville, Wallace Beery, Will Rogers | 18 Comments

Mike G, walking in the footsteps of a serial killer, on the set of Dexter

By Mark | July 8, 2012

My friend Mike G sent around a photo a few days ago of himself on the set of the Showtime series Dexter. I’ve never seen the show, as I don’t think think that rooting for a protagonist that happens to be a serial killer would contribute toward making me a happier, more optimistic person, but, [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged behind the scenes, Benjamin Bratt, Blair Warner, Dennis Hopper, Dexter, E-Ring, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Jennifer Reynolds, marijuana, Mike Giannouris, Pink is the New Blog, Scott Reynolds, set design, Showtime, Silver Spoons, sitcoms, television, The Facts of Life, Tootie, Touched by an Angel, Trent Vanegas, writing for Hollywood, writing for television | 16 Comments

Robert DeNiro sighting in Ypsilanti

By Mark | May 18, 2009

As of right now, no one has sent in a pencil paparazzi sketch, but word on the street is that two-time Oscar-winning actor Robert DeNiro was in Ypsi today, filming on River Street.

Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Michigan film incentives, pencil paparazzi, River Street, Robert DeNiro | 39 Comments

The 47th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival begins this week

By Mark | March 22, 2009

The 47th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival begins this week, and, in celebration of that fact, I’ve asked Donald Harrison, the executive director of the festival, a few questions. Here they are, along with his responses: You were in California before moving here, right? And that was, what, like 5 years ago? I moved to [...]