Monthly Archives: September 2008

I took these photographs at the “Road to Perdition” press junket in Chicago, June 27, 2002. These are two photos from a roll of unpublished photographs I took of him that day. It was the only time I met him. He was funny, charming, intelligent, cantankerous and the classiest guy in the room. He made it clear who was in charge and it most… (more…)

  Googies, Coffee Shop to the Stars, by Steve Hayes HI STEVE. I'M JUST FINISHING GOOGIES, VOLUME ONE. WHAT A JOURNEY! RECALLING PEOPLE (SOME I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT, LIKE, SIDNEY SKOLSKY, AND A COUPLE OTHERS), PLACES AND THINGS, THAT WERE SO FAR BACK IN MY MEMORY. TO READ THIS WONDERFUL BOOK,TO RELIVE THAT VERY SPECIAL ERA OVER AGAIN, IS JUST MAGIC.… (more…)

New Documentary is Centerpiece of Warner Home Video's Year-Long Celebration of Studio's 85th Anniversary – You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story; You Ain t Heard Nothin Yet (1923-35); Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935-50)  Tonight at 09:00 pm PBS (ch 29) All Upcoming Airings Clint Eastwood narrates the history of Warner Bros., which opens with You Ain t Heard Nothin… (more…)

“This is the movie I exec-produced with my wife under the banner of  my production company, SixGold Productions,” – Steve Hayes Michael Worth's GOD'S EARS wins Domani Vision & Jack Nance Awards at VISIONFEST 08 New York City, (September 22, 2008) – VISIONFEST 08: The Other Festival, ended its five-day run last night, at the Tribeca Grand Hotel Screening Room,… (more…)

Photo courtesy of the Lincoln Hurst Collection Errol in Reno, Nevada, for the Premier of Virginia City. Penny Porter is mentioned on page 100 of Tom McNulty's excellent bio of Flynn “Errol Flynn: The Life and Career.”  Disillusionment after seeing him drunk in public is clearly written on her face… — David DeWitt

Hey guys: It was brought to my attention by Karl that few know that one of Flynn's nicknames was the Colonel.  More people used the Baron of Mulholland — which though no one is sure I think came from Jack Warner originally when he said something like Flynn was living like a goddamn baron up on a mountaintop! Colonel was… (more…)

Photo Courtesy Lincoln Hurst Collection What's he doing with the ketchup? Making a Bloody Mary, I'll bet! Photo Courtesy Lincoln Hurst Collection Pay no attention to these people! — David DeWitt