They Called Him Mr. Shirley Temple

John Agar's story saddened me.  Perhaps in my judgments I felt more sadness for him than he may have felt for himself... I dunno.  To me he was an ordinary guy who had no interest in being an actor and no feeling for what he did want to do with his life and he was sadly unsuited to becoming the husband of 17-year old Shirley Temple.

Movie Biographies: Beau James

1957 Biographical Drama
From Paramount Pictures
Directed by Melville Shavelson

Starring
Bob Hope
Vera Miles
Paul Douglas
Alexis Smith
Darren McGavin

Liz and Her Boys

Gay men were my colleagues, confidantes and my closest friends.  I never thought of who they slept with.  They were just the people I loved.  I could never understand why they couldn't be afforded the same rights.  There is no gay agenda... it's a human agenda.  So she said.

Guilty Pleasures: Back Street

1961 Romance Drama
From Universal-International
Directed by David Miller

Starring
Susan Hayward
John Gavin
Vera Miles
Charles Drake
Virginia Grey
Reginald Gardiner
Robert Eyer
Tammy Marihugh

King of the Cowboys

He sat atop a beautiful, golden stallion and claimed the appellation, King of the Cowboys, as his own.  His name is Roy Rogers.  Go ahead and google that expression and see what you get.  Funny, I've seen very few of his movies and yet he was one of the most popular western stars ever.  He was the first hero I ever had and it seems that I collected as much memorabilia as he could put on the market.

Movie Biographies: Henry & June

1990 Biography
From Universal Pictures
Directed by Philip Kaufman

Starring
Fred Ward
Uma Thurman
Maria de Medeiros
Richard E. Grant
Kevin Spacey

From the 1950's: The Caine Mutiny

1954 Military Drama

From Columbia Pictures

Directed by Edward Dmytryk

Starring

Humphrey Bogart

José Ferrer

Van Johnson

Fred MacMurray

Robert Francis

May Wynn

Tom Tully

E. G. Marshall

Arthur Franz

Lee Marvin

Claude Akins

Katherine Warren