LOST MASTERPIECE IS FINALLY AVAILABLE!
Eight years after work began on Lost Masterpiece: Karl Brown’s Stark Love, the film is finally available at Amazon.com: Lost Masterpiece: Karl Brown’s Stark Love ...
Sergeant York Comes to the Palace!
The Showman and the Hero, a documentary about the making of Sergeant York (Warner Bros, 1941) will be screened July 25th at the historic Palace Theater in Crossville, Tennessee, just down the street from the train depot where Sergeant York embarked for World War I service. Other screenings: East Tennessee History Center, Knoxville — September 5th Cherry Theater, Columbia State Community College — September 9th Click the...
A Bucket of Blessings
Surishtha Sehgal (right) is the founder of Mentor Walk, a nonprofit initiative that helps inspire children to stay in school. She was a university professor of psychology for more than twenty-five years and serves on the advisory boards of two universities. She lives with her family in Atlanta, Georgia. Surishtha’s son Kabir Sehgal grew up in Atlanta and is an author and jazz enthusiast. His books have been featured on CNN, NPR,...
Johnny, Joan, and Tallulah
With all the hoopla over Jimmy Fallon taking over the Tonight Show, it’s nice to take a reality check and remember THE BEST host the Tonight Show ever had, or will have — Johnny Carson. Our Southern Living would like to report that Southerners appeared as guests on the first two shows which aired on October 1 and 2, 1962 — Joan Crawford and Tallulah Bankhead. Legendary film actress Joan Crawford (1904-1977) was born...
Sammy Going South
Sammy Going South (or as American audiences know it, A Boy Ten Feet Tall) is one fabulous movie about the Southland. The only thing, the “South” mentioned in Sammy is Durban, South Africa. Sammy Hartland is a ten year old boy living in Port Said, Egypt during the Suez Crisis in the mid 1950s, when Egyptian President Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal which had been under the control and protection of the British government. Sammy’s...
Richard Bradford — Texas via London
One of the most overlooked actors of all time — Richard Bradford. star of Man in a Suitcase, a 1967/68 British television import broadcast on ABC. Bradford was a Texan who had a football scholarship to Texas A&M before injuring himself. He then tried baseball at Texas State but he didn’t attend enough classes to stay on the team, so he decided to try New York. He was admitted to the Actors Studio which led to his...