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Tag Archives: Susan Strasberg
The Books: “Marilyn and Me” (Susan Strasberg)
Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends, by Susan Strasberg There is much to say here, about the smothering psychodrama of the Strasberg family – and the introduction of Lee Strasberg’s most famous student – Marilyn … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Books
Tagged Actors Studio, entertainment biography, Lee Strasberg, Marilyn Monroe, Susan Strasberg
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Psych-Out
I’m still sick. On meds now. Not as many meds as the gentleman below, however (and mine are all legal).
Dean Stockwell: Anchors Aweigh and Psych-Out
Recently, I watched Anchors Aweigh (featuring Stockwell’s debut in 1945) – and Psych-Out, a movie about hippies in San Francisco from 1968, starring Stockwell and Jack Nicholson – back to back. It’s the most unlikely double bill ever. Stockwell in … Continue reading
Dean Stockwell montage
Dean Stockwell and Ernest Hemingway, 1950s That’s Stockwell in “Compulsion” – the Leopold and Loeb story – from 1959. Orson Welles stars. Dean Stockwell in the classic “Secret Garden” – in 1949 – I saw that movie a million times … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Velvet, Compulsion, Dean Stockwell, Ernest Hemingway, Married to the Mob, Susan Strasberg
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