Tag Archives: Susan Strasberg

The Books: “Marilyn and Me” (Susan Strasberg)

Posted on October 19, 2008 by sheila

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 →

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Psych-Out

Posted on October 22, 2007 by sheila

I’m still sick. On meds now. Not as many meds as the gentleman below, however (and mine are all legal).

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Dean Stockwell: Anchors Aweigh and Psych-Out

Posted on August 19, 2007 by sheila

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 →

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Dean Stockwell montage

Posted on June 28, 2007 by sheila

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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