This is the grave of Billy Wilder. Born in 1906 in what is today Sucha, Poland, close to the modern border with Slovakia, Samuel Wilder grew up in a Jewish family that was upwardly mobile. His parents ran a series of train station cafes. Then...
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This is the grave of Mary Howard. Born in Independence, Kansas in 1913, Howard grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was interested in dance as a little girl, which of.
This is the grave of Cecil B. DeMille. Born in Ashfield, Massachusetts in 1881, at his parents' vacation home, DeMille grew up in New York City. His parents were well-off.
This is the grave of Tod Browning. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1880, Charles Browning grew up middle class. His father was a respectable construction guy and a prominent local Baptist. In fact, as a matter of complete trivia, his uncle Pete was the Louisville...
This is the grave of William Bendix. Born in Manhattan in 1906, Bendix grew up in a well off German immigrant family. Among his family members was his Uncle Max,.
This is the grave of Mihai Iacob. I don't have much to say here, but this is possibly why this is interesting. I had never heard of Iacob but I.
This is the grave of Adrian. Born in 1903 in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Adrian Greenburg grew up in a Jewish immigrant household that was upwardly mobile. Interested in art from the time he was a kid, Greenburg went to the New York School for Fine and...
This is the grave of Janet Leigh. Born in 1927 in Merced, California, Jeannette Morrison grew up in Stockton. I can see why she would want to move to Hollywood!.
Before too much time passes here, I want to mention the death of the great filmmaker Robert Young. He was not that widely known, though a far more interesting and.
This is the grave of Betty Grable. Born in 1916 in St. Louis, Grable grew up well-off. Her father was a stockbroker. There was also artistic talent in the family. Her cousin Virginia Pearson was a prominent actress in the silent movies, a specialist in...
Like many Criterion fans, I have long wondered how the hell Michael Bay movies got in the collection early on. I mean, I actually like The Rock for what it.
This is the grave of Jack Lemmon. Born in 1925 in Newton, Massachusetts, Lemmon was a sickly child in a well-off but broken home. He had three ear surgeries by.