“I don’t know a single woman working in my field, or any creative field, or any field at all, who cannot relate to Milicent Patrick. It’s not just her story. It’s mine, too.” -Mallory O’Meara (from The Lady From the Black Lagoon, page 15) Back in the 1990’s my friend Hill and I managed to […]
Tag: Marc Eliot
Charlton Heston: Hollywood’s Last Icon by Marc Eliot (Dey Street Books, $36.99)
“He still wanted to work, not only for the money – he had, by now, made plenty of that – and not for prestige – he had more than most in Hollywood ever get and was still greeted with shouts of “Moses” by fans wherever he traveled all over the world. He simply loved acting […]
Nicholson: A Biography by Marc Eliot (Crown Archetype, $30)
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “He’ll tell you that Jack is the hippest place in the universe, coolest place in America, the Independent Republic of Jack. The hardest thing to do is wear a gift well, and Jack wears it with a killer smile and a pair of shades.” -Mike Nichols Very few […]


