Who Was Claire Brennen and How Did She Die?
Claire Brennan… Who was she? How did she die? Brennan died in Hollywood in 1977. Hollywood was at its lowest point. Seedy […]
Author: Lee Wallender
Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures.
Rod Cameron Marries His Mother-in-Law
Nathan Roderick Cox was born Canada in 1910, and later, under the name of Rod Cameron, forged a name for himself as […]
The Short, Wild Run of Spyros Skouras’ Daughter, Dionysia
It ended at a spot on a sidewalk in Los Angeles. That spot is now next to a Burger King. It involves […]
Evan Engber and Yvette Mimieux Kayak the Coquille River
Never let a name fool you: Yvette Mimieux. The ooo-la-la French seductress thing was all the rage in the early 1960s cinema […]
7430 Pyramid Pl., Los Angeles: Crooners and Rapists
Perched at the top of the Hollywood Hills, off of Mulholland Drive, is a property that commands what might be the highest […]
Cheap and Easy Dreams: Spadrom Estates and Herbert Heftler
Located in Anaheim, California, Spradrom Estates was a $7.5 million development of 486 homes that broke ground in 1956. It’s still there. […]
No Down Payment (1957)
No Down Payment begins peppy and optimistic as the two central characters, a couple, move to Sunrise Hills, a Southern California suburb. […]
Doctor’s Estate Mysteriously Willed to Secretary and Not to His Wife
In 1951, Dr. Roy Campbell committed suicide in his office at 814 1/2 S. Alvarado, Los Angeles. Dr. Campbell’s will, which was […]
Men in War (1957): Surprisingly Good “Lost Platoon” Movie
One more step and I’ll fill your guts with lead. That’s the tagline on one of “Men in War’s” posters, with Aldo […]
Dean Fredericks: Actor Flying Under the Radar
Of all of the actors who played soldiers and other military men in mid-century American TV and movies, a few were the […]