The man best known as Sam Drucker!
Frank Cady was a beloved American character actor, best remembered for his portrayal of the affable storekeeper Sam Drucker on the television sitcoms Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies. Born Frank Randolph Cady on September 8, 1915, in Susanville, California, he spent much of his early life in the small-town atmosphere that later informed his on-screen persona. His parents, Leon and Clara Cady, operated a general store in Susanville,
David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated director of surrealistic films including “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” and the co-creator of the cult drama series “Twin Peaks,” has passed away.
David Keith Lynch was born on January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana, to Donald Walton Lynch, a U.S. Department of Agriculture research scientist, and Edwina “Sunny” Lynch, an English tutor. Raised in a middle-class family, Lynch’s childhood was marked by frequent relocations due to his father’s job, living in various small-town settings across Idaho, Washington, and Virginia.
Eleanor’s mansion is the iconic “Psycho house” from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film.
“The Eleanor Culhane Story,” a notable episode of Wagon Train, first aired on May 17, 1961, as the 33rd episode of the show’s fourth season. Written by Gene L. Coon and directed by Ted Post, the episode follows Flint McCullough (Robert Horton) as he visits Eleanor Culhane, a former romantic interest played by Felicia Farr.
A multi-talented American actor, martial artist, musician, and occasional producer known for his intense presence and versatile work across film and television.
I was watching Gunsmoke today and David Carradine was co-starring in the show “Lavery”, Season 16, Episode 22, February 22, 1971. It made me remember how much my dad and I enjoyed watching him as Kwai Chang Caine, on the show Kung Fu. I thought I would write about his career and odd death.
The Jack the Ripper murders have inspired a plethora of movies, documentaries, television shows, video games, books, artwork, and even board games.
Jack the Ripper, one of history’s most infamous serial killers, has been a source of fascination and horror for over a century. His gruesome murders in the Whitechapel district of London in 1888 have inspired a plethora of movies, documentaries, television shows, video games, books, artwork, and even board games.
What is TOPAZ? Is TOPAZ a person? A code name? A mystery? It’s all of these and more.
I watched this 1969 Universal Pictures Drama/Spy Thriller Alfred Hitchcock’s “Topaz” on Netflix DVD. This was the extended cut at 143 minutes. Don’t miss the Hitchcock cameo, about 30 minutes into the film. The defection of a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer, Boris Kusenov, and his family, to the United States, could shed valuable information on what the Russians were setting up in Cuba, in 1962. CIA agent Mike Nordstrom learns of the missiles with nuclear warheads and recruits French agent André Devereaux to prove this intelligence.
Overnight in a haunted house
I watched the 1959 William Castle production “House on Haunted Hill”. Frederick Loren, a millionaire, invites 5 people to a party in a haunted house he has rented. All that stays the entire night will get ten thousand dollars each. He says that his wife Annabelle, who stays up in her room, wanted the party. William Castle both produced and directed while Robb White (an American writer of screenplays, television scripts, and adventure novels) wrote and co-produced this horror film.
