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Detroit, Michigan · DetroitFor Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday.
“It got silent, then all these voices said
‘Come follow me into the gates of Hell.’
I heard ’em yell ‘Welcome to the Norman Bates Motel!’
I ring the bell for service and I was greeted by his mother,
Covered in dry blood, head still dented from the shovel.
I said I need a room so I could try to get some rest.
She gave me the keys to the best suite and a bag of cess
And told me that’s just for starters, Satan’ll b…Read Article
“Yeah, and I’m buddies with Alfred.” — Eminem on Alfred Hitchcock
MGM · Miami Beach“Critics established a snobbery toward me.” — Esther Williams My formal introduction to aquatic-mermaid-star Esther Williams wasn’t through her movies. Oh, I may have seen some of the numbers on the various afternoon movies shown on local TV, where I first saw the old movies that made me a movie fan. But no, not for Esther. I learned about Esther Williams through Judy Blume. When I was a kid, 9 or 10 years old, my favorite book of hers was Starr…Read Article
“I gave my eardrums to MGM. And it’s true: I really did.” — Esther Williams
Celtic · Southern DistrictOn December 6, 1933, the US Court of Appeals (Judge John Woolsey) judged Ulysses by James Joyce to be NOT obscene and declared that the book could be admitted into the United States. There were then appeals to this decision. On August 7, 1934, Woolsey’s decision was upheld by the US Court of Appeals. Random House raced to get the book into print, available in America for the first time. Here’s the first American edition of the book:
The book wa…Read Article
