Years of alcohol abuse alongside copious amounts of medications, initially for rheumatoid arthritis and later insomnia, took their toll on Piaf’s health. A series of car accidents only exacerbated her addictions and she eventually underwent a series of surgeries for a stomach ulcer in 1959. Coupled with a deteriorating liver and the need for a […]

Joan Mellen: Male stars who have consciously and stridently demonstrated on screen what it means to be a man. John Wayne was not a star who appealed mostly to women. He was a “men’s men,” intended for male audiences, like Clint Eastwood. While Bogart, Cary Grant and Clark Gable were popular heroes for both male […]

Joseph Losey Filmography, 1948-1986 (“The Boy with Green Hair” to “The Trout”)