by David Krell | Jan 30, 2017 | David Krell
Bob Aspromonte fit nicely with the cultural paradigm built upon a “boys will be boys” philosophy in the 1960s, the decade when Joe Namath swaggered while Dean Martin swigged, offering touchstones for male fantasies of being famous and female fantasies of...
by David Krell | Oct 30, 2015 | David Krell
Dino Crocetti emerged from the hardscrabble existence in Steubenville, Ohio to become one of the biggest stars in the second half of the 20th century. With a new moniker of Dean Martin, a legendary partnership with Jerry Lewis, and a fixture status in the famed Rat...
by David Krell | Apr 14, 2015 | David Krell
In the 1989 movie Batman, Jack Nicholson brought his trademark sarcasm to the role of the Joker, perhaps Batman’s greatest foe. Nearly 20 years later, Heath Ledger inhabited the role, giving a performance of a diabolical, insane, delusional villain....
by David Krell | Jan 31, 2015 | David Krell
James Bond ventured onto the silver screen in Dr. No in 1962, during the height of the Cold War. Sean Connery’s portrayal of the British agent gave audiences an escape from the era’s harsh realities. The Bond franchise inspired an onslaught of fictional...
by David Krell | Jul 3, 2013 | David Krell
The Lone Ranger and Tonto did not always get along Topps Comics produced a four-part story in 1994 that pulled no punches for this duo. Literally. The first panel of the first story depicts Tonto slugging the Lone Ranger, an inconceivable action given the historical...
