by David Krell | Feb 25, 2015 | David Krell
Leader. Visionary. Gentleman. Leonard Goldenson. The founder of ABC. In the early years of television, NBC and CBS had dominance, prestige, and history. ABC had Leonard Goldenson. NBC and CBS had A-list talent. ABC had Leonard Goldenson. NBC and CBS had their...
by David Krell | May 1, 2013 | David Krell
You must remember this: Casablanca is a classic movie. But did you know this? Casablanca had less than auspicious beginnings. Casablanca began as a play titled Everybody Comes to Rick’s written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison in the late 1930s. Although...
by David Krell | Apr 23, 2013 | David Krell
Honey West only lasted the 1965-66 season on ABC, but it proved that a sexy, sassy, smart woman can be just as good a private detective as the guys from 77 Sunset Strip, Surfside Six, or Bourbon Street Beat. A spinoff, Honey West began with Anne Francis playing the...
by David Krell | Apr 20, 2013 | David Krell
Warner Brothers churned out animation during World War II like an assembly line. Its animated short films injected optimism into the American spirit. In Super Rabbit (1943), Bugs Bunny takes on the persona of the title character, a parody of Superman. He battles the...
