Movies
While baby boomers know him as the narrator of “Fractured Fairy Tales” on the old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon series, their parents remember former Encino resident Edward Everett Horton as Fred Astaire’s foppish sidekick in several 1930s film musicals, including “The Gay Divorcee,” “Top Hat” and “Shall We Dance.”
April 12, 1997
The classic 1941 fantasy-romance-comedy about the prizefighter who dies before his time and is sent back to earth to inhabit the body of a murdered industrialist.
July 20, 1997
One of two masterpieces of the whole Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers (both pictured) series; the other is “Swing Time.”
May 4, 1997
Books
The first thing you are aware of is the roar of the traffic.
Sept. 30, 1996
Though most moviegoers are familiar with Warren Beatty’s award-winning 1978 remake, “Heaven Can Wait,” the 1941 original is an absolute delight.
Dec. 29, 1996
AGAINST THE CURRENT: AS I REMEMBER F. SCOTT FITZGERALD by Frances Kroll Ring (Donald S.
Nov. 3, 1985
UCLA Sports
A close game at halftime turns into a 31-0 Bruins victory, but inconsistency plagues the offense again.
Oct. 1, 2006
Frances Kroll Ring was only 20 when a Hollywood employment agency sent her to Encino, where F.
Sept. 7, 1997
Television
Winter D.
Nov. 15, 2009
Entertainment & Arts
The broadcasting pioneer helped shape public television programming in the 1960s and later was appointed by President Clinton to the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Nov. 14, 2009