Movies
Would you believe that the ‘60s TV series ‘Get Smart’ would help inspire a film about a bumbling grammar teacher’s exploits in espionage?
March 8, 2001
Leon Askin, the actor who played Gen.
June 5, 2005
World & Nation
Jogging along a winding dirt road on Jackson’s outskirts, Renee Askins sometimes lets out a few howls to rouse the coyotes that roam the foothills of the Teton Mountains.
Oct. 11, 1992
Business
Peter Schmid was named senior vice president of marketing and sales in the New York office and Richard H.
June 20, 1986
A documentary shows the blacklisted writer paid a stiff price for standing by his beliefs.
June 27, 2008
Entertainment & Arts
Christopher Trumbo dies at 70; screen and TV writer whose father was blacklisted
Jan. 12, 2011
Films beginning production this week : DESHIMA (Produzioni Cinematrografiche Al Castello).
Sept. 14, 1986
As Hollywood writers ponder the merits of going out on strike when their contract ends later this fall, there’s a movie for them to see, one that can be seen as either a heroic fable or a cautionary tale about their chosen trade.
Sept. 11, 2007
Obituaries
Trumbo, the son of Dalton Trumbo, wrote TV episodes for series such as ‘Ironside,’ ‘Quincy, M.E.,’ and ‘Falcon Crest.’ He was an expert on the blacklist and wrote a play, ‘Trumbo: Red, White & Blacklisted,’ based on his father’s letters.
Poor Marilyn Monroe.
March 9, 2001