Michael Chapin
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Michael Chapin came from a family of show business siblings. His brother and sister were both rather well known – Lauren for her role as Kathy in the popular family sitcom Father Knows Best, and his brother Billy for his starring role in The Night of the Hunter with Shelly Winters and Robert Mitchum – as well as numerous TV roles. Michael’s career had the least fanfare of the three, but he did star in his own series of low budget Republic westerns starring the Rough Ridin’ Kids. Among his other roles – albeit uncredited – were small parts in The Night of the Hunter with his brother and It’s a Wonderful Life. Read the rest of this entry »
I consider Pulp Fiction to be one of the true classics of modern cinema – so although I haven’t seen many films starring Amanda Plummer (daughter of Christopher Plummer), the fact that she starred in this one as Yolanda (aka Honey Bunny) was quite enough. If you are familiar with the film, you may recall the prologue in which a couple are poised to rob a diner and then returns in the epilogue to show how the robbery went. In essence, this extended scene is the glue which holds the film together as Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth both discuss and then act out the robbery. 
After having failed twice to meet acclaimed science fiction writer Ray Bradbury in 2007 (first in 
Geoffrey Lewis has one of those faces that almost everyone will recognize – especially if you happen to be a fan of Clint Eastwood. Lewis has starred in no less than a half-dozen of Clint’s films, playing a variety of roles including his mortal enemy in High Plains Drifter and his goofy sidekick in Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way But Loose. You might also find him in films such as Fletch Lives, Tango and Cash, Maverick, The Man Without a Face, and The Devil’s Rejects. And this doesn’t even touch on the numerous sitcoms, westerns, and dramatic TV shows on which he’s starred. In all, he’s played over 200 different roles over the past 40 years. 
Quinn Cummings was the adorable little girl who played daughter Lucy to Marsha Mason in The Goodbye Girl. For her incredible performance at the age of ten, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She later went on to star in the TV series Family. More recently she has carved out a successful career for herself as an inventor (all you mothers out there can thank her for the HipHugger) and now as a professional author. During my visit to Los Angeles on Saturday, July 11, 2009, I was pleased to learn that Quinn would be doing a book signing at Vroman’s Books for her new book Notes From the Underwire, a wonderful memoir of observationist tales about a variety of silly things that she has encountered (and done) during her everyday life.