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Scene from my Gatsby life: “Hank, how do you spell ‘occulist'”?

Mia was pregnant. The Newport shoot wrapped before her baby bump blossomed fully into Fletcher Previn. Then, what Redford once, semi-sarcastically, termed “the big money, above-the-line” personnel, and the British camera crew and one minor Paramount executive made their various … Continue reading

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Scenes from my life: Meeting Robert Redford

He was wearing a World War I US Army uniform… I was wearing a summer sweater and white jeans…  …with my Paramount Pictures ID badge 181 pinned on. The setting was a palatial room at Marble House, one of Newport’s … Continue reading

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