Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on August 20, 2013

The title of actress Mary Wicke’s biography is comic and tragically true; a woman whose face you remember, but have difficulty placing her.  When I started describing Wickes to my mother, she immediately believed that Wickes played Mrs. Kravitz on Bewitched.  I had to laugh as author Steve Tar   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on August 7, 2013

You know how sometimes you read something, and then something tangentially related to what you’ve only recently finished reading pops up somewhere, and you think, “My, that’s an odd coincidence?” That was the feeling I had earlier when I caught sight of an LA Times article en   read more

True Classics Posted by Brandie on July 23, 2013

Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before Steve Taravella Release Date: June 1, 2013 University of Mississippi Press Hardcover, 370 pages Throughout a seven-decade career in show business, Mary Wickes was a welcome and hilarious presence in hundreds of movies, television series and films,   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on June 13, 2013

Born June 13, 1910 Character Actress Mary Wickes! Character Actress Mary Wickes appeared in over 130 roles, playing lots of busybodies, nurses, housekeepers and nuns. Some of my favorite Mary Wickes roles? Well there’s lots, but for a start: Nurse Pickford in Now Voyager, Nurse Preen in The   read more

True Classics Posted by on September 23, 2012

By all accounts, Mary Wickes did not start out her life with the intention to become an actress. She was a St. Louis debutante who attended college early, graduating from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in political science with plans to attend law school–that is, until she...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Mary Wickes I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before by Steve Taravella University Press of Mississippi Hardcover ISBN: 9781604739053 370 pages May 2013 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells “Mary was one of the most recognizable character actresses in the United States. Though the   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Mary Wickes I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before by Steve Taravella University Press of Mississippi Hardcover ISBN: 9781604739053 370 pages May 2013 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells “Mary was one of the most recognizable character actresses in the United States. Though the   read more