"She was one of the working stiff actors who made American movies a sort of extended family for me. If I don't do this for her, who will?"
Memory and movies collide when the narrator of "Comfort and Joi," award-winning screenwriter Joseph Dougherty's imaginative blend of fiction and film fact, sets out to document the life and work of bosomy blonde bombshell Joi Lansing, a minor glamour girl who appeared in such "classics" as "Hillbillys in a Haunted House" and "Queen of Outer Space."
Alone in a borrowed house on the California coast during a winter weekend, he indulges his fascination...
"She was one of the working stiff actors who made American movies a sort of extended family for me. If I don't do this for her, who will?"
"Gemstones of narrative. Something new, funny, astonishing." -Los Angeles Daily News
"Tales tall, tragic, and tantalizing." -Sunset Magazine
"Stories from all walks and talks of life. Tales of yore and ones that make you scream for more-those that will delight with insight while moving an audience from laughter to tears." -Studio City Sun
"Story Salon" is Los Angeles's longest running storytelling venue. What began as an alternative to stand-up clubs and self-conscious performance spaces has been challenging performers and audiences for more...
Praise for "Story Salon"
"Gemstones of narrative. Something new, funny, astonishing." -Los Angeles Daily News
This book investigates one of the most successful liturgical reforms in Catholic history. Only a century ago, faithful, practicing Catholics received Holy Communion only once a year; now, among American English-speaking Catholics, Holy Communion is a routine, weekly devotional practice. This book explains how and why this ritual sea-change happened.
This book investigates one of the most successful liturgical reforms in Catholic history. Only a century ago, faithful, practicing Catholics received ...