Addenum 2
Stanley Kubrick :: Personal calls to Al. Dubin, Pr. Director of Warner Bros.
Alfred Hitchcock :: Visited his universal office, personal contact with Ray Berwick “The Birds” bird trainer, with many 1st person stories of Alfred Hitchcock.
Tippi Hedren :: Cast her for Canadian commercials before Hitchcock.
Anthony Perkins :: Street chat in Toronto re: Hitchcock & Psycho.
John Gavin :: Directed in H’Wood…discussed Hitchcock & Psycho.
Francois Truffaut :: Several meetings and encounters in Toronto, Hollywood and Montreal, discussing his films, Hitchcock, Cigars et Cuisine.
Martin Balsam :: Martinis at the Bev. Wilshire. Chats re: many character roles.
Rocky Graziano :: Many meetings in Manhattan, talks re: “Somebody up there likes Me”…Fights with Sugar Ray, Carmen Basilio, and Alphonse Capone..his Pal.
Richard Montalban :: Many meetings and discussions while directing him.
Jackie Gleason :: Extensive conversations about comedy, Red Skelton, Toots Shor, Joe DiMaggio, his music, orchestra, roles in “Hustler” & “Requiem” for heavyweight.
Red Skelton :: Extensive chats re: comedy, his shows, his rain dancing, his wife, Jackie Gleason, Vaudeville in Toronto, his art and paintings, etc.
Carrol O’Connor :: Two hilarious elevator encounters in Manhattan.
Tennessee Williams :: Several hotel , street, and plane encounters to discuss humour, bulldogs, his “Madame Sophia”…Mine…”Spike”.
Sam Jaffe :: Chatted at a H’Wood party re: “Asphalt Jungle”.
Ernest Hemingway :: Many 1st person stories from the “Pilar” skipper, Gregorio Fuentes in Havana Cuba at the Terrazza de Cojimar, Hemmingways fishing village.
Rod Serling :: Recorded sound tracks for commercials in H’Wood.
Herbert Lom :: Breakfast-Bev Hills Hotel Coffee Shop. Chatted re:””Pink Panther”.
Henry Mancini :: Lunch in Toronto…chatted his tracks, “Panther”, “Touch of Evil”.
Dominic Chianese & Len Montana :: “Godfather” Actors for Canadian commercials.
Charles Bronson :: A Chance conversation & H’Wood encounter.
Cubby Broccoli & Harry Saltzman :: Met at the Savoy…London.
John Marley :: Character actor, “Godfather”…”Cat Ballou”…Toronto Tennis Club.
Pablo Ferro & Maurice Binder :: Title animations for Stanley Kubrick, and for the James Bond Films…in London.
David Wayne :: Lead character actor, song & dance…commercials in New York.
Sam Peckinpah :: 1st-person stories from Al Dubin, publicity, Warner Bros.
Otto Preminger :: 1st-person stories from Al Dubin, publicity, Warner Bros.
Cornell Wilde :: A meeting & chat re: His films and fencing at the Heffner Mansion