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...Young! Look, over there, Alan Ladd's getting out of that limo!" His mother Helen remembers Billy grasping his toothbrush like a mike, "thanking all the little people who made this possible." In the morning, she would put notes under the cereal bowl -- "Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird" -- for the Oscars awarded after he fell asleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Having Struggled From Warm-Up Act to Headliner: BILLY CRYSTAL | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

...same great themes; I was not disappointed. Gary Sinise, as co-producer, director and lead actor, created a remarkable version of the literary classic. The film remains true to the original and resonates for a modern-day audience. "The script written by Horton Foote (scriptwriter for "To Kill A Mockingbird,"), effortlessly depicts the simple truths and tragic theme of this story...

Author: By Ronnetta L. Fagan, | Title: George & Lennie on the Big Screen | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

...same great themes; I was not disappointed. Gary Sinise, as co-producer, director and lead actor, created a remarkable version of the literary classic. The film remains true to the original and resonates for a modern-day audience. The script, written by Horton Foote (scriptwriter for "To Kill A Mockingbird,"), effortlessly depicts the simple truths and tragic theme of this story...

Author: By Ronnetta L. Fagan, | Title: New Movies | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

HORTON FOOTE'S GIFTS FOR MOOD, DIAlogue and vignette won screenplay Oscars for To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies and gave Geraldine Page unforgettable moments in The Trip to Bountiful. But his stage plays suffer from haphazard , structure, predictable plot and an inability to invest poignant incidents with larger significance. These faults beset THE ROADS TO HOME, which opened off- Broadway last week under the author's direction. The cast of nine, an army on the tiny stage, seems thin and the story wan. But Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and the author's daughter Hallie glow as two Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Sep. 28, 1992 | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

Champions Benefit Concert for Samaritans/Samariteens--Featuring live bands Random House of Soul, Resolve, Goodfoot, and Tequila Mockingbird. Wednesday, April 8, 9 p.m. Alley Pub, Kenmore Square, Boston. $3 for 21 and over; $5 for ages...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Everywhere But Harvard | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

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