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Library Journal Excerpt
Ford, Peter. Glenn Ford: A Life.
Univ. of Wisconsin. (Wisconsin
Film Studies). Jun. 2011. c.344p.
photogs. filmog. bibliog. index.
ISBN 9780299281540. pap. $24.95.
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Hugh Hefner~Controversial & Complex
Hugh Marston “Hef” Hefner, will be
celebrating his 86th birthday on April 9th,
2012. He is known world-wide as an
American magazine publisher, founder
and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy
Enterprises. Hefner was born in Chicago,
Illinois, the elder of two sons born to
Grace Caroline (née Swanson; 1895–1997)
and Glenn Lucius Hefner (1896–1976), both
teachers. Hefner’s mother was of Swedish
descent and his father had German and
English ancestry. On his father’s side,
Hefner is a direct descendant of Plymouth
governor William Bradford. He has
described his family as “conservative,
Midwest, Methodist.”
Mr. Hefner is an educated individual
and served as a writer for a military
newspaper in the U.S. Army from 1944 to
1946. He later graduated from the
University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign with a B.A. in psychology and
a double minor in creative writing and art
in 1949, earning his degree in two and a
half years. After graduation, he took a
semester of graduate courses in sociology
at Northwestern University. ....
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Doug Knott, 67 years young, is bravely taking his FIRST LADIES
creative talents into his first one man show – “Last of
the Knotts”. He is comfortable performing as a poet in
the Los Angeles area and has done so since the 80s.
However, this is a portrayal of his life story, which is
touted as semi-autobiographical and a comi-tragedy.
Doug is quick to state it is not a comedy, yet it will
make you laugh and cry for him.
Knott’s father was a South Florida patriarch and
judge. He wanted his only son to give him a grandson.
However, Doug became a LA hipster-poet and felt he
had taken more than enough childhood abuse from his
father, which he refers to as a ‘redneck Judge’. For years
he exclaimed, “I am the last of the
Knotts”, rebelling against his father. However, as you might imagine life takes a turn and Doug must
decide ‘to be or Knott to be… a father’.
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I moved to Beverly Hills a few months
ago. I am 55 and was surprised to learn
that at my age, I am qualified for some
senior benefits here.
I guess if AARP is for 50 and over, well, I
am heading in the senior direction. I called
my sister in New Hampshire and told her
that I am now officially old. We both
laughed. Growing up, I did not look
forward to something like that. Now that
the time is here, I am proud of it. I earned
it. I don’t feel old. In fact, I feel great.
Life does get better with age. I have
been reading Not Born Yesterday! every
month since I got here.
Thank you for a wonderful paper. It is
inspiring and has so much. While I was
‘not born yesterday’, I do look forward to
the years ahead. Your paper will be a part
of that.
Submitted by: GEORGE V.H.
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