Movies were central to my life as a child.  For ten cents, I could hit the Saturday cartoon matinée and for two hours escape my poverty. Sunday afternoons, mom paid fifty-cents for two tickets to the grown-up flicks.  After that, we had a cheap dinner, probably Chinese, and went ho

When I saw the picture flash across the news screen, I presumed it was an obituary. Happily, it was a birthday announcement for Olivia de Havilland — Melanie to those who adore the film, Gone with the Wind.  She’d turned 100th on July 1.   Naturally, there were pictures of