Here are four versions of a spirited adage: Whelan? Paul Newman? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: One grows in wisdom as the decades accumulate, but the challenges to health and intellect also increase. Good!”īelow are additional selected citations in chronological order.Ĭontinue reading Nothing But Good Should Be Said of the Dead - He’s Dead. I was always taught never to say anything about the dead unless it’s good. She says her father forced her to marry an older man when she was only a child. Miss Mabley thinks people should marry only for love. She aimed the barb at her former husband: 1971 June 17, Philadelphia Daily News, Cherry Hill scene of ‘Tony rewards’ by Charles Petzold, Quote, Column 5, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A columnist stated that Mabley was in town to tape a syndicated television talk show. The comedian Jackie ‘Moms’ Mabley received credit for a version of the joke in the “Philadelphia Daily News” of Pennsylvania. Quote Investigator: The earliest match located by QI appeared in June 1971. Yet, the joke may have been in circulation earlier. This quip has been attributed to Bette Davis who supposedly was commenting on the demise of Joan Crawford. Therefore, I will only say this, ‘She’s dead at last, good!’ I was taught that you shouldn’t speak of the dead unless you have something good to say. When one died the other said something like the following: Jackie ‘Moms’ Mabley? Bette Davis? Joan Crawford? Craig Russell? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: Two stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age were combative rivals.
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The show was written in 1990 by actual composer Jonathan Larson as a solo piece about his life. Boom!, said he relates to the composer’s ambitions. Some involved in the misbegotten Rent production wonder if McGowen needs to be careful about his own. Artistic director Grant McGowen, who directed both shows and stars as Larson in the just-opened Tick, Tick. Boom! is onstage at Pinch ‘n’ Ouch Theatre three months after a planned concert production of Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning show Rent with a full cast collapsed amid its own series of setbacks after months of rehearsal. Boom! revolves around an aspiring composer named Jonathan Larson as he tries to launch his career in musical theater amid setbacks, rejections and failure. Readers beware! Hell comes home this March!"Ĭlive Barker has "touched" HELLRAISER only twice before: once to write THE HELLBOUND HEART, and once more to write and direct the original HELLRAISER film. It's been unbelievably gratifying to develop this series and witness the visceral, relentless, and shocking story that Clive has in store for a new generation of horror fans. "I've known Clive for years, but this is the first chance we've had to work together and I couldn't be more excited. €¨"Beyond being a legendary creator of all things macabre, Clive Barker is truly an amazing individual and I'm proud to be able to work with him on reviving one of his most celebrated creations with HELLRAISER," said Editor-in-Chief Matt Gagnon. The debut volume of the HELLRAISER: MASTERWORKS series sees a slew of spine-tingling Pinhead tales by such creators as Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Mike Mignola, Alex Ross & more, with cover by John Bolton! She also has a difficult time reconciling herself to the conventional morality that dominates the 20th century, and as such, she finds herself an outsider in London society. She still writes in her notebooks, but she cannot bring herself to return to writing novels-especially in a world still riven by war, political despotism, and disillusionment. Thus, she remains mired in a kind of writer’s block. Anna Wulf has published one novel, Frontiers of War, to great acclaim, but she now finds herself uncomfortable with what she sees as its sentimentality and romanticization of war. Considered the most influential of Doris Lessing’s many novels, The Golden Notebook explores the development of a young writer. |