In the early 1950s, when television sent Hollywood into the doldrums and studios were thinning their contract lists, some stars began appearing in their own TV series. Among them: Lucille Ball, ...

Lassie and The New Yorker have a long history. In 1948, at the height of the HUAC era, Lillian Ross wrote about Lassie’s role as Hollywood’s most bankable star, untroubled by political affiliation or ...

Rachel Sandell is an experienced editor and proofreader with a love for language and storytelling. A graduate of the creative writing MFA program, The Rainier Writing Workshop, she is the author of ...