LOS ANGELES - 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: ...

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 ...