He was a big fan of The Catcher in the Rye and strongly identified with the main character Holden Caulfield. He planned to direct a movie version but failed to aquire the rights from the book's reclusive author J.D. Salinger.
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1954Living It Up
(performer: "Ev'ry Street's a Boulevard in Old New York")
1953The Caddy
(performer: "The Gay Continental", "It Takes A Lot Of Little Likes To Make One Big Love", "That's Amoré That's Love", "What Wouldcha Do Without Me?")
I think I really wanted to write my biography more to be able to mention that [John F. Kennedy] and I were friends than anything else.
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Trivia:
He was a big fan of The Catcher in the Rye and strongly identified with the main character Holden Caulfield. He planned to direct a movie version but failed to aquire the rights from the book's reclusive author J.D. Salinger.
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Trademark:
Rapid one-take directing. Geeky, spastic on-screen comedy. "Laaa-dy"
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