Marie Wilson
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Harper Collins published my novel "The Gorgeous Girls". My feature film screenplay "Sideshow Bandit" has won several awards at film festivals. I have a new feature film screenplay called "A Girl Like I" and it's looking for a producer.
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Ladies of the Silver Screen Pt 2
Leslie Crosbie in "The Letter" ('40) Bette Davis pumping bullets into a man in a white linen suit on a moonlit veranda in Manila, then spending the rest of the movie successfully (mostly) professing her innocence. Kudos to Max Steiner for creating the perfect score to carry this drama and its leading lady to an inevitable conclusion.
By Marie Wilson3 years ago in Humans
Stella Adler: Revered & Feared
The legendary mentor who taught Brando and De Niro, among others, came to Toronto one drizzly April evening in 1983 to present a lecture. Famous for her acerbic tongue and her insistence on emotional honesty in acting, she did not disappoint with her leonine delivery. She also toned it down to kitten-level when the moment called for it.
By Marie Wilson3 years ago in Humans
All You Really Need Is Empathy
Helen is having a sarcasmgasm on Facebook. She read an opinion piece in The New York Times and thought it was "full of bullshit" so she posted about it, laying on the sarcasm. Helen often uses the quote: “I’d give up sarcasm but that would leave interpretive dancing as my only way of communicating.” She adds: “And you don’t want to see that.”
By Marie Wilson4 years ago in Humans
The Notorious Ward
St. John’s Ward was a festering pool of poverty & disease located in the heart of Toronto in the 19th & 20th centuries. Known simply as The Ward, the area was defined by its border streets: College, Yonge, University & Queen. It housed the city’s poorest: people who had travelled from afar looking for a brighter future, who then did their best to set up housekeeping in Toronto’s worst slum.
By Marie Wilson4 years ago in Humans
Beautiful Nixie
Beautiful Joe was a dog whose owner beat him and cut off his ears and tail. In 1894, Marshall Saunders wrote “Beautiful Joe”, a novel based on the true story of this tortured dog. Her book led the charge for the humane treatment of animals everywhere.
By Marie Wilson4 years ago in Petlife
