Happy Friday! This is Susan King, veteran movie writer at the Los Angeles Times and purveyor of all things vintage Hollywood and beyond. Every Friday in the Classic Hollywood newsletter, I bring you up close and personal with movie and TV milestones, notable births of legends of the silver and small screens, fun happenings around town, can’t-miss movies airing this week on TV, memories of performers I have interviewed and any noteworthy news of a prominent figure of yesteryear.
Aug. 11 marks the ninth anniversary of the death of former big band singer and talk-show host Mike Douglas, who died on his 81st birthday.