Remembering Silver Screen Legend, Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney was born Joe Yule Jr. on September 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York and died in his Los Angeles home 93 years later. His passing marked the end of an incredible 80-year career in show business. Hands down, Rooney was the most popular and biggest box-office attraction in the final innocent prewar years of 1939, 1940 and 1941. Not because he was a dashing action hero lead or a glamorous romantic lead, but by playing a teenage boy, a character one contemporary critic called "the perfect composite of everybody's kid brother." Read More
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Novel Viewpoints
Ready For a Foreign Mystery Tour?
As you emerge from winter's grip, it's time to plan for some fun travel--and there's no cheaper way than a global mystery tour. Enjoy sunny piazzas, pyramids and pagodas with fascinating sleuths for company. If you're already addicted to bleak Scandinavian landscapes by Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, consider Norway's Queen of Crime Karin Fossum and Swedish master Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander series. Read More
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Why Is Joan So Hungry for Love?
A true case faithfully reported and analyzed by a counselor which appeared in the January 1956 issue of True Love Magazine. Take the "Quiz" and see if the advice still flies!
Q. Why Does Joan Continue to Have Dates With A Man Who'll Never Marry Her?
A. Joan's parents always worked, neglecting her.
B. Joan fell in love with Bob. He threatened to stop seeing her if she didn't go all the way.
C. Her grades suffered, and she was in danger of failing.
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Relationship Advice From the '50s
Since the dawn of man (and woman), people have had questions about love, romance, marriage, money and self-worth. The times may have changed, but the questions remain the same. Jane Evans was an advice columnist whose advice still holds up today. The following column was taken from the March, 1956 issue of True Love Magazine: Dear Miss Evans: I have been going steady with J. for the past two years. Now he has asked me to marry him. Since he hasn't finished school yet, we would have to wait two more years to get married. I have already finished school and am working. He wants us to become engaged, but I'm not sure that I love him. What should I do? Miss M.M. Find Out Here!
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