I was in the Loop on Easter Sunday, 1966, but unfortunately it was at the Roosevelt, not the United Artists. A week earlier my Hebrew school took us to see The Ten Commandments. The film made such an impression that I begged dad to take me again the following week. Had I known then what I know now, I'd have spent the day with dad at the UA watching Frankie Fane shatter the glass mountain called success. As David Elliott said, "Maybe your dad figured The Oscar just wasn't fun fare for a ten-year-old and, honestly, none of us were prepared for that masterpiece." Chicago Tribune, April 10, 1966.
April 4, 2015