It all turned to shit Sixteen years ago today

For Screenwriter and Director Richard Brooks, that is. In the 1940s he wrote the screenplays for the critically acclaimed Key Largo and Brute Force, both suspenseful examples of film noir. In 1950 he directed his film Crisis, which gave a much darker role to the actor Cary Grant than he had previously attempted. He won his only Oscar in 1960 for his screenplay for Elmer Gantry, although he was nominated for the films Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Professionals (1966), and In Cold Blood (1967). For those of you living under a rock: Mr. Brooks currently resides in Hillside Memorial Park: Mother has added ANOTHER new slideshow at the bottom of the page, Westwood Memorial park (yes, Marilyn's burial place) if you like that kind of thing.