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Classic on-screen kid from the classic Hollywood era, from Out of the Past to Heaven Can Wait

I've pretty much stopped posting here, but this seems fitting as a last dispatch:

Janus co-founder William Becker.

Perkins Cobb wrote:Janus co-founder William Becker.

Mr. Becker’s talents embodied the Janus logo’s twin goals — for example, when he negotiated with the French filmmaker Jacques Tati, who was over budget on a film and had gone into bankruptcy and lost all his titles to his lenders.

“We put up the final $25,000 that enabled him to get control of his films back from the banks,” Mr. Becker said.

I think we likely have a good explanation here for the Tati family loyalty to Janus / Criterion over and above their StudioCanal deal.

The New York Times has his obit here.

Rest in peace.

EDIT: My apologies to the mods for posting in the wrong area.

Jackie Collins...who I'm sure has lots of fans here...

This would appear to be an excellent excuse to post her classic Graham Norton interview alongside John Waters.

I've not had a chance to see them as yet but there are also the two late 70s film adaptations of Jackie Collins novels, both starring her older sister Joan: The Stud and of course The Bitch (the latter directed by Gerry O'Hara, so it should be worth a watch!)

Yogi Berra

Jack Larson, best known for his role as reporter Jimmy Olsen on the first Superman TV show, died Sunday at his home in Brentwood, Calif. He was 87.
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Classic Yogi-isms:

"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
"It's deja vu all over again"
"You can observe a lot just by watching."
"It ain't over til it's over"

Marcin Wrona, one of the more promising of the younger generation of Polish filmmakers, seems to have committed suicide last Friday night - bafflingly, as his third feature Demon had just premiered locally to some of the best reviews of his career and looked set to make a genuine international splash.

Daniel Bird, who knew him well during his creatively formative years, has written a heartfelt obituary.

Sunset Blvd. co-writer D.M. Marshman, Jr.

The Narrator Returns wrote:Catherine Coulson

This is heartbreaking. RIP

Truly.

Not film related, but: Phil Woods. Pretty devastating for the jazz world: http://thejazzline.com/news/2015/09/alt ... ied-at-83/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

John Guillermin, according to Twilight Time's Facebook page.

Lee Kazimir. He only made one documentary, but as a friend of mine from high school, I'm hit pretty hard by his suicide today.

Chantal Akerman.

Terrible news. It doesn't appear from the news release that she was ill. RIP.