In our December 2012 issue, we looked back through the career of Miriam Hopkins, an actress whose verbal fireworks, unabashed sexuality and willingness to push the boundaries still fascinate.
Movie directors and their stars can make for strange bedfellows. Portly, reserved Alfred Hitchcock found his favorite leading man in dashing, sophisticated Cary Grant. Mercurial, sloppy, handkerchief-chewing John Ford created an icon out of John Wayne, who was as nimble as a cat.
Bob Rafelson was a Jewish titan of New Hollywood, a regular collaborator of Jack Nicholson and a director and producer of work that would go on to influence a new generation of filmmakers.