I just back from Mount Sinai Hospital, and guess what- the doctors found no blockage whatsoever!!!!  So I guess that's good news- I didn't need a stent after all.  I'll be homebound for the rest of the week, though.  Thanks to everyone! 

I just found out that he has died at 74......

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-geoff-miller-20110418,0,1961573.story

So will I!  She is truly a class act, and I only wish she put in an appearance at a Festival. I wrote to her some years back, and she signed some photos for me.  To me she'll always be "Vicki"!

Thanks for the update, Rebecca- BTW, from which film is that Grayson avatar from?

There's a good reason why Joan wasn't nominated for an Oscar although in retrospect it does seem unfair.  At the height of her film career when she gave those great film performances in the 40s, her then-husband Walter Wanger was actually the president of the Academy!!!  If he hadn't, she may have been recognized for those films she did for Fritz Lang and other top directors.  If she had been nominated, there may have been cries of nepotism.  I know, but it does seem unfair now, especially that the second Best Actress Oscar was given to Mary Pickford while her husband was the Academy's first president.  One thing in Mary's favor: at the time she and Doug were the Hollywood power couple, so they could pretty much get away with what they wanted......

Is the cane metal or plastic?

If memory serves me correctly, "Cornelia" is the name of her granddaughter (daughter of her son Adam Isles, who was born on DS' third anniversary!).  So the first name thing may be true after all.