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Loren Kantor

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Was Silent Film Star Buster Keaton an Abused Child?

Joseph “Buster” Keaton was born in 1895 into a performing family. His father Joe owned a traveling vaudeville show with Harry Houdini…

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Was Silent Film Star Buster Keaton an Abused Child?

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The Day I Was Fired by Chevy Chase

In 1991, I worked on the movie Memoirs of an Invisible Man. I was a lowly production assistant accruing hours toward a career as an…

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The Day I Was Fired by Chevy Chase

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Writing a MAGA-Themed TV Show

In 2019, an old producer friend named James called to say he was working on a MAGA-themed comedy series to pitch to a streaming network. We…

Mar 27

Writing a MAGA-Themed TV Show

Mar 27

The Strange Life of Colonel Sanders

When I was in college, I was part of a reading group that focused on strange and obscure books. Selections included On Atlantis by Edgar…

Mar 25

The Strange Life of Colonel Sanders

Mar 25

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Los Angeles Stories

It’s Never Good to Confront a Meter Maid

My first show business job after college was as a menial serf for a Beverly Hills production company specializing in award shows. I ran…

Mar 12

It’s Never Good to Confront a Meter Maid

Mar 12

When a Jewish Funeral Doesn’t Go as Planned

As the oldest surviving male relative, my father bore the duty of burying his Uncle Koppel. Koppel had survived three years in Nazi…

Mar 10

When a Jewish Funeral Doesn’t Go as Planned

Mar 10

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Los Angeles Stories

Don’t Live in a Murder House

In the summer of 1988, my friend Kevin was looking for a place to live. His actress girlfriend Leigh wanted to live in the Hollywood Hills…

Mar 6

Don’t Live in a Murder House

Mar 6

Dick Gregory’s Natural Food Journey

Dick Gregory was part of the new generation of 60’s black comedians that included Bill Cosby, Redd Foxx and Nipsey Russell. In one of his…

Mar 5

Dick Gregory’s Natural Food Journey

Mar 5

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Jack Kerouac’s Final Years

In 1967, poets Aram Saroyan and Ted Berrigan traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida for The Paris Review to interview legendary Beat…

Mar 4

Jack Kerouac’s Final Years

Mar 4

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The Making of the French Connection

The French Connection is a 1971 police thriller featuring the most famous car chase in movie history. Gene Hackman plays Jimmy ‘Popeye’…

Feb 27

The Making of the French Connection

Feb 27

Loren Kantor

Loren Kantor

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Loren is a writer and woodcut artist based in Los Angeles. He teaches printmaking and creative writing to kids and adults.

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