Kazan was recognized as a brilliant director; a generation of Method actors placed themselves in his hands. But he was also known for poking at their vulnerabilities as much as protecting them. As J.W. Williamson writes in "Hillbillyland," when Kazan...

A beloved, lifelong resident, she was the smiling face behind the counter at the post office, the soda shop and the local market she and her husband owned. When locals attended the grange meeting, it was Teressie who took their entrance fees. A high...

Edna White's idyllic life in small-town Aromas evokes scenes from Andy Griffith's "Mayberry." A beloved, lifelong resident, she was the smiling face behind the counter at the post office, the soda shop and the local market she and her husband owned. ...

Their television favorites, "The Big Bang Theory" and "The Simpsons," are creative and hilarious—far preferable to the lame and stereotype-laden "Andy Griffith Show" that Mr. Deming and I used to watch. My sons love to read on their Kindles. We all...

Griffith's exuberant charm and native Blue Ridge drawl won him a long career playing Southerners. Usually he depicted benign figures, such as the sheriff of “Mayberry R.F.D. ,” but he was also memorable as the sinister country singer with political...

Kent taught me about this place to run. You park you car under the span of the giant oak and just across the road that has just turned from Centerville Road to Moccasin Gap a short connecting road will take you to Old Centerville Road. You finish with...