“Such Friends”: 100 Years Ago, November, 1925, at the movie houses of America

Although this blog by Kathleen Dixon Donnelly (November 3, 2025) does not directly referrence Mr. Benchley, it captures the New York cinema world of Benchley's day. Read the blog HERE.

Another Inquiry from the Mail Bag

Mr. Trumbull:

A recent book about Carol and John Steinbeck [the American writer] refers to Robert Benchley’s secretary as being a friend of the marine biologist and friend of John Steinbeck, Ed Ricketts. Apparently this secretary visited Mr. Ricketts home and laboratory in Monterey, California, sometime in the 1940s.

Do you have any information about this secretary and Mr. Ricketts and John Steinbeck?

Herb B.