It was 1970 and the longtime TV columnist for The Hollywood Reporter was meeting former ‘40s star Veronica Lake at Musso and ... there are busloads of people that show up — it’s insane.

Veronica Lake, a screen siren who captivated audiences in the 1940s, had no qualms about leaving Hollywood behind. In the recently republished memoir titled “Veronica: The Autobiography of ...

With her peek-a-boo blond hairdo and sultry looks, Veronica Lake was the "it-girl" of the 1940s silver screen. When she died penniless three decades later, her ashes sat anonymously in a funeral ...