I Tried Making ZaSu's Fudge. It Was a Disaster.
Movie history has always been one of my passions. I love looking up information about film stars going back to the days of the silent (in other words, spending time on the internet looking up interesting stuff instead of cleaning my house), and there are several of those old reels I've come to love. One actress I recently researched was ZaSu Pitts. ZaSu was a comedic actress who normally portrayed nervous, fluttery types, but in 1924 she starred in Erich Von Stroheim's "Greed" as Trina Sieppe, a miserly, unlikable woman who didn't want to part with a nickel of a $5,000 lottery win. Trina ended up first having her fingers bitten off by her husband (pissed because she wouldn't give him any money), then he kills her in a drunken rage. Unless you think this was very lurid stuff for the silent era, remember that these were pre-code days. Anyhow, back to ZaSu. She was also an expert candy maker, having learned from her mother, and used to carry bags of h