MPTF: This Blog Has Nothing to Do with George Clooney

February 3, 2012 By Richard Stellar 6 days ago

Those who made a difference, effected social change, saved lives, and shared a cigar with me along the way

  

MPTF's Beitcher: Providence Talks Over, New Partner May Be Announced Soon

October 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 17 weeks ago

Exclusive: CEO says the fund has moved on after Providence talks broke down over money

  

MPTF CEO Beitcher Reassures Staff After Failure of Deal With Providence

October 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 17 weeks ago

In letter to employees, Beitcher insisted a plan was in place to keep the facility operating

  

MPTF Preps for Renovations, but Deal With Providence Still in the Works

July 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 31 weeks ago

Exclusive: In a memo to staff, CEO Bob Beitcher says that the transfer should happen by the end of the year

  

At Long Last, 'Vanity Fair' Publishes MPTF Piece -- Online Only

February 25, 2011 By Brent Lang 49 weeks ago

Analysis: Well-written piece is marred by a serious case of Jeffrey Katzenberg worship

  

Hollywood Publicist-Turned-Producer Walter Seltzer Dies at 96

February 19, 2011 By Wrap Staff 50 weeks ago

Worked with Brando, Douglas and Heston -- was sole MPTF trustee to oppose closing of the fund's long-term care center

  

2 Years Later, the Fight Rages On to Keep MPTF Home Open

January 14, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

On the second anniversary of the closure announcement, the long-term care center remains open but with far fewer patients and staff

  

State Investigates Mysterious Death at Motion Picture Home

November 29, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: Carrie DeLay, 89, died after falling down a flight of steps. Critics of the fund blame cutbacks and lax oversight

  

Why Hollywood Needs the Motion Picture Fund Hospital

August 30, 2010 By Hala Pickford 1 year ago

Silence regarding the home's current situation is the wish to blissfully ignore the inevitability of growing old

  

Mary Pickford and the Origins of the Motion Picture Fund

August 25, 2010 By Hala Pickford 1 year ago

How the biggest star of her era was inspired to help silent film pioneers and leave a lasting Hollywood legacy

  

Billie Dove's Magical Last Days at the MPTF

June 8, 2010 By Irma Kalish 1 year ago

In those days it was still living up to its motto: We Take Care of Our Own, and Billie was one of Our Own

  

Motion Picture Home Activists Auction Sinatra's Ties, Williams' Swimsuits ...

January 28, 2010 By Steven Mikulan 2 years ago

Goal is to raise funds for critical supplies such as wheelchairs and medicine

  

Motion Picture Home Sacks 13 Employees

December 3, 2009 By Steven Mikulan 2 years ago

The reason cited for the layoffs is the declining “census” of residents requiring long-term care

  

'Getting Rid of Our Own': an MPTF Victim's Story

October 20, 2009 By Scott Wainess 2 years ago

The decision to prevent my mother from recuperating in the longterm care unit has contributed to -- if not caused -- her declining condition.

  

SAG to Take a Stand on MPTF Closures

May 5, 2009 By Andrew Gumbel 2 years ago
  

The MPTF's Long Road to Failure

April 1, 2009 By Andrew Gumbel 2 years ago

Extravagant spending, closing the ICU and pharmacy, freezing doctors' pay all led to disaster, say insiders.

  

Hollywood closes retirement facility? Where’s the Katzenberg telethon?

January 16, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 3 years ago
  

Movie Industry Hospital, Nursing Home to Shutter

January 15, 2009 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

The Motion Picture & Television Fund said it will close much of the legendary home.