UNEASY Tony Curtis

I mentioned to my mother-in-law that I was about to head off to the West Coast to shoot with Tony Curtis. She said to me, “We know him as ‘Bernard Schwartz.’” So when I arrived in Los Angeles I went to one of those movie memorabilia shops on Hollywood Boulevard and bought a vintage headshot of Curtis.

Tony Curtis was fun and easy to shoot with, so during the session I pulled out the 8-by-10, and he happily signed it for me: “Elaine, with affection, Bernard Schwartz.” My wife and I framed it for her as a Hanukkah gift; she still has it sitting next to the bath.