Thoughts and notes regarding the great Paul Newman

Paul Newman was a truly great actor and humanitarian.

In the latter category, charitable work in his name continues to this day, seven plus years after he passed away.

His marriage to the superb actress Joanne Woodward was a great model for what could happen between two people on so many levels.

Some Paul Newman movie notes involving the drink, gin.

In “The Young Philadelphians,” Mr. Newman’s character, a defense attorney, uses gin drinking as a key in his defense argument.

“The Sting,” an all-time favorite of mine and a truly great film with Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw teaming with incredible character actors, has Newman’s “Henry Gondorff” telling Redford’s “Johnny Hooker,” “Always use gin with a mark, kid they can’t tell if it is watered down.”