Warren Beatty if its regular host comedians, Milton Berle. Beatty learned to do a "superb imitation of Berle and his routine," said a friend, and he often used Berle-type humor at home. His sister Shirley MacLaine's lasting memories of her brother include seeing him reading books by Eugene O'Neill or singing along to Al Jolson records. In "Rules Don't Apply" (2016), Beatty plays Howard Hughes, who is shown talking about and singing Jolson songs while flying his plane. MacLaine noted, on what made her brother want to become a filmmaker, sometimes writing, producing, directing and starring in his films: "That's why he's
USS Beatty (DD-640) formation at 1800 on 6 November 1943. At general quarters, "Beatty" observed machine gun fire on the port side of the convoy at 1803. Many small pips appeared on her radar screen in the direction of , stationed on that side of the convoy. A minute after observing the gunfire, "Beatty" noted a large bomb explode close aboard her colleague, a glider bomb which had missed its target. "Beatty"s radar picked up five incoming aircraft, two of which passed the port side of the convoy, inside the screen. At 1805, "Beatty"s radar picked up two more incoming planes that showed