Exorcist II: The Heretic New York City. William Peter Blatty claimed to have been the first person to start laughing at the theater in which he saw the film, only to be followed by the other patrons ("You'd think we were watching "The Producers""). William Friedkin, director of "The Exorcist", recalled hearing a story in which angry audience members at "Exorcist II"'s first public performance began chasing Warner Bros. executives down the street within the first ten minutes of the screening. Friedkin saw half an hour of the film: "I was at Technicolor and a guy said 'We just finished a print of "Exorcist
Butter at the Old Price Butter at the Old Price Butter at the Old Price: The Autobiography of Marguerite de Angeli is an account of the life and work of the children's author and illustrator Marguerite de Angeli, who wrote such books as "The Door in the Wall", "Ted and Nina Go to the Grocery Store", "Henner's Lydia", and "Black Fox of Lorne". The autobiography was printed in 1971 when its author was 82 years old. Her 1946 story "Bright April" was the first children's book to address the divisive issue of racial prejudice. She was recipient of the 1950 Newbery Award for "The Door