Robert Aldrich Hudson, made for Douglas' company at Universal. Aldrich tried to make "Cross of Iron" with John Mills but could not get finance. Aldrich then went back to Italy where he directed a Biblical spectacular, "Sodom and Gomorrah" (1962) for Joseph E. Levine. Aldrich disparaged the final film, which ended up costing $6 million. Aldrich rejuvenated his career by optioning the novel "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962) for the Associates and Aldrich Company. He signed Bette Davis and Joan Crawford as stars, got Lukas Heller to write the script, and raised finance through Warner Bros. The film was a
Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo? Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo? "Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo?" is a short story by Gerald Kersh. It is regarded as a science fiction story, dealing with a tale of a man who has had immortality thrust upon him in a way that does not benefit him at all. It was first published in Kersh's own collection, "The Brighton Monster and Other Stories" (Heinemann, 1953) and later collected in the anthology "One Hundred Years of Science Fiction" (Simon & Schuster, 1968), edited by Damon Knight. In July 1945, at the conclusion of the war in Europe, a war correspondent by