Milestones

Posted Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006...
DIED. Sid Davis, 90, educational filmmaker of the 1950s and '60s whose dark, cautionary tales terrified baby boomers; in Palm Desert, Calif. A onetime stand-in for John Wayne, Davis made nearly 200 gems, now considered high camp, detailing the perils of marijuana smoking (The Terrible Truth) and sex (Girls, Beware).