John Gielgud . Okay, so I didn t meet any of them there, but pictures don t lie, and I did meet Janet Leigh there the same day Eve Marie Saint was in the store. Imagine two Hitchcock heroines in the store the same day. The downside is you have to be able to recognize Michael Sarrazin or Katherine Ross or whoever is perusing the books. The only celebrity I can recall walking around with a jacket with his name on it was my childhood crush, Donny Osmond.
Free movie passes.
That caught your attention. Well, it s true. Check the ads in the Globe and Mail for upcoming movie previews, and they re often distributed first come first served at Theatrebooks. Yes, that point should make it into the top ten. Because occasionally I'll stop in and find out I've just missed Julie Andrews or that Robin Williams was staying across the street at the Windsor Arms but was too shy to come in.