DENNIS HOPPER in Taos

Dennis was acting when he was a teenager. He's here with Susan Strasberg and Steffie Skolsky, whose father, Sidney, was famous as a Hollywood news writer.                                                    TAOS, NEW MEXICO---- I had too many businesses to handle alone, and was driving back and forth to Ohio. While I was working at the Satan Bookstore, I would often phone actor, Dennis Hopper, when he lived in Taos, New Mexico. We became phone pals. He had bought Mabel Dodge Luhan's ranch, (she was a member of the Dodge car family, who wanted to marry a man of every nationality and had married a native Indian ... Read Full Story

TAOS, NEW MEXICO---- I had too many businesses to handle alone, and was driving back and forth to Ohio. While I was working at the Satan Bookstore, I would often phone actor, Dennis Hopper, when he lived in Taos, New Mexico. We became phone pals. He had bought Mabel Dodge Luhan's ranch, (she was a member of the Dodge car family, who wanted to marry a man of every nationality and had married a native Indian there), and Dennis also owned a movie theater. He had been a close friend of Jimmy Dean and this is what we had in common, talking for hours ... Read Full Story

Dennis Hopper starred in and directed the seminal movie Easy Rider 40 years ago. In honor of that anniversary, Taos, N.M., is hosting "Taos Summer of Love 2009." Hopper, a sometime resident of Taos, is curating an exhibit of paintings and photographs there as part of the city's celebration. More: ... Read Full Story