well, i gave you guys the weekend, and some got it partially right. ellis was an actor - but what i was looking for was in reference to our board member who has given us some recent relevant posts - ellis played the character referred to as the "thin man" in the 1934 movie of the same name (think the more famous actors in the movie were william powell and myrna loy). anyway, just passing the time awaiting "soon", with a little, mostly irrelevant trivia.
laz