Hollywood vs. Fascism | Silver Screenings
Stories about fighting fascists always make for fascinating movies.Look at the legendary Casablanca (1942), for instance, or the low-key but surprisingly tense The Mortal Storm (1940). Like many Hollywood war … Continue reading
How Joan Harrison Became a Film Producer in 1940s Hollywood | Silver Screenings
There is a scene in the 1944 thriller, Phantom Lady, where a young woman walks on a dark city street. But she’s not alone; a man – a stranger – … Continue reading
CONSTANCE TALMADGE : PRETTY BUT TROUBLED SILENT FILM STAR | THE CABINET CARD GALLERY
This vintage real photo postcard features pretty film actress, Constance Talmadge (1898-1973). She was a silent film star and the sister of actresses Norma and Natalie Talmadge. Constance was born … Continue reading
Landmark 20th Century Fox building in London facing new threat | Film | The Guardian
Twentieth Century Fox’s former HQ faces the threat of imminent demolition after developers submitted a new set of plans, it has been revealed.Situated in London’s Soho Square, in the … Continue reading
Kirk Douglas, Hollywood legend and star of Spartacus, dies aged 103
Kirk Douglas, the self-styled “ragman’s son” who became the last great star of Hollywood’s golden age, has died at the age of 103. His son Michael announced the news … Continue reading
The Forgotten Flapper – Olive Thomas | The Müscleheaded Blog
Here comes another singular narrative from the perspective of Muscleheaded’s fascination with the early 20th Century and the stranger side of its popular culture. Today, the story of O… Source: The … Continue reading
She was absolutely beautiful, the most beautiful woman I had ever seen… | BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD
Myrna Loy grew up in Los Angeles and when she was a teenager she posed for this statue outside the old Venice High School. Around the same age, she was … Continue reading
On the Pivotal Thomas Mitchell: From Classics to “Columbo” | Travalanche
The great Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962) came into the world on this day (11th July). Mitchell remains well-known today as a character actor with parts in an unnaturally long list of … Continue reading
Joseph Cotten: Courtliness Personified | Travalanche
Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) was born on May 15. The late year of his death surprised me. Cotten’s last film had been in 1981 and I couldn’t imagine him ever not … Continue reading
Spencer Tracy: Working Backwards from “Mad” | Travalanche
Just a few words on Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) since I just saw him the other night for maybe the twenty-fourth time in the first film I ever saw him in (It’s … Continue reading
Quote • BETTE DAVIS
Photo post by @toobeguiling. “Until you’re known in my profession as a monster, you’re not a star.” Bette Davis Source: “Until you’re known in my profession as a monster, you’re not … Continue reading
The History Girls: Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons: Hollywood’s Killer Queens by Catherine Hokin
Christmas may be over but for movie buffs, fashion lovers and celebrity spotters, the tinsel is still well and truly sparkling. The Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, the Oscars: awards season … Continue reading
One of the First Hollywood Heartthrobs Was a Smoldering Japanese Actor. What Happened? | Atlas Obscura
Today, there aren’t many Asian film hunks. But in 1915, Sessue Hayakawa was among the first… Source: One of the First Hollywood Heartthrobs Was a Smoldering Japanese Actor. What Happened? … Continue reading
Review: ‘Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words’ (2015) | Writing Suzanne
Ingrid Bergman was born on 29th August 1915 in Stockholm, Sweden. She lost her German mother at the age of two, and her Swedish father when she was 13. After … Continue reading
Gone With The Wind’s Olivia de Havilland breaks silence on sibling rivalry as she turns 100 | Daily Mail Online
Gone With The Wind’s Olivia de Havilland, who turns 100 on Friday, has finally broken her silence on Hollywood’s most famous sibling rivalry. Source: Gone With The Wind’s Olivia de … Continue reading
Anna May Wong, Internationally Acclaimed Actress
Anna May Wong had incredible success in a career where she was constantly discriminated against. She paved the way for Asian actors today… Source: Anna May Wong, Internationally Acclaimed Actress
How Winona Ryder Kept Her Cool — The Cut
“I’m so sick of people shaming women for being sensitive or vulnerable. It’s so bizarre to me.” Source: How Winona Ryder Kept Her Cool — The Cut
Happy 100th Birthday Olivia de Havilland | Waldina
Today is the 100th birthday of one of the last living actors/actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood and the last living actor from the film Gone With The Wind: Olivia de … Continue reading
Happy 120th Birthday Frank Capra | Waldina
Today is the 120th birthday of the man who directed unarguably some of the classic of classic films from the golden age of Hollywood: Frank Capra. With a Capra film, … Continue reading
Oona O’Neill Chaplin. Behind Every Great Man…
… There is a Great Woman. One such woman, Oona O’Neill, was born on the 14 of May 1925, in Warwick Parish, Bermuda, to talented parents, the prize-winning playwright Eugene … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Fred Astaire! For I’ll be there. Puttin’ down my top hat. Mussin’ up my white tie. Dancin’ in my tails…
I just put my feet in the air and move them around. Fred Astaire Source: Happy Birthday Fred Astaire! For I’ll be there. Puttin’ down my top hat. Mussin’ up … Continue reading
“I know for some women, men are a household necessity; myself, I’d rather have a canary.” Ruth Chatterton
Ruth Chatterton, at the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Ennis House during the shooting of “Female.” When she retired from the screen she started writing. I found this copy of her … Continue reading
“A gift of laughter…” Rafael Sabatini #WQWWC | Daily Echo
Rafael Sabatini is not the best known of writers these days, though he left his mark on both literature and cinema. He was born in 1875 in Jesi, Italy to … Continue reading
Vintage Pin Up: Anna May Wong | The Muscleheaded Blog
Photo post. Source: Vintage Pin Up: Anna May Wong | The Muscleheaded Blog
Louise Brooks says: | The Müscleheaded Blog
”I have a gift for enraging people,but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife. “ Source: Louise Brooks says: | The Müscleheaded Blog
From the Easter Rising to the Hollywood Hills | historywithatwist
When the actor Arthur Shields strode towards the Abbey Theatre on Easter Monday, 1916, it was with one intent – not to rehearse or act in a play, but to … Continue reading
Happy 117th Birthday Ramón Novarro | Waldina
Name: José Ramón Gil Samaniego Born: February 6, 1899 Durango, Mexico Died: October 30, 1968 (aged 69) North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Cause of death: Asphyxiation Resting place: Calvary Cemetery Navarro … Continue reading
What Happened on February 2nd – Murder in Hollywood | IF I ONLY HAD A TIME MACHINE
I think if I was an avid reader of Hollywood history, I would know this story and the people involved but I am not. On February 2, 1922, police discover … Continue reading
On this day: the death of Carole Lombard | In Times Gone By…
Carole Lombard, one of the 1930s most significant film actresses, was killed in a plane crash in Nevada, USA on the 16th of January, 1942. She was thirty-three at the … Continue reading
Vickie Lester’s Book at Bedtime « LAST POST
Audio serialization of Vickie Lester’s It’s In His Kiss on BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD – read by Pippa Rathborne Source: Vickie Lester’s Book at Bedtime « LAST POST
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