Screen, stage, and television actress Brenda Vaccaro (b. 1939), a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner, as well as […]
Category Archive: Actress
Film history: Focus on early Academy Award winners Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler
Wallace Beery (1885-1949) and Marie Dressler (1868-1934) were two of MGM’s top stars in the early days of […]
I went to [producer-director] Thomas H. Ince and said, 'I would like some retakes.' Retakes are costly, and when he pointed that out, I said, 'Yes, I know that, Tom, but I still want the retakes.' Now, Tom liked to gamble. I did, too. So I said, 'I'll tell what I'll do, Tom. Heads or tails. If you win, okay, then I pay for the retakes. If I win, you pay.' He said, 'Fine,' and he tossed. I felt that Tom would take chances, but I didn't think he would cheat, and he didn't. He never did. It was my week's salary for or against the retakes. And I won. Actress Blanche Sweet about film pioneer Thomas H. Ince during the making of "Anna Christie" (1923)
Marisa Pavan, born in Cagliari, Sardinia, as Marisa Luisa Pierangeli on June 19, 1932, was a celebrated screen […]
It was wonderful to see how much former screen star Ann Rutherford, a.k.a. Polly Benedict in the much-beloved […]
“These sort of interviews remind me of Cannes. You go from table to table, and you’re just talking […]
Screen legend Luise Rainer passed away on December 30, 2014, at her London home, at age 104, just […]
Film history: Focus on Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow, America’s Platinum Blonde since the early 1930s, soon became one of MGM’s top stars of the […]
As the leading lady in François Truffaut’s film classic “Day for Night” (1973), Jacqueline Bisset portrayed the star […]
Acting is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each layer to reveal another. Juliette Binoche
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