Wallace Beery (1885-1949) and Marie Dressler (1868-1934) were two of MGM’s top stars in the early days of […]
The breakthrough film of American filmmaker Tobe Hooper (1943), “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974), was an independent […]
In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) held a first series of hearings into alleged communist propaganda […]
By using vintage postcards, old black and white stills and archival photographs, these books recreate the past of […]
Richard Dyer MacCan (b. 1945) is a British academic and author of several film books and essays who […]
“I had the good fortune to have worked with and learned from some enormously talented people. Working on […]
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)
