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Janet Leigh: “Norma Shearer was the quintessential star, a star like no other, and she was my fairy godmother”

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In February 1946, Norma Shearer swept into the lobby of the Sugar Bowl Ski Lodge in Soda Springs, […]

July 19, 2025 Actress, Film Talk

Stanley Rubin: “We designed the saloon girl in ‘River of No Return’ around the whole concept of Marilyn Monroe”

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Stanley Rubin (1917-2014) was an American screenwriter and film producer who made numerous films in the 1940s and […]

July 5, 2025 Film Talk, Producer-screenwriter

Vincent Sherman: “Since our focus was always on entertainment, we never talked about art”

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The term ‘quintessential studio director’ certainly applies to actor-turned-screenwriter and filmmaker Vincent Sherman (1906-2006), who worked at Warner […]

November 25, 2024 Director, Film Talk

Ann Gillis: “Michael Curtiz liked me because I was always on time and I knew my lines”

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When I met former child actress Cora Sue Collins at her Beverly Hills apartment in March 2003, she […]

August 11, 2024 Actress, Film Talk

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.: “Jack L. Warner was a tough businessman, but he was relaxed and kind”

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000) was the son of the silent screen’s most beloved hero Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and […]

February 9, 2021 Actor-producer

Edward Dmytryk: “Directing is an art. It’s like you can paint or you can’t paint”

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Edward Dmytryk was a renowned film director of several screen classics, including “Murder, My Sweet” (1944), “Crossfire” (1947), […]

July 17, 2020 Director, Film Talk

Betty Lasky: “My father [Jesse L. Lasky] was co-founder of Paramount, yet now he’s a forgotten film mogul”

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This old black and white still from Betty Lasky’s family album was taken by her mother Bessie, ca. […]

April 25, 2017 Film pioneer, Film Talk

Looking back: What daily life was like at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer once you entered the studio

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A lot of (auto)biographical books and historical documentaries have been made over the years, all reflecting on (the […]

November 21, 2015 Film history, Hollywood

Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.: “My father had a tremendous love for movies”

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Independent filmmaker and producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. passed away on January 9, 2015, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in […]

January 11, 2015 Film producer, Film Talk

Richard Fleischer: “Orson Welles changed everything for everybody”

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When I first read film director Richard Fleischer’s autobiography, ‘Just Tell Me When to Cry: A Memoir’ (published […]

December 12, 2014 Film director, Film Talk

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