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Julie Garfield: “I was only six and a half when he died, but my father [John Garfield] was always my hero”

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The lady pictured here is Julie Garfield. She was born in 1946 in Los Angeles; her father was […]

September 30, 2025 Actor, Actress, Film Talk

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

“All About Eve”: Screen classic with Bette Davis and Anne Baxter resonates with audiences to this day

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“All About Eve” (1950), written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, was on BBC just recently on a […]

December 25, 2024 Film

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

Jane Withers: “I could never be like Shirley Temple. I was just plain Jane”

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.She was a former child star, known for her roles in “Bright Eyes” (1934) and “Ginger” (1935), and […]

August 28, 2021 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

Gérard Depardieu: “When you’re making a film, you never know when the magic really begins”

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Define a star. How would you describe a star in the cinematic landscape? We all know them; we […]

June 27, 2018 Actor, Film Talk, Introduction

Mamie Van Doren: “Talking about Marilyn Monroe is strange. To me, she’s a person; to most people, she’s an idea”

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In the 1950s and 1960s, former screen actress Mamie Van Doren (b. 1931) was, along with Marilyn Monroe […]

July 28, 2017 Actress, Film Talk

Peter Ford, remembering what happened to him 65 years ago: “A boy, his dog, and Charlie Chaplin”

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“It was early 1952, I was seven years old, and silent screen legend Charlie Chaplin lived around the […]

January 9, 2017 Film history

William Wellman, Jr.: “Directors like my father brought their life experiences to the screen”

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Irene Mayer Selznick, daughter of studio mogul Louis B. Mayer and wife of independent Hollywood producer David O. […]

January 8, 2016 Film director, Film Talk

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