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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

Jean Simmons: “Spencer Tracy told me, ‘Know your lines, kid, and get on with it.’ And that’s what I did”

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British-born actress Jean Simmons (1929-2010) was a celebrated star for several decades, and on both sides of the […]

February 17, 2025 Actress

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

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

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

Valorie Massalas: “I’m accutely aware that it’s possible to find talent pretty much anywhere”

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You may not be too familiar with her name, but for the past four decades, Los Angeles-born Valorie […]

February 17, 2020 Casting director, Film Talk

Elliott Gould: “The greatest artist in the world is an uninhibited child at play”

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Elliott Gould (b. 1938) has always been an inspiring actor and a hero of mine. Nominated for an […]

February 3, 2020 Actor, Film Talk

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

Betty Garrett: “We decided to put the Hollywood blacklist behind us and get on with our lives”

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On April 7, 2004, American philanthropist and media mogul Ted Turner, founder of CNN and TCM, among others, […]

March 5, 2018 Actress, Film Talk

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