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She arrived a teenager in Hollywood on July 4, 1938, after winning beauty contests in Florida. The move from the East Coast followed what she described as a relatively happy and secure childhood spent in Brooklyn and other locales. The level-headed Constance Ockleman (changed to Connie Keane when her father died and her mother remarried) […]
One fascinating thing about the internet is that once something is posted it’s OUT THERE. One of our German readers, heinke, just caught up with our Dec. 20, 2012 post about Raymond Burr, and wrote us this: I am glad to see an old “whats my line”- film with Raymond Burr in it. There he was […]
Who was Hans Albers, you ask? Well if you’re German, or familiar with German cinema, you know he was one of the biggest film stars and recording stars in Germany of the 20th Century. American film buffs know him as Mazeppa, the strong man in The Blue Angel, which starred Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings. […]
We told you we’d be bringing you some pix of celebrities from different fields who’ve met up in the past. Can you tell us who, what and approximately when? And just one more. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Yes, she almost played Scarlett in Gone With the Wind. Paulette Goddard was one of the top stars of the 1940s. AND she managed to marry very interesting men. But how much do you really know about her life and career? To find out, we hope you took our Monday Quiz yesterday (to refresh, check […]
She was as brainy as she was beautiful. She was, at least for a time, the apple of Charlie Chaplin’s eye. She always displayed a yen for luxury, and let no festive occasion pass without generous helpings of champagne and caviar. Not bad for Pauline Marion Levy, a Long Island girl born to an impoverished […]
A few weeks ago we ran a picture of four top celebrities of the 1940’s, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Bette Davis and Jimmy Durante, and mentioned that it was rare to find top stars photographed together (outside of publicity stills for movies). Today we present another photo of 40s stars, all beauties, all major players […]
Consider poor Mary Matilda Irene Donohue Ferrer, mother of Mel. She was a woman way ahead of her time. Born into the wealthy and socially prominent New York family, Mary Donohue scorned many offers of marriage until the right man came along. The right man was Cuban born Dr. Jose Maria Ferrer, chief of staff […]
Since there is nothing in our rule book precluding the honoring of three stars at the same time in one blog, we decided to plunge ahead. Thus our “Stars” of the Week, dedicated to the memories of Mona Freeman, Martha Hyer and Ruby Dee. While the latter had the best acting resume, Freeman and Hyer […]
Again we ask the question: has any classic movie actress so indelibly dominated movies, recordings, live performance and Las Vegas so effectively and so glamorously over decades than the subject of yesterday’s Monday Quiz — Marlene Dietrich? Her unforgettable vocalizing of the most effective anti-war hymn of all time — it was also her nickname, “Lili […]