Month: April 2016

Here are a couple of candid shots of some of your favorite movie stars — when movie stars WERE movie stars. Were they REALLY at a Wrestling Match?   Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

Melyvn Douglas was a true star of Hollywood’s Golden Age, starring opposite Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Irene Dunne, and almost every top leading lady of the 1930s. In addition he is one of the few actors to win what we call “the triple crown” — an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony Award. He won […]

She was a workhorse at Warner Bros. in the 1930s — making 10 films in 1932 alone — who went on to B-minus (in terms of stardom not talent) status for most of a 50-year career in movies and television. Joan Blondell was sexy, naughty but always good-spirited onscreen, and, one suspects, offscreen as well. […]

She was one of the biggest stars of the 1930s. She could sing and dance, and lit up the screen in many Warners musicals. She was the personification of the wisecracking working woman who had been around the block a few times, a perfect best friend of many a leading man. Joan Blondell’s career began […]

When we began this blog, oh so many years ago, we promised to post never before seen photos from the private collection of our late friend Donald Gordon. Here’s one. Do you recognize the actor/singer. True, it’s not one of Donald’s best shots. The sun is obviously in our star’s eyes. We ran a blog […]

A minor controversy in the normally placid classic movie world accompanied the 2012 publication of the randy memoir, Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, by Scotty Bowers with Lionel Friedberg. The book was a highly detailed (sometimes nauseously so) tell-all about the sexual preferences a gaggle of Hollywood stars (many British) in […]

To publicize books made into movies the studios often showed photos of their stars reading. Here are two more. Little Margaret probably didn’t have time to read the book, but we’d bet she saw the movie. What would Greg have thought of the prequel/sequel? Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

How much did you know about one of the most popular stars of his era? He really was that, you know, although his name has faded over time even among dedicated classic movie fans. George Brent was a hard working smoothie, rolling up more than 100 movie credits over two decades. He also was busy […]

He was one of the most handsome and reliable leading men of the 1930s and 40s. He was initially underrated, consigned to play farmers, doctors and the partner of heroic canine Rin Tin Tin. Then George Brent hit his stride, taking on a series of leading man roles counterbalancing some of classic Hollywood’s most difficult […]