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For the record, our man above was born with the name of Turhan Selahattin Sahultavy? He was actually a pretty popular figure in 1940’s Hollywood, who excelled at portraying a range of exotic, mysterious and unsavory characters. Turhan Bey was virtually the star of a string of profitable Universal escapist movies, set in far-flung […]
Today we start a series which we’ll continue through the next few months of bringing you photos from The Donald Gordon Collection. We have run some of these snapshots before but we’d like to remind our readers about them again. As many of you are aware, there are now “agencies” which control photos on […]
Although the three Lane sisters — Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola — starred in 1938’s Four Daughters, the fourth sister was portrayed by Gale Page. (The photo above is a still from 1939’s Daughters Courageous, in which the Lane trio plus Page, shown left, also appeared.) Although there actually were Lane sisters No. 4 and 5, one […]
Of the three Lane sisters, Lola Lane (above) had the longest film career. Rosemary the shortest. They both starred in Hollywood Hotel with a young Dick Powell. But Rosemary, who had a fine voice, was given little else at the studio. This may drive you nuts but there were actually FIVE Lane sisters. Besides Lola, Rosemary […]
They lit up the screens for Warners brothers for a few years in the late 1930s. There were three of them, and we’re going to have quizzes covering all 3. We begin today with the youngest and most famous of the sisterly trio — Priscilla Lane (left above, next to sisters Lola in the middle and […]
Russian born (in 1899 of Armenian descent), Moscow Art Theater trained, he was a short (5-feet-5-inches), squat, sweaty blend of roguishness and outright evil. Once seen, he is hard to forget, one of Hollywood’s premier character actors —Akim Tamiroff. As British critic David Thomson writes: He was like a confidence trickster whose nerve has gone. And yet, he […]
Time once again to dip into our e-mail bag to unearth the latest from readers. Remember, we love hearing from you, and welcome all exchanges. We start out with this provocative observation from faithful reader, Graham Hill. It’s in response to our Sept. 12 Jean Seberg Quiz. We asked, and then answered the following: 5) […]
Throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood many actors came from many countries, and for many reasons — not least to save their talented skins from wars, dictators and economic disaster. Of course in the days of silent movies this was easy. They had FACES then, and faces were all that were necessary. Some of the biggest […]
So did you know the films she made with Crosby and Hope? Did you know she has her own website? She claimed once Crosby used her, Hope wanted her. So, how did you do with our Monday Rhonda Fleming Quiz. Time to find out. Please check out Rhonda in any title she’s in. Don’t miss her in […]
We had to run a picture in color, because, although she made a dozen films in black and white, one always thinks of Rhonda Fleming in color! This talented actress, who graced a broad range of pictures in the late Forties and Fifties, was often presented as an unnervingly beautiful, sexy, unscrupulous vixen, testing the […]