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Although today she is best remembered for her dramatic roles and character parts, Shelly Winters started her Hollywood career as a sex symbol. After years as an uncredited extra she got her big break in 1947 and was signed by Universal which promoted her figure and not her acting. Shelley certainly had an active love […]
Well, of course, there are dozens of films set on or around Thanksgiving Day, but are any of them classic, or even good? A few come to mind. Scent of a Woman, an Al Pacino, Chris Connelly starrer, and Nobody’s Fool, one of Paul Newman and Jessica Tandy’s later efforts are worth watching. Two of […]
What a beauty! But in contrast to the Italian actress beauties we’ve been profiling lately — namely Gina and Sophia — Monica Vitti projects onscreen not a bit of their playful earthiness. Rather, she often personifies a certain aloofness. Or, look at it this way: risque calendars featuring Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren would not […]
So how much did you know about the man, doing his duty here opposite Loretta Young , his costar in The Bishop’s Wife. David Niven began his movie career in 1932, and one way or another — except for a key six-year interruption during World War II — worked right up until 1983, the year he […]
Outside of perhaps Laurence Olivier, has there ever been a British actor who reigned as a classic Hollywood movie star with the tenacity and persistence of the subject of our Monday Quiz? Just asking. David Niven began his movie career in 1932, and one way or another through a key interruption worked right up until 1983, […]
The Hollywood star who made the most impact with the fewest movies is, without doubt, James Dean. Few Hollywood stars of any era have posthumously endured as long and as persistently as has Dean. This on just three starring roles. Here we are 65 years after the actor’s death (at the age of just 24), and […]
One of the most lasting stars of Hollywood’s late golden age made only 12 movies. But her career as a royal and her untimely early death contributed to the impact her film career had on the public. Sure, Grace Kelly had a short career — lasting a mere six years — that would seemingly undermine […]
She only made 12 films — from 1932’s Night After Night to 1978’s Sextette. (And let’s discount the last two made in the 1970s when she was a caricature of her former self.) The 9 films she made in the 1930s powerfully solidified her image and made her an enduring star. Such a big name for so little […]
His impact on movies is felt to this day. How much did you know about the little tramp? Ok, let’s get to the answers to our Charlie Chaplin Quiz, in which we asked that you identify the titles of his movies pictured below. Here we go: Question: This 1947 title was created by Chaplin after […]
Which stars have endured? There are at least 100 movie stars from Hollywood’s Golden Age who are still remembered today. Most of them made dozens of films over careers which lasted from 10 to 50 years. But a handful of actors rose to stardom and maintained their celebrity for decades based on only a few […]