Violins and prize fighters. Think of 1939’s Golden Boy — minus Barbara Stanwyck. The Beauty and the ‘Lip.’ Paisanos in L.A. Moguls at play. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
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VAN HEFLIN — Flying Below The Radar (A Q
Seldom a leading man — in fact a character actor almost from his start in movies — Van Heflin was one of the stalwart actors of Hollywood’s Golden Era. Yet he still flies below the classic celebrity radar. One of our 2,000 followers on Twitter is a BIG Heflin fan, and keeps bugging us to write […]
A STAR — A DIRECTOR — and an EXEC
In the 1940s in Hollywood these would have been three of the most recognizable people in town. One headed the biggest studio. One was known for her marriages as well as her career and one was “the woman’s director.” Who are they? Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, her to kick off […]
Is It WE KNOW ‘EM ALL (Or) WHO ARE THESE
If we said George Bailey and Mary Hatch were coming over to dinner, you’d know exactly who we were talking about. Wouldn’t you? Gordon Gekko and Max Bialystock will be here too, but don’t let them talk you into handling your finances. Hello everybody, Joe Morella and Frank Segers back again with one of our […]
Shelley and Burt — An Improbable Hollywo
He was charming and, oh, God, so handsome! And he was , I think, one of the most gracefully athletic men I’ve ever seen. Just watching him walk was almost a physical pleasure. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, here to report that the above quote — excerpted from the autobiography, Shelley Also […]
Our Readers Comment (Debating S.H. Again...
Powell, Bennett, Hayward. They were three of the most beautiful women of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Each with a distinct look and talent. And when we wrote about them our readers took note. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, back and, as always, happy to […]
Fan Magazines Told It like It Was, IF…
If you read between the lines, that is. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, thinking as we so often do about classic Hollywood of the Thirties through the Fifties. The Great Fan Magazines, Photoplay, Modern Screen, Screenland, Silver Screen, Motion Picture, are a thing of the past. Today gossip […]
Monday’s Quizzes — The Answers At Last
Hey, we apologize. For the last two Mondays (Dec. 3 and Dec. 10) we posed several questions in challenging readership quizzes. And, naughty us, we have not — until today — published the answers. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, ready to relieve all those of you left hanging by […]
Loyal Friend (Part 2) … And, This Guy Ce
Late on the night of May 12, 1956 — while he was costarring with Elizabeth Taylor in MGM’s Raintree County — Montgomery Clift crashed his vehicle into a telephone pole after leaving a party Taylor and then husband Michael Wilding had thrown at their Benedict Canyon home in Los Angeles. He was badly scarred and many predicted his career was over. Hello […]