Although the search for Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind  (1939) wasn't nearly as complicated as the search for Scarlett O'Hara, ...

In 1967, a dispute between directors and screenwriters over the so-called possessory credit  came to a climax. The possessory credit ...

In one of my earlier posts ( here ), the always stylish Cary Grant talked about the shirts he liked. In the following letter, addressed t...

In 1940, after the death of his mother, 9-year-old James Byron Dean was sent by his father to Fairmount, Indiana, to live with his uncle Ma...

On 27 August 1936, director John Ford wrote this angry letter to fellow director George Cukor, presumably after reading an article in...

Several writers contributed to the script of Michael Curtiz's famous classic Casablanca  (1942). The main writers were the twins Juli...

On 14 January 1957, Humphrey Bogart died of cancer at age 57, leaving behind his wife Lauren Bacall, son Stephen and daughter Leslie. H...

Clara Bow was one of the greatest stars of the 1920s. She was the ultimate flapper , the original  "It girl"  and H...

On 17 February 1962, six months before her untimely death, Marilyn Monroe wrote this short note to Volkmar von Z ü hlsdorff thanking him ...

John Wayne was one of Hollywood's most prominent Republicans. In 1968, the Republican Party asked him to run for president thinking it ...