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26 February 2015
You are indeed a dear, Audrey
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The first time Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn met was at a dinner arranged by Stanley Donen, who was the director of their only film toget...
23 February 2015
Hitch's issues with Paul Newman
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Alfred Hitchcock's working relationship with Paul Newman was not a happy one. To begin with, Hitch hadn't even wanted to work with ...
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20 February 2015
The advertising of borrowed stars
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Under the studio system, it was common practice for a studio to loan out a contract star to another studio. Since actors were owned by the ...
15 February 2015
We don't want Norma Shearer, we want Scarlett
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On 24 June 1938, several newspapers including The New York Times (read here ) and The Dallas Morning News (see image below) announced ...
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13 February 2015
Clara Bow's letter to her dog
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Clara Bow loved dogs. She is reported to have said once: " The more I see of men, the more I like dogs ". One of the dogs she h...
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9 February 2015
We are tremendously eager to see you
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In the early 1950s, producer David O. Selznick became fascinated by the Italian neo-realist films, especially those of Vittorio De Sica. ...
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6 February 2015
I am as goofy as a fan from Nebraska
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It wasn't until 1974 that John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn finally got a chance to work together. For years Hepburn had wanted to play ...
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3 February 2015
He will always be very much in my heart
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I am not a fan of horror films and in fact never watch them. However, when I was in my teens I did watch the occasional horror film, and th...
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31 January 2015
Blaming Billy Wilder
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On 5 November 1954, Billy Wilder concluded filming of The Seven Year Itch . Production had taken two weeks longer than originally scheduled...
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27 January 2015
You could even beat the atomic bomb
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Ava Gardner starred in only one musical, George Sidney's lavish remake of the tearjerker Show Boat (1951). She was cast as the mul...
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