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30 October 2017
An actress is an actress first and a trained seal secondly
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In the October 1940 issue of the fan magazine "Hollywood", columnist Ed Sullivan had a lot of negative things to say about J...
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19 October 2017
Bette & Vivien
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In 1964, when Joan Crawford needed to be replaced in Robert Aldrich's Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte , several actresses were cons...
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30 September 2017
Dressing Susan Hayward
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Here is an interesting correspondence between Darryl F. Zanuck, producer/studio head of Twentieth Century-Fox, and Charles LeMaire, costu...
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3 September 2017
If you think I am too silly and too stupid, divorce me but don’t hate me
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In early 1941, producer David O. Selznick met young actress Phyllis Lee Isley and was immediately captivated by her. He signed her to a con...
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15 August 2017
Hedda Hopper & James Dean
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When gossip columnist Hedda Hopper saw James Dean for the first time, she was appalled by his unkempt appearance and his bad manners. Such ...
7 August 2017
As ever, Norma
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Here is a sweet little note from Norma Shearer to Brian Aherne, written in 1935. Shearer wrote to Aherne after doing a screen test togeth...
3 August 2017
Mae West and her fight for better prison life
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In April 1927, Mae West was sentenced to ten days in prison for having corrupted 'the morals of youth' with the 1926 Broadway p...
27 July 2017
I got it in the bathroom!
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With the leading role in Anastasia (1956) Ingrid Bergman made her American comeback after she had spent years in Italy making films ...
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