Marilyn Monroe's political flavour was decidedly left wing. Having grown up in poverty during the Great Depression, Marilyn always...

John Barrymore fell instantly in love with Dolores Costello after she had been cast as his co-star in  The Sea Beast  (1926) . Still mar...

During her impressive career, Ginger Rogers had turned down many a role. Some of the parts she had refused were terrific parts, for example...

For his first independent production, Mark Hellinger paid $36 ,750 for the movie rights to  The Killers ,   a short story written by Ernest...

I love letters that concern old Hollywood friendships. Here is a heartfelt letter from Douglas Fairbanks Jr. to Clifton Webb, written in Se...

This summer the Filmoteca in Barcelona is offering a wonderful retrospective of Hollywood musicals, giving me the opportunity to see some...

Barbara Stanwyck maintained a correspondence with Vivian Cosby while the latter was recovering from a horrible accident that  happened on N...