When filming on location, weather conditions are not always favourable. Anthony Mann's  El Cid (1961)   --  an epic film about the Span...

Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon couldn't stand each other while making William Wyler's  Wuthering Heights  (1939). Although they ...

Clark Gable was no fan of David Selznick -- to put it mildly. Ever since they had worked together on  Night Flight  (1933), Gable did not l...

During World War II, while being miles away from home, many American soldiers sent letters to their favourite actresses, asking them for pi...

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...