It’s tough to believe that the 83-year-old Gene Hackman hasn’t made a film for seven (!!) years. His last appearance was in the 2004 Ray Romano comedy Welcome to Mooseport. And, as it seems now, it may be the great…
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Actor Profiles
We salute the famous–and forgotten–stars of Hollywood past and present, from Barrymore (John and Drew) to Cooper (Gary and Bradley) and beyond. Read about their lives and their films.
Sal Mineo: A Look Into Sal Mineo’s Tragic Life
The title of a new biography by Michael Gregg Michaud is simple enough: Sal Mineo. So it comes as no surprise that the book covers the career and life trajectory of its subject, the late two-time Oscar-nominated actor who made…
Read more →Bette Davis: Love Her or Hate Her – She’s a Hollywood Legend!
This outspokenly indomitable, unconventionally pretty New Englander reached Broadway and Hollywood through seeming force of will, and her craftwork and determination ensured a performing legacy that has endured for generations after her heyday. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts to a patent…
Read more →Edna May Oliver: Queen of the Old Maids
From prim and proper spinsters to wise-cracking schoolmarms, Edna May Oliver had a storied career as one of Hollywood’s most popular character actresses in the ’30s and ’40s. The sour-faced star of Little Women and David Copperfield is today’s Scene Stealer.
Read more →Edmond O’Brien: From Shakespeare to Film Noir
Struggles with his weight might have cost him a leading man’s conventional career arc, but this native New Yorker’s indisputable presence and gifts granted Edmond O’Brien some four decades as one of Hollywood’s most compelling character players. Born in the…
Read more →Anthony Perkins Was Not Norman Bates
About nine years ago I saw The Man with the Golden Arm for the very first time. I was only a year or so into being a huge movie fan, and so for almost every film I watched I was…
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