Guest blogger Allen Hefner presents this overview of the career of character actor great Neil Hamilton: I happened to be watching a 1932 Constance Bennett movie the other day. You remember her…Joan’s sister? The movie was called What Price Hollywood? and…
Read more →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.
Gail Russell: Gone Too Soon
Gail Russell was one of the most hauntingly beautiful women ever to appear in the movies. She was also a sensitive actress who was used to great effect in some wonderful movies. Unfortunately that touching sensitivity was a factor offscreen…
Read more →Jane Russell: On the Dark Side
Guest blogger Karen Burroughs Hannsbery writes: When I think of film noir fatales, Jane Russell is not necessarily the first name that springs to mind. Known mainly for her singing and comedic talents, as well as her voluptuous figure and…
Read more →The Aplomb of Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom, perhaps best known as Inspector Clouseau’s long-suffering boss in the Pink Panther films, had a lengthy career on film and TV. “Movie Irv” Slifkin offers a salute to the Czech-born actor.
Read more →Gregory Peck: Leading Man in a Gray Flannel Suit
Deserved of his iconic status as an American leading man, this handsome and imposing performer built an impressive screen resumé over nearly 50 years, primarily (but hardly exclusively) on winning characterizations of fundamentally decent men looked to as a moral…
Read more →Mario Lanza: The Toast of South Philadelphia
The remarkable power of the tenor voice possessed by this native Philadelphian guaranteed him a meteoric arc across the pop culture of post-WWII America and an appreciation that has endured over the half-century since his very premature passing. In 1921,…
Read more →Katharine The Great: A Tribute to Kate Hepburn
An independent woman who made her mark portraying heroines just as willful and unforgettable as she was, as at home in light comedy as in provocative drama, this sculpted New England beauty deservedly spanned generations as a prominent motion picture…
Read more →Gary Cooper: The Pride of Hollywood
The personification of American integrity and self-determination, this rangy, laconic Montanan carved his screen legend with a gallery of regular Joes who refused to compromise their codes of conduct in the face of those who’d skew the rules. Frank James…
Read more →Hackman Fever
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…
Read more →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…
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