Gable & Niven: Star-Crossed Stars
Like us mere mortals, actors form close friendships, too. Myrna Loy and William Powell shared a tight bond, on screen and off. Before...
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Top 6 "Pre-Code" Flicks
Black-and-white movies often get a bad rap as creaky relics, hobbled by lame plots, corny acting and married couples exiled to twin beds...
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The Idols of March: Jean Harlow
Most articles about her open with some variation on “Before Marilyn Monroe, there was Jean Harlow.” It’s true. Harlow was Hollywood’s...
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It Happened One Rom-Com
Clark Gable began the 1930s as a wannabe, but ended the decade as a “King.” Initially, he played tough guys, generating screen sparks...
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Big-Screen Screwball Queen
Screwball comedies ignited movie screens in the depths of the Depression – and the star who lit the match was Carole Lombard. Beginning...
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The "Perfect" Couple
They called her “The Perfect Wife.” Best known for playing William Powell’s partner in crime-busting in the classic Thin Man movies,...
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Hollywood Makeovers
Louise Brooks’ bob. Claudette Colbert’s bangs. Lucille Ball’s carrot top. Who’s the mastermind behind these tressed-for-success stories?...
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Feb 1, 20232 min read
Pre-Code 101
Pre-Code Hollywood. It’s one of my favorite periods in film history. Why? Because the movies are stupendously risqué, progressive, frank,...
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Feb 15, 20222 min read
Films of 1932: Harlow's "Red" Alert
“Beautiful women aren’t funny” is a persistent myth in Hollywood that’s news to anyone who’s ever seen Carole Lombard, Lucille Ball, or...
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Rhett, She Wrote
When Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom’s Cabin), he allegedly said, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book...
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"Scarlett" Fever
On November 15, 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman and his Union troops seized the city of Atlanta and set it on fire. When the smoke...
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