“I study hard, do not dissipate. Between pictures I relax by taking voice and dancing lessons. This acting is a highly competitive business, and I just can’t see frittering away my free time.” — Lizabeth Scott Source: John L. Scott (1950)
“The thing that really matters to the older Hollywood establishment is they don’t care if you’re an ax murderer, if your film is No. 1 at Christmas you’re going to get invited to all the parties. You’re either on the A-list, the B-list or the C-list. Until I make movies that make $200 million, I’m […]
“Even a full geisha, just like your good actress in Hollywood, never stops studying. She always must strive to improve. The most talented geishas in Japan today are in constant demand for performances on stage, radio, television and often in motion pictures.” — Machiko Kyo Source: 1957
The mysterious John Montague, perhaps the greatest golfer never to have a won a professional tournament. His exploits on and off the green were legendary, and you, too, will be amazed once you read about him. From the Smithsonian Magazine, June 2008. Montague the Magnificent He was a golfing wonder, a dapper strongman and the […]
“I always had the same idea, even when I was young. I want to play everything.” — Bobby Cannavale “I never did anything like I did in Boardwalk Empire, and that was a really multidimensional role that was very different for me. You know, for a long time before that, I was just playing […]
Maria Frau was an Italian actress in the 1950s. Because Hollywood filmmakers larged ignored her, she never transitioned into a Hollywood starlet. In 1955, she was hailed as the “latest entrant in the don’t-you-think-that-she-outdoes-Gina-Lollobrigida? sweepstakes.” In 1957, her beauty was briefly compared to that of Dolores Del Rio. The same publicist also claimed that she […]
Karla Schramm (February 1, 1891 – January 17, 1980) was an early silent film player on the West Coast. During her early childhood, she lived with her family in Portland, Oregon. When she was was around nine years old, she and her older sister Paloma toured the U.S. and Alaska as musical prodigies, giving piano […]
“People can get what they want if they want it long enough and hard enough. But most of them want it only for a minute and then want something else. They don’t concentrate.” — Elsie Ferguson Source: 1915
“Rocky Balfe was her name when she came to Hollywood not so long since but whoever heard of Rocky Balfe for a film starette? So it was changed to Sandra Shaw….” — Robert Grandon in 1932 FILM CONTRACTS APPROVED Screen Star Aunt Accompanies Girl Los Angeles Times, August 20, 1932 — Miss Sandra Shaw, slender […]
“You know, the more money a cowboy has, the bigger his hat. Mexicans, too. They think nothing of spending $5,000 for a suit. I’ve seen Mexicans wearing $20 gold pieces on the heels of their shoes. Cowboys, of course, don’t go in for that. You may not believe it, but the best dressed cowboys come […]