William Webster Campbell of the American Film Manufacturing company was, to quote himself, “born in Kansas City in 1891 on a night in January when the wind howled miserably and all the world was white and cold.” Seventeen years later he graduated from high school in Kansas City. At about that time he developed a […]
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“I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.” — Nicolas Cage “I think we were a little bit in love with each other, to be entirely honest.” — Nicolas Cage “I don’t approach comedy differently than […]
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“I’m not shy about expressing how incredible the last five years have been with Marvel. I’ve truly had the time of my life, and in so many respects, they have made my dreams come true as an actor.” — Tom Holland
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“I just have to be very careful not to get stuck. I’ve been training as an actress for a very long time, and there are other parts of me that I’d like to show.” — Salma Hayek Source: Rene Rodriguez (1995) Photo: Allure/Patrick Demarchelier “I was petrified. I had nightmares about the snake for […]
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“I can make a decision within one second. I don’t ever wait for anyone else’s opinion.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger “I guarantee you Dustin Hoffman could not have gotten away with playing ‘Conan the Barbarian.’ When I see ‘Death of a Salesman,’ that would be very difficult for someone like me, who looks healthy and […]
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“It was never my dream to be famous. I didn’t start acting to be a movie star. I started in the theater and my desire was to get better at my craft. It’s still my desire. I don’t consider myself a movie star, nor do I really have the desire to be one. I’m just […]
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Mystery Of What Burned Martha Mansfield To Death How Were They Kindled, and by Whose Hand — the Flames That So Strangely Wrapped the Lovely Young Film Star in Their Cruel Embrace and Quickly Killed Her? The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 30, 1923 As her thousands of sorrowing admirers already know, Martha Mansfield, the charming young […]
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“I certainly didn’t think ‘X-Files’ would be a seemingly lifelong job. I didn’t realize that signing my contract would lead to all of this. It’s been a little bigger, let’s say, than I expected.” — Gillian Anderson “I don’t think anybody can be as prepared as they need to be to deal with […]
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“…Marion Leonard had become the best know actress of the movie world. She was even more popular than Florence Lawrence and Mary Pickford…Miss Leonard is said to have been the first actress before the camera to receive a salary of $1000 a week. It was in 1913 that she signed a contract for 42 weeks […]
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“At the time I was so impressed, I didn’t see the humor in the name Gale Storm. It was so exciting and so thrilling. It’s like a Cinderella story.” — Gale Storm, aka Josephine Cottle. Source: Dennis McLellan (1988) Photo: 1946
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