“I’ve been Mr. Lucky since my first day in Hollywood and I still expect a little fellow in a black hat to tap me on the shoulder some day and say, ‘Pardon me, Mr. Niven, but you’ve been found out.’” — David Niven Source: Erskine Johnson (1957) “About that Dracula thing. It was […]
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“The girl is yours when you kiss her – until you meet the next one.” — Lew Cody Source: 1920 SODA JERK ON WAGER Hollywood, June 5, 1928 (U.P.) – If Lew Cody and Ralph Spence really placed a $1,000 side bet on the outcome then Lew Cody won that sum for being […]
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“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) 2
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“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 […]
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“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 2
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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“It is not only the male you must fear. There is, it is said, at the castle, that which is worse: a woman — for a woman should give life, not take it — and when a woman is of the Devil, that is worse than the Devil himself.” — Caroll Borland from her book, […]
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“Women aren’t very glamorous anymore. You pick up a magazine and read about their going to a psychoanalyst. You see pictures of them around the house, and they look exactly like the people next door.” — Barbara Nichols Source: Hedda Hopper (1958) Photo: Peter Basch 2
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“Learning to dance in those days is nothing like it is now. Today young girls go to school and learn to dance before they think of going on the stage, but when I started, you went on the stage and learned to dance there.” — May Leslie Source: 1934 Photo: 1916 2
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