“There are more pleasant people in Hollywood than in any other city I have lived in, but not so many sincere ones.” – Sari Maritza in 1932. Source: Hubbard Keavy’s column, “Screen Life in Hollywood” “I get this feeling of artificiality, not only about the people, but about the buildings as well. Houses look […]
“Joos theenk — all zose thousanz of lofely girls everywhere in the avenues! Thousanz who would be zo beautifool in za pictures – an no one ever finz zem. It is all – what you call – the agzident!” — Russian actress Vera Voronina Quote Source (and accent): Gene Cohn (1927) Photographer: Otto Dyer (1927) […]
Mini Biography of Lillian Miles (1907 -1972) Lillian Miles, famous for her manic piano playing in Reefer Madness (1936), came to Hollywood in 1931 to try her luck in films. Her background isn’t terribly exciting. She was born Lillian Bradley in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1907. As a young performer, she toured with musical theater stock […]
“You see, I know that I am a dreadful housekeeper, and besides that, I have made the painful discovery that one cook can spoil the broth just as badly as too many can.” – Edwina Booth Source: 1927 BIO: Edwina Booth was born Josephine Constance Woodruff, in Utah, in 1904. As a child, she suffered […]
“I’m all right when I’m acting. It’s the stills that worry me. My cameraman said, ‘Miss Ulric, you’re fine when you’re moving. But the minute I try to take a still of you, you get that set look.’ He’s right. I smile naturally for a second, and then it’s forced. In the sad scenes I […]
“I had everything and I thought it would last forever. I simply couldn’t believe I was on the skids at first. I knew I wasn’t getting many calls from the studios, but I just supposed it was one of those things – and would soon pass. But when month followed month and no one offered […]
“Now, isn’t that just too beautiful. I look as if I have a Marlene Dietrich figure. If there’s anything I haven’t got, it’s a figure.” — Ina Claire Source: Allan Jordan (1931) Photo: The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) From the Monrovia Daily News, May 29, 1929.
“I suppose you want to know all about me, where I was born, how old I am and why I am in pictures. Well, I was born in Philadelphia and I am in pictures largely because of the enormous salary I can earn. As to my age, — you can guess that for yourself.” — […]
“They make insinuations concerning my girlfriend and myself when I’ve never had a girlfriend in my life; they wisecrack about my being on the make for every male in town, and about me being ‘wild.’ They say more things about me than ten girls could live up to.” — Rita La Roy in 1931. Rita […]
“I never played anything except sprites, angels and saints. I can’t do the sexy female…” – Vera Zorina Source: 1952 Photo: Madison S. Lacy (1939) “He was so icky.” — Vera Zorina Source: George Raft: The Man Who Would Be Bogart by Stone Wallace Photo: Follow the Boys (1944). With […]