“‘Well, I suppose you want to be made a star,’ were Mr. Woods first words to me. ‘All I want is a part in a show.’ Without any further discussion, Mr. Woods sat down and wrote me a batch of introductions to other producers. The first one I went to, Mr. Richard Herndon, gave me […]
“I’m a plain Jane. I surprise myself, too. But the boys say I’m photogenic, so who am I to ask embarrassing questions?” — Jane Wyman Jerry Mason (1943) Photographer: George Hurrell “I didn’t even think I was going to be an actress. You see, I was such a good dancer that I was making […]
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 […]
“I told the cameraman the other day that my eyes hurt me when I am under the lights and he said that if a person has eye trouble, especially near-sightedness, their eyes usually photograph much better than ordinary healthy ones. So perhaps I ought not to complain if they hurt a little now and then. […]