Muriel Gardner
Muriel Gardner is another one of those elusive, forgotten performers of the past. Described as a “blond easy to look at” and “one […]
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Gertrude Hoffman
“Meet every obstacle with a smile. Oh, yes, it can be done. There have been times in my life when I didn’t […]
Tillie Losch
“Offers to come to Hollywood have been many. But I always refused unless I could play an important dramatic role. I did […]
Irene Castle – photos and quotes
“I like pictures better. It was different when we first started in. Then it was a novelty. Now debutantes and grandmothers are […]
Maud Allan
“My Salome costume seems to me far more decent than those directoire dresses, or the bathing garments worn by respectable women – […]
Gilda Gray – photos and quotes
“I’d like to correct one impression created by the pictures generally taken of me. I really do have and do wear clothes.” […]
Valdeo & the Countess Adrienne de Coriche
The lives of few entertainers have ever matched that of actress/dancer/vaudevillian Valdeo Lord Parker and her mother, Maude. Both performed under many […]
Ruby Keeler – photos and quotes
“It’s really amazing. I couldn’t act. I had that terrible singing voice, and now I can see I wasn’t the greatest tap […]
Fred Astaire – Photos and Quotes
“One does not grab an intricate and complicated dance number out of thin air. It sometimes takes months of work, practicing and […]
George Murphy
The first thing [Columbia Pictures] demanded was that I change my name, but I reminded them that Murphy was a fine old […]