The first English word Hungarian silent film star Lya de Putti learned when she came to America to make movies was “Applesauce,” which was 1920s slang for “nonsense.” De Putti was the subject of many sensational stories in Europe before coming to Hollywood. Below is one of those stories. There is no author to […]
“One cannot be too subtle. There is always the box-office to be considered. Is it not so? But abroad, that is not so important. They do not spend such vast sums on pictures, and so, as a result, they do not require such vast returns. An artistic success may often show a profit.” — Maria […]
“I am lonesome at first, mooch homesick. I know so few peoples, and I never go out. Home to my bongalow from the studio, my dinner, an hour to read, then bed. My rest I must have or I cannot work. After a while I meet peeples, but it is hard to make friends. One, […]
“I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.” – Zsa Zsa Gábor “Beautiful vomen with no talent hate me. But all the actors seem to enjoy vorking with me – and besides I can’t help it if every man I meet vants to marry me.” – Zsa Zsa Gábor Source […]
The Hungarian Water Polo team at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics in 1932. The team won the gold medal, while Germany took the silver, and the United States received the bronze. The man on the far right is Olivér Halassy, the first amputee to compete in the Olympics as a swimmer. He had lost part of […]