“I want to be an actress, not a movie star. There is a big difference.” — Carol Lynley Source: Vernon Scott (1959) Photo: Peter Basch “The reason I never reply to that question is because no matter what I say it will be used against me. But I’ll tell you. I did it because […]
Los Angeles: The Swinging 60s photos (1960-1969) Above: Downtown 1960. 245 S. Grand Avenue on Bunker Hill, circa 1960. The Brousseau Mansion, once located at 238 South Bunker Hill Drive, in 1960. (Photographer: Arnold Hylen / California State Library) In 1960, the Los Angeles County Medical Association set up a special drive-in […]
“There is no other occupation in the world that so closely resembled enslavement as the career of a film star.” – Louise Brooks Interpretive dancer/instructor Ruth St. Denis leads the Denishawn dancers through a routine. Among her pupils are Louise Brooks (standing left of center) and Martha Graham, kneeling below left of Brooks). Ted […]
“I learned my lesson about billing a good many years ago. That was with a picture called Night Nurse in 1931. When the picture opened at the Strand Theater in New York, the sign said ‘Barbara Stanwyck and Ben Lyon in Night Nurse.’ “Second day: ‘Barbara Stanwyck and Ben Lyon in Night Nurse‘ with Clark Gable.’ […]
“My past is as dead as my old name [Imogene Wilson]. I am making a fresh start, and I’m going to stage such a comeback as ‘Mary Nolan’ that nobody will remember anything but that.” – Mary Nolan in 1927. Mary Nolan, aka Imogene “Bubbles” Wilson, (1902-1948) was one of Hollywood’s most troubled film players […]