Silents are Golden: Silent Superstars – The Early Heartthrob Sessue Hayakawa The typical handsome leading man of silent films was a strong, dependable, clean-cut type, with names like Harold Lockwood or Earle Williams. Rudolph Valentino’s popularity in the ‘20s also initiated a craze for “exotic” read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 14, 2020
East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet. The cinema landscape was still in its utter infancy in 1915. Thus, beyond the monumental impact of D.W. Griffith, The Cheat is another subsequent landmark production for a couple of the talents it helped align. There would be no Cecil B. read more
Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Sessue Hayakawa, born on June 10th, 1889!
Some stars, long after they are gone, manage to stay front and center in the scope of pop-culture. People like Audrey Hepburn, James Dean, and Marlon Brando remain prominent figures in American life, even if the read more
Several people in their 20′s who ride in my car ask “Who is Sessue Hayakawa?” No, it’s not because they recently watched “The Cheat” (1915), but because that is the name of my 2008 Mazda 3. My car, named for actor Sessue Hayakawa. It lives outside of the Tribune read more
Sessue Hayakawa: o primeiro sex symbol do cinema Sessue Hayakawa: cinema’s first sex symbol Antes de Rodolfo Valentino conquistar às telas, houve outro exótico sex symbol e superastro: Sessue Hayakawa. Você não pensaria que ele foi tão popular na década de 1910 ao ver seu trabalho read more
