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Silents Are Golden: Silent Superstars: John Gilbert, Idol Of The 1920s

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Lea Stans

Silent Superstars: John Gilbert, Idol Of The 1920s There are certain silent film stars who, for whatever reason, are mainly remembered for the myths about them. A prime example is John Gilbert, the darkly-handsome idol of countless moviegoers. When he’s … Continue reading →

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Silents Are Golden: Silent Superstars: The Enigmatic Greta Garbo

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Lea Stans

Silent Superstars: The Enigmatic Greta Garbo Of the many talented and charismatic 1920s female stars, there were perhaps few who inspired such rapturous fan magazine articles as Greta Garbo. Motion Picture Magazine once declared: “Everyone feels, without being able to … Continue reading →

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Monsters and Matinees: The Evil Queen was a Beast Hidden within a Beauty

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Toni Ruberto

The Evil Queen was a Beast Hidden within a Beauty Her lips are as red as a rose, her skin as white as snow and though we can’t see her hair, the dark wimple wrapped around her head and throat … Continue reading →

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Lives Behind the Legends: Greta Garbo – Social Butterfly

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Arancha van der Veen

Lives Behind the Legends: Greta Garbo – Social Butterfly Greta Garbo’s most famous quote is undoubtedly ‘I want to be alone.’ But it wasn’t Garbo who said this, it was her character in Grand Hotel who uttered those famous words. … Continue reading →

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Silver Screen Standards: Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Jennifer Garlen

Silver Screen Standards: Sylvia Scarlett (1935) Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant starred in four movies together, two of which, Bringing Up Baby (1938) and The Philadelphia Story (1940), are now widely celebrated classics, but their first pairing went so badly … Continue reading →

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Conversations with Classic Film Stars: about Greta Garbo and Marilyn Monroe – Exclusive Post by Authors James Bawden and Ron Miller

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Guest Post

THE GOLDEN AGE OF GOSSIP What Legendary Movie Stars Said about Each Other Part Three of a Four-Part Series Melvyn Douglas, who first co-starred with Greta Garbo in As You Desire Me [1932], remembered her as “icy and distant.” He … Continue reading →

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Majestic Hollywood: Interview with Mark A. Viera

Posted on March 1, 2014 by minooallen

  Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939 (Running Press)  An Interview with author Mark A.Vieira As pretty much every classic movie fan knows, the year 1939 is considered special, well, extraordinary really. Film historians refer to it as the greatest … Continue reading →

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Classic Movie Countdown: Best Picture #’s 18 and 17 — Grand Hotel (1932) and Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Josh Kaye

18. Grand Hotel (1932) Other Nominated Films: Arrowsmith, Bad Girl, The Champ, Five Star Final, One Hour with You, Shanghai Express, The Smiling Lieutenant One of the first films to feature an ensemble cast in the history of cinema, Grand Hotel succeeds … Continue reading →

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