Olivia de Havilland made 49 movies. She starred alongside Errol Flynn, Frederic March, Leslie Howard and James Cagney. She was nominated for five Oscars. She won two. And she outlived her sister. Olivia passed away on July 25, 2020 at the age of 104. One hundred and four years is quite a lifetime.
In 1978, the film version of the stage musical Grease was released to theaters. It was a huge hit. Personally, I didn’t like it. However, a recent theory concerning the true story of Grease has been making its way across the internet — making the film a bit more enjoyable… at least to me. According …
Born in Philadelphia, Dorothy Dare began singing in church and made her stage debut at the age of seven. When she got older, she was spotted during a performance by an impressed Florenz Ziegfeld. The famed producer gave Dorothy a place in his stage show. Soon, she was appearing in a series of Vitaphone musical …
“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.” — John Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) I support the movement to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in honor of John Lewis. …
I came upon a child of God/He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going/And this he told me I’m going on down to Yasgur’s farm/I’m going to join in a rock ‘n’ roll band I’m going to camp out on the land/I’m going to try an’ get my soul …
Corinne Griffith was regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses of the silent film era. A biographer’s research revealed that the phrase “the camera loves her” was coined for Corinne. She was praised by critics for her acting abilities, as well. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1929. He …
“I don’t believe it! / There she goes again! She’s tidied up, and I can’t find anything! All my tubes and wires / And careful notes / And antiquated notions.” — She Blinded Me with Science Magnus Pyle was a well-respected scientist, published author, admired expert and Chairman of the Nutrition Society of Scotland long …
Dark-haired with a brilliant smile, Mikki Jamison embodied Hollywood’s vision of “the girl next door.” She made numerous guest appearances in black & white series in the early days of television. From her 1962 screen debut in Hawaiian Eye, Mikki popped up in episodes of Dennis the Menace, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The …
Peter Lorre commanded the screen in the 1935 thriller Mad Love. Those eyes….
Emanuel Heilbronner emigrated from his native Germany in 1929, dropping the “Heil” from his surname to avoid any association with the Nazis. He begged his parents to follow him to the United States, but they refused. His last correspondence from his parents was in the form of a censored postcard reading: “You were right – …
