by Danny Miller | Mar 2, 2018 | Features, What's Hot
I always love learning about the behind-the-scenes artists who played a big role in creating the magic of Hollywood but whose names are not that well known today. One of those unsung heroes from the golden age of the movies was make-up artist extraordinaire Dottie...
by Danny Miller | Mar 21, 2017 | Features, What's Hot
When screen legend John Barrymore declares a 12-year-old girl he worked with as “Hollywood’s greatest actress,” you can’t help but take notice. Born 90 years ago today, classic movie fans remember Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord, Katharine Hepburn’s precocious sister...
by Danny Miller | Mar 23, 2016 | Features, What's Hot
On this day in 1904, Lucille Fay LeSueur (later known as Joan Crawford) was born in San Antonio, Texas. Some sources list the year of her birth as 1904, 1905, or even 1908, but a quick search of the San Antonio census records reveals the truth. By any measure,...
by Danny Miller | Apr 19, 2015 | Interviews, What's Hot
Eighty years ago today, a huge party was held at MGM Studios in Culver City, California. It was April 19, 1935 and every legendary star who was under contract at the studio was there to celebrate the joint birthdays of one of the studio’s oldest stars, May Robson, and...
by Danny Miller | Mar 21, 2015 | Features, What's Hot
Today is the birthday of one of the most talented young actresses in the history of the movies. You may remember Virginia Weidler primarily as Dinah Lord, Katharine Hepburn’s precocious sister in MGM’s The Philadelphia Story, the girl who plays “Lydia the Tattooed...
