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George Stevens Too many great films to make mention of here but I will say that one after another, Stevens delivered a movie-experience to the viewer that few directors have provided. More than 60 credits as cinematographer (this work was done on short-films, mostly in the silent era and not a few t read more

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Multi Award Winning Actress Gloria Romero has appeared in more than 200 films, garnering 9 FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards) nominations with 2 wins; also, 5 FAP (Film Academy of the Philippines) nominations and 1 win, with numerous other awards during her 7 decade career.  read more

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As many film-actors have before and since, Van Heflin began on stage. To put it mildly, he had a string of busts, which began in 1928, until 1936 and “End of Summer”. By chance, Katherine Hepburn saw the play and asked Heflin to take the role of Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne in the upcoming producti read more

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As many film-actors have before and since, Van Heflin began on stage. To put it mildly, he had a string of busts, which began in 1928, until 1936 and “End of Summer”. By chance, Katherine Hepburn saw the play and asked Heflin to take the role of Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne in the upcoming producti read more

Happy Birthday to actors and actresses born on December 14th C. S. Williams read more

As many film-actors have before and since, Van Heflin began on stage. To put it mildly, he had a string of busts, which began in 1928, until 1936 and “End of Summer”. By chance, Katherine Hepburn saw the play and asked Heflin to take the role of Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne in the upcoming producti read more

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At the age of nineteen, in 1935, Frank Sinatra got his first big break, joining a group called “The Three Flashes”, with James Petrozelli, Pat Principle and Fred Tamburro. With Sinatra in, they changed the name to “The Hoboken Four”, and sang frequently on the popular radio show “Major Bowes read more

Helen Logan began her screenwriting career in 1935, with Fox Pictures and stayed with them until she stopped writing in 1946. Along the way she penned a few film-series (Charlie Chan, The Jones Family and The Cisco Kid), spending the better part of the 1930’s writing B-pictures. In the 1940’s Logan read more

At the age of nineteen, in 1935, Frank Sinatra got his first big break, joining a group called “The Three Flashes”, with James Petrozelli, Pat Principle and Fred Tamburro. With Sinatra in, they changed the name to “The Hoboken Four”, and sang frequently on the popular radio show “Major Bowes read more

Helen Logan began her screenwriting career in 1935, with Fox Pictures and stayed with them until she stopped writing in 1946. Along the way she penned a few film-series (Charlie Chan, The Jones Family and The Cisco Kid), spending the better part of the 1930’s writing B-pictures. In the 1940’s Logan read more

At the age of nineteen, in 1935, Frank Sinatra got his first big break, joining a group called “The Three Flashes”, with James Petrozelli, Pat Principle and Fred Tamburro. With Sinatra in, they changed the name to “The Hoboken Four”, and sang frequently on the popular radio show “Major Bowes read more

Helen Logan began her screenwriting career in 1935, with Fox Pictures and stayed with them until she stopped writing in 1946. Along the way she penned a few film-series (Charlie Chan, The Jones Family and The Cisco Kid), spending the better part of the 1930’s writing B-pictures. In the 1940’s Logan read more

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At home in comedy, drama, action, mystery, Edward G. Robinson, began his rise to stardom on Broadway, spending 15 productive years working on stage in more than 25 plays. Much of his film-career,  his on-screen persona was that of a “tough-guy”, but Edward G. Robinson’s acting acumen was quite read more