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  Harold Peary   Practically Peary: Harold (Harrold Pereira de Faria, Harold Perry Faria) Peary was born on July 25, 1908 in San Leandro, California to Jose (Joseph) P. Faria and Maude Focha. Joe Faria was born in Portugal and his wife Maude was born in California to immigrants from Portug read more

Rudolph Maté Maté Mystery: the Close-Up Shot… Rudolph Maté (Rezso Mayer) was born in Krakow, Poland, on January 21, 1898; a man self-described as of a ruddy complexion, one-hundred-sixty-pounds, five-feet-nine-inches in height, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Maté married Paula Sophie Hartkopk read more

Rudolph Maté Maté Mystery: the Close-Up Shot… Rudolph Maté (Rezso Mayer) was born in Krakow, Poland, on January 21, 1898; a man self-described as of a ruddy complexion, one-hundred-sixty-pounds, five-feet-nine-inches in height, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Maté married Paula Sophie Hartkopk read more

  Rudolph Maté     Maté Mystery: the Close-Up Shot… Rudolph Maté (Rezso Mayer) was born in Krakow, Poland, on January 21, 1898; a man self-described as of a ruddy complexion, one-hundred-sixty-pounds, five-feet-nine-inches in height, with brown hair and hazel eyes. Maté married read more

John Brascia   John Brascia burst upon the cinematic scene, with good looks, a tremendous smile and most of all his natural born athleticism which imbued his dance steps with vigor and excitement. His talent for dancing was immediately recognized as special and great things were heralded for hi read more

John Brascia   John Brascia burst upon the cinematic scene, with good looks, a tremendous smile and most of all his natural born athleticism which imbued his dance steps with vigor and excitement. His talent for dancing was immediately recognized as special and great things were heralded for hi read more

John Brascia   John Brascia burst upon the cinematic scene, with good looks, a tremendous smile and most of all his natural born athleticism which imbued his dance steps with vigor and excitement. His talent for dancing was immediately recognized as special and great things were heralded for hi read more

The exceptional Kay Francis was born on Friday the 13th, 1905 and died in August of 1968. She is most likely, the largest of Hollywood’s Golden era forgotten stars, although, this statement has been made repeatedly, it is true none the less. She made more than seventy movies in just seventeen years read more

The exceptional Kay Francis was born on Friday the 13th, 1905 and died in August of 1968. She is most likely, the largest of Hollywood’s Golden era forgotten stars, although, this statement has been made repeatedly, it is true none the less. She made more than seventy movies in just seventeen years read more

The exceptional Kay Francis was born on Friday the 13th, 1905 and died in August of 1968. She is most likely, the largest of Hollywood’s Golden era forgotten stars, although, this statement has been made repeatedly, it is true none the less. She made more than seventy movies in just seventeen years read more

  Louise Rainer would have been 105 years today but we lost this shining star on December 30, 2014, in London. “Just as the light of a sun is seen for years to come even after it kindles no flame we will see the Rainer light still bright on the silver-screen and in our homes so keen in read more

  Louise Rainer would have been 105 years today but we lost this shining star on December 30, 2014, in London. “Just as the light of a sun is seen for years to come even after it kindles no flame we will see the Rainer light still bright on the silver-screen and in our homes so keen in read more

  Louise Rainer would have been 105 years today but we lost this shining star on December 30, 2014, in London. “Just as the light of a sun is seen for years to come even after it kindles no flame we will see the Rainer light still bright on the silver-screen and in our homes so keen in read more

Metropolis premiered in Berlin, Germany at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo Movie Theater on Monday, January 10th, 1927… Metropolis has been written about repeatedly, with those authors having direct access to much of the archival records of this celluloid monument to Science-Fiction. So, I will not att read more

Metropolis premiered in Berlin, Germany at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo Movie Theater on Monday, January 10th, 1927… Metropolis has been written about repeatedly, with those authors having direct access to much of the archival records of this celluloid monument to Science-Fiction. So, I will not att read more

Metropolis premiered in Berlin, Germany at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo Movie Theater on Monday, January 10th, 1927… Metropolis has been written about repeatedly, with those authors having direct access to much of the archival records of this celluloid monument to Science-Fiction. So, I will not att read more

Orson Welles William Randolph Hearst   Orson Welles was at his best when his art created controversy; we see that in practical application with his 1938 radio production of “The War of the Worlds”, gendering panic at the most and at the least confusion. Then with his first film proj read more

Orson Welles William Randolph Hearst   Orson Welles was at his best when his art created controversy; we see that in practical application with his 1938 radio production of “The War of the Worlds”, gendering panic at the most and at the least confusion. Then with his first film proj read more

Orson Welles William Randolph Hearst   Orson Welles was at his best when his art created controversy; we see that in practical application with his 1938 radio production of “The War of the Worlds”, gendering panic at the most and at the least confusion. Then with his first film proj read more

  Ah… the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the  read more