Like Zorro, the role he is perhaps most famous for, Tyrone Power left an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of film audiences around the...
Her first stage production, a Louisville, Kentucky production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, came at the tender age of five, a debut that would quickly set...
Ava Gardner may still be the most beautiful woman to ever work in Hollywood. For good or bad, her beauty got her noticed –by studio heads,...
When Lauren Bacall, all of 19 and fresh from the Bronx, asked Humphrey Bogart if he knew how to whistle in the film version of Hemingway’s...
Despite a long career in which he played a variety of roles—most notably in a string of hugely successful noirs—Alan Ladd will always be remembered for...
The Marx Brothers arrived with their bubbling blend of anarchic comedy just when America was struggling through its grimmest hour. As the Great Depression infused the...
Bela Lugosi was born Bela Ferenc Deszo Blasko on October 20, 1882. He was almost fated for his most famous role—his birthplace was located near Transylvania,...
Some would say the path that actress Gene Tierney took from New York socialite to Houston socialite only incidentally included her time as a movie star...
William Holden was still a student at Pasedena Junior College when a Paramount representative spotted him in a school production and put him under contract in...
Tall, handsome and sophisticated, Cesar Romero was born into a distinguished Cuban family and got his start performing as a nightclub dancer in his native New...