“If she were thirty-five instead of twenty-five, she could run for president. There is no one like her,” said Hollywood director Allan Dwan about Gloria …
Audrey Hepburn: fashion icon, actress, dancer (2.)
Continued from part one Audrey Hepburn was fluent in French: that predestined her for a role in the French production Monte Carlo Baby (1951): The …
Audrey Hepburn: fashion icon, actress, dancer (1.)
Audrey Kathleen van Heemstra Ruston was born in Brussels on May 4, 1929: although her mother belonged to the Dutch aristocracy, she did not spend …
Debbie Reynolds: actress and curator
When her name comes up, many Hollywood connoisseurs immediately think of the golden age of Hollywood: Debbie Reynolds was the epitome of the golden age …
Elizabeth Taylor: Life, Screen, Image
She was one of Hollywood’s most famous actresses: Elizabeth Taylor. She immortalized herself in the role of Cleopatra in the 1963 film of the same …
Katharine Hepburn: Kate the Great
It was at the end of the thirties when Katharine Hepburn was put on the list of actors considered “box office poison”: Back in 1937, …
Grace Kelly in “Rear Window” (2.)
In 1954, Grace Kelly had just finished shooting Dial M for Murder, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and it didn’t take long until the next film …
Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin: A Relationship Scarred by War (2.)
After Marlene had said goodbye to Jean, she returned to Hollywood, feeling lonely without her lover, whom she hadserved French cuisine almost daily. In the past, she had toured to sell war bonds – the “USO“ had recently been founded, an Organization whose mission was to keep up the morale of front-line troops through entertainment.
Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin: A Relationship Scarred by War (1.)
How did Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin, such very different people, fall in love? What did the Second World War have to do with it?
The Manhattinate — Grace Kelly in “Rear Window“
The actress and later princess of Monaco Grace de Monaco (before her marriage she was called Grace Kelly) stood in front of a film camera …