Remembering Rock Hudson on his birthday (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) American actor + one of the most popular film stars of his time. His career spanned over 3 decades - a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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Joan Leslie: “At one point, I was beginning to look more like a secure, mature, American woman”

Former screen actress Joan Leslie, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age and highly popular during the wartime years, passed away in Los Angeles at age 90 on October 12, 2015. I…

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Marsha Hunt: “MGM let me play absolutely everything, the studio gave me such joy”

As a 17-year-old teenager, Marsha Hunt played her first leading role in her debut film, “The Virginia Judge” (1935), at Paramount, with Walter C. Kelly in the title role. By the time she was 20, sh…

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Film director Jacques Feyder: Hollywood’s starmaker from—once again—Elsene, Brussels

European film directors at work in Hollywood silents, early 20th century. It was pretty common, and there were quite a bit of them who were lured to Southern California: they left their native (oft…

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Ann Rutherford: “My golden years were platinum years”

It was wonderful to see how much former screen star Ann Rutherford, a.k.a. Polly Benedict in the much-beloved “Andy Hardy” series and familiar as Careen O’Hara, Scarlett’s younger sister in “Gone W…

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Johnny Sheffield: “When one door closes, another door opens”

I don’t think anyone who watched Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan films while growing up didn’t envy Boy, a character introduced in “Tarzan Finds a Son!” (1939) when he was the sole survivor of a plane …

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