Lesser known trivia regarding Douglas Fairbanks Sr.: He was only 5’7″. Was the basis for the look of Superman
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Buster Keaton and Steamboat Bill Jr.
It’s an iconic image, a cyclone ravages a small town and blows the front of the building down. As
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In Kirk Douglas’s autobiography, The Ragman’s Son, I read where Douglas did a lot of his own riding and gun
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There seems to be a running theme during these years in that the studios were interested in giving off
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Rick Sylvester’s opening ski stunt was shot from the top of Asgard Peak on Baffin Island in Canada. The
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The Poor Little Rich Girl is a 1917 American comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and stars Mary Pickford,
Continue readingSylvester Stallone: The Ultimate Underdog
Sylvester Stallone, American icon, one of the most well-known actors in Hollywood’s history, was once unknown and broke. He
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It should be no surprise to anyone that I open this blog with the Master himself, Charlie Chaplin. He
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