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Mary Pickford Biography
Short biography of the actress once known as America's Sweetheart. Along with Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, Pickford was a co-founder of United Artists Studio.
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Charlie Chaplin: The Beloved Little Tramp
You can't talk about early Hollywood without talking about Charlie Chaplin - he was loved, he was hated, and through it all he brought cinema to life and spoke to the common man.
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Ghostly Stars
Stars who see no reason to exit
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Theda Bara: The Wicked Intellectual
Theda Bara was Hollywood's first sex symbol, and her image was the most wicked by far. Here's part one of the story of a quiet bookworm who became a vamp on the silver screen
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United Artists Deluxe Gift Set
UA's been through many incarnations but a new deluxe set proves that the heyday of United Artists was the 60s and 70s
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Gloria Swanson: The Original Glamour Girl
Gloria Swanson did it all, and she did it first. Long before Dietrich, Garbo and Hepburn, Gloria Swanson took the steps to become a legend while the rest were dreaming of doing the same.
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OLIVE THOMAS (1894-1920), THE MARILYN MONROE OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY
Biography of Olive Thomas (1894-1920), whose show business career closely paralleled that of the legendary Marilyn Monroe.
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Retro Make-up Looks
Capture the essences of three legendary screen beauties with simple tricks and tips that recreate their most famous looks.
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10 Fun Facts About City Lights
This black-and-white classic follows the romantic adventures of a little tramp who falls in love with a blind girl selling flowers.
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Academy Award's biggest blunders
From the beginning, Oscars have been tainted by politics, studio manipulation and just plain weird decisions.
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Catholic Actors and Singers
Celebrities can be Catholic, too. Among some of the people brought up as or converted to Catholocism are Sylvester Stallone, Madonna, Mel Gibson and Ben Afleck.
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Haunted Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Opened in 1927 as a luxurious hotel to service the new movie industry, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel was the the place to catch a glimpse of movie stars.
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Music Libraries on the Internet
I suppose at first glance, I might be tempted to run in the other direction at the sight of this week's title, because usually when I think of libraries, I think "BO-RING.
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Songwriter/Movie Fan Chaw Mank
Charles "Chaw" Mank Jr. wore many hats during his lifetime. He was a noted songwriter, author, radio host, psychic, Hollywood fan club pioneer, super movie fan/collector.
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The First Academy Award Ceremony
Despite competition from the Golden Globe Awards, the Emmys, & others, Oscar night remains the premier entertainment event of the year. It wasn't always that important.
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William S. Hart Museum and Park
Wanta get out of the saddle and away from city life? Come along on an adventure back in time to the west of yesteryears.
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Amelia Earhart's Hero
Do heroes need heroes? Here's how Amelia Earhart, the most famous aviator of the 1920's and 1930's followed in the footsteps of the most famous aviator of the 1910's
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Branded By Scandal
Hollywood's first scandal: the death of silent film star Olive Thomas
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D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith, the father of modern filmmaking.
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Grauman's Movie Palaces
The stories behind Sid Grauman's legendary movie houses: the Million Dollar, Egyptian, and Chinese Theatres.
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Movie: Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Joe Gills (William Holden) falls under the spell of silent movie queen Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) in Paramount Pictures' 1950 film classic, Sunset Boulevard.
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Queen Mary Long Beach California
The Queen Mary is an Art Deco luxury ocean liner that successfully completed 1001 transatlantic cruises before being docked permanently in Long Beach, California.
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Sunset Boulevard
Billy Wilder's Hollywood Exposed masterpiece
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The Quotable Oz
The stars of <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> talk about their moviemaking experience in this collection of quotations.
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LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN: CHAPLIN, MALCOLM X
A look at CHAPLIN and MALCOLM X, two biopics attempting to capture the essence of their subjects, one unsucessfully, the other sucessfully.
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Notting Hill | The Thirteenth Floor
Movie star wooing bookseller almost sounds like virtual reality.
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