Category: Vintage Hollywood

Actors who turned down legendary movie roles – Tom Hanks as Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption

“The House of the Rising Sun” predates New Orleans, it begins with 16th century bawdy houses fatal to young men

“Green Eggs and Ham” and the bet Dr. Seuss won that he couldn’t write a book of 50 words

Paul Newman almost died in action and other iconic Hollywood stars who served during WW2

Jack Foley: The artist who brought natural sound into motion pictures

The truth about Peg Entwistle, the young actress who committed suicide by jumping off the Hollywood Sign

Joseph Pistone, alias Donnie Brasco, infiltrated the Bonanno crime family as undercover FBI agent

Marlon Brando and the education of an American icon

Walt Disney Believed he was Responsible for his Mother’s Tragic Fate

My name is Popov, Dusko Popov: The man who inspired James Bond

Warner Baxter, an Academy Award winning actor, sought out a lobotomy against doctors’ advice

John Cazale, the actor who appeared in only five movies, all nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award