The Doll Family, four dwarf siblings who found success in Hollywood, not only in “The Wizard of Oz” but in another classic, “Freaks”
Why the fiercely independent Katharine Hepburn hid her 26-year affair with co-star Spencer Tracy
The Alfred Jewel: One of the most dazzling and mysterious treasures from Anglo-Saxon period, found in a field in 17th century
Georges Méliès, the magic-minded dreamer who in 1902 filmed “The Trip to the Moon” and showed us what movies are capable of
Steampunk triumphs in the Neverwas Haul, a Victorian house on wheels inspired by science fiction novels
The tragedy of the children who died at Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Ireland
Before Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis came Sister Rosetta Tharpe, considered the godmother of rock & roll
W.W. Denslow made so much money from his illustrations for “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” he bought an island off Bermuda, declared himself king
Hattie McDaniel of “Gone With the Wind,” the first African-American to win an Oscar, battled discrimination even at the Academy Awards ceremony
Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall, & the Hollywood marriage that nobody expected to last
