Beginning with William Wrigley's acquisition of the Santa Catalina Island Company in 1919, the history of the island is explored with archival footage, stills, interviews of residents, historians and celebrities. Director Greg Reitman Writer
13, 1919- Notable works: "Airplane!" "1941," "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America," "The Transformers: The Movie" Square-jawed and blue-eyed, Robert Stack appeared in Westerns and war movies in the 1940s and 1950s before starring as Treasury agent Eliot Ness on the popular television ...
In 1919, Old Hollywood power couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks purchased 15 acres of land on Summit Drive in Beverly Hills for $35,000. The property was previously uninhabited aside from a small hunting shack until the two silent film stars began building their dream mansion. They hire...
N.P. –“Stanley wouldn’t let us have a Set Decorator. We had to do the buying ourselves over the weekends in our free time. When it became obvious that we weren’t going to be able to shop the entire movie from London markets, he let us send a buyer, Barbara Drake, out to Th...
Leigh was a somewhat lonely child who spent much of her time going to movie theaters as she grew up. This interest that she took in film at such a young age would prove to be a catalyst for a successful career on the big screen which was characterized not only by a memorable face, ...
Also ranks #7 on17 Action Movie Stars Who Can Actually Do The Stuff They Do On Screen 1,505 votes What do you think? Major mansion? Photo: Picturegoer Magazine Wikimedia Commons Public Domain 2 Starlet Myrna Loy Had Numerous Gardens And A Lake-Like Swimming Pool On Her Property ...
1919: Robert Stack - Wikipedia page views over the past year: 832,337- Birthday: Jan. 13, 1919- Notable works: "Airplane!" "1941," "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America," "The Transformers: The Movie" Square-jawed and blue-eyed, Robert Stack appeared in Westerns and war movies in the 19...
One hundred and ten years ago this month, Grace Kingsley wrote two articles that demonstrated how eager people in Los Angeles were to break into the movie business—just like now. The first was called “How’s Your Scenario?” which she said was a question appropriate to any lull in conver...
In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: The Girl of the Golden West(1938) – Musical #262 ...
is driven to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield for the 1919 black sox. and come, they did. director phil alden robinson ’s emotional classic and not-so-scary ghost story has often been voted the top baseball movie in online polls. make sure to bring your tissues when watching ...