A host of nature programs from Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom to Planet Earth owe their origins to a few intrepid filmmakers who 100 years ago gave Americans some of their first glimpses of life in exotic, remote regions of the world. Feb. 1, 1930 cover by Julian De Miskey. Among the...
Queen Christina (Greta Garbo) stands as a silent figurehead at the bow of a ship as the camera moves in for a tight close-up; Garbo with co-star and real-life romantic partnerJohn Gilbert—it was the last of the four films the two would make together; Christina kisses her handmaiden...
Who Else Was Just Starting in 1989? Nine Inch Nails were starting to generate some buzz over the danceable industrial vibes of “Head Like a Hole” off theirPretty Hate Machinedebut. Other college rock standouts just arriving included The Stone Roses and the beginnings of several future grunge...
INSTANT CLASSIC…The New Yorkerpredicted that the Auburn Speedster 851, which came to be known as the “Hollywood Car,” would be popular among lads on college campuses. Despite its technical advancement (it could do 100 mph) and beautiful lines, it would prove to be Auburn’s final producti...
TOUGH GUYS…Omaha-born Max Baer (left) defeated German champion Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium in 1933 and took the heavyweight title in 1934; Paul Berlenbach (right) was a light-heavyweight champ from 1923 to 1926. An interesting footnote: Baer acted in 20 films, and one of his three ...
The Minsky family—brothers Billy, Herbert, Morton and Abe—built the beginnings of a New York burlesque empire, writes actress, author and documentarian Leslie Zemeckis:“Abe, the eldest, started showing racy films in a nickelodeon theater on the Lower East Side. His father—believing that if...