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Actors:  Stars  &  Unknowns
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on page one: Links  •  Books  •  Actors A thru F

on page three: Actors S thru Z  •  Hollywood Collection videos

Actors & Movie Stars of Today Page

browse Actors & Actresses (A to Z) on DVD


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won Best Actor Oscar for "'It Happened One Night" [1934]    

Magic Lantern's
Clark Gable  [1901-60] Page

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won Honorary Oscar Award in 1955    Magic Lantern's
Greta Garbo  [1905-90] Page

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[blacklistee]  John Garfield  [1913-52]
browse John Garfield on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Special Juvenile Academy Award in 1940    Judy Garland  [1922-69]
browse Judy Garland on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
Judy Garland WebRing
Judy Garland Database fansite

I Could Go On Singing 1963 movie starring Judy Garland   "I Could Go On Singing" feature film [United Artists March 1963]
A successful singer appearing in London agrees to care for her son while her ex is on business in Rome; when the father returns, the boy is torn between loyalty to his father and affection for his mother. Directed by Ronald Neame; starring Judy Garland {last film}, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman, Aline MacMahon & Gregory Phillips
M.G.M. Video letterboxed color DVD [5/2004] out of prodn/used
M.G.M. Video color VHS [4/92] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
novelization [1963] by John D. MacDonald
for-hire novelization of the 1963 Judy Garland movie, later disavowed by MacDonald
Fawcett Gold Medal mass pb [1963] out of print/used

daughter  Liza Minnelli
browse Liza Minnelli on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

official Liza Minnelli website

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James Garner  [b. 1928]
IMDb listing [since 1956]Wikipedia

starred in the western-comedy series "Maverick" [1957-60] /tt0050037/
starred in the detective TV series "The Rockford Files" [1974-80] /tt0071042/

Garner Files memoir by James Garner & Jon Winokur  
"The Garner Files: A Memoir" [2011]  
by James Garner, with Jon Winokur; Introduction by Julie Andrews

Simon & Schuster 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2011] for $14.55
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Chief Dan George  [1899-1981]
browse Chief Dan George on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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cowboy star  Hoot Gibson  [1892-1962] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

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Dorothy Gish  [1898-1968]
browse Dorothy Gish on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

     Lillian Gish  [1893-1993]
browse Lillian Gish on DVDAFI Award videoIMDb listingWikipedia

official Lillian Gish™ website
JWP's Lillian Gish fansite

Lillian Gish autobiography  
"The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me" [1969]
by Lillian Gish, with Ann Pinchot

Mercury House pb [6/88] out of print/used
Prentice-Hall pb [9/69] out of print/used
Pearson hardcover [6/88] out of print/many used
Prentice-Hall hardcover [9/69] out of print/used
Lillian Gish biography by Stuart Oderman  "Lillian Gish: A Life On Stage and Screen" [1999]
by Stuart Oderman

McFarland & Co. pb [5/2009] for $39.95
McFarland & Co. 10¼x7 hardcover [11/99] out of print/used
Lillian Gish biography by Charles Affron  "Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life" [2001]
by Charles Affron

Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [3/2002] for $21.95
Scribner hardcover [3/2001] out of print/many used
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Jackie Gleason  [1916-87]
browse Jackie Gleason on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

DMK's 'Jackie Gleason, The Great One' fansite

"The Hustler" [1961] with Paul Newman

Jackie Gleason's Gigot movie poster, directed by Gene Kelly  
"Gigot" [Seven Arts Sept 1962]
Gleason steps out of his 'Great One' persona to portray a mute janitor in Paris, France where the movie was filmed. Pathos, heroism, and slapstick, very Chaplin-esque. Directed by Gene Kelly; script by John Patrick & Jackie Gleason; with Katherine Kath; Oscar nom for the music
video/DVD and soundtrack CD not available; full credits at IMDb
Soldier in the Rain movie poster  "Soldier  In  The  Rain"  [Allied Artists Nov 1963]
A sentimental comedy of the peacetime U.S. Army; a goofy supply sergeant idolizes a corrupt Master Sergeant and hopes that they will go into business together when they retire. Produced & co-written by Blake Edwards; directed by Ralph Nelson; co-written by Maurice Richlin, based on the William Goldman novel; music by Henry Mancini; starring Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld, Tony Bill, Tom Poston, Ed Nelson, Lew Gallo, Rockne Tarkington, Paul Hartman, John Hubbard & Adam West
not available on DVD; b&w VHS [undated] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
27"x40" poster from Amazon for $29.00
based on the 1960 novel by William Goldman
Dell movie tie-in mass pb [1/63] out of print/used
Atheneum hardcover [1/60] out of print/used

"Gleason" biopic [2002]

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character actor James Gleason  [1882-1959]
browse James Gleason on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Ruth Gordon  [1896-1985]
browse Ruth Gordon on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Honorary Oscar in 1970    Cary Grant  [1904-86]
browse Cary Grant on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

DD's 'Ultimate Cary Grant Pages' fansite

Cary Grant  
"Hollywood Collections: Cary Grant, The Leading Man" [1988]
VHS [5/94] out of prodn/used
Cary Grant Signature Collection DVD box set  "The Cary Grant Signature Collection" DVD Box Set [2004]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [6/2004] 5 disks for $28.99
contains "My Favorite Wife" [1940] co-starring Irene Dunne & Randolph Scott; "Destination Tokyo" [1943] with John Garfield; "Night and Day" [1946] directed by Michael Curtiz, with Alexis Smith; "The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer" [1947] co-starring Myrna Loy & Shirley Temple; and "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" [1948] co-starring Myrna Loy & Melvyn Douglas; extras include trailer galleries, cartoons, shorts & radio shows
Cary Grant Screen Legend Collection DVD box set   "Cary Grant Screen Legend Collection" [2006]
Paramount b&w/color DVD [11/2006] 3 disks for $24.99
contains "Kiss and Make Up" [1934] with Helen Mack & Edward Everett Horton; "Thirty Day Princess" [1934] co-written by Preston Sturges, with Sylvia Sidney & Edward Arnold; "Wings In The Dark" [1935] with Myrna Loy, Hobart Cavanaugh & Roscoe Karns; "Big Brown Eyes"
[1936] directed by Raoul Walsh, with Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon & Lloyd Nolan; and "Wedding Present" [1936] with Joan Bennett & William Demarest
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Lorne Greene  [1915-87] from Canada
browse Lorne Greene on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Gene Hackman
browse Gene Hackman on DVDIMDb listing [1961-2009]Wikipedia

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Lloyd Hamilton [1891-1935]
DVDs of Lloyd Hamilton at AmazonIMDb listing [1913-34]Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/Lloyd-Hamilton-Comedian-Silent-Cinema/dp/0786441593/

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Sir Cedric Hardwicke

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Magic Lantern's
Jean Harlow  [1911-37] Page

CMG's official Jean Harlow™ website

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silent movie cowboy star  William S. Hart  [1864-1946] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

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Rita Hayworth  [1918-87]
browse Rita Hayworth on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
was married to Orson Welles

watch Rita singing 'Put the Blame On Mame' [3:23] online at YouTube

http://www.amazon.com/Films-Hayworth-Tonight-Salome-Thompson/dp/B0024FAG7Q/

Cindy's 'Rita Hayworth, The Love Goddess' fansite

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[blacklistee]  Paul Henreid  [1908-92]
browse Paul Henreid on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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     Audrey Hepburn  [1929-93]
browse Audrey Hepburn on DVDHwd Collxn videoIMDb listingWikipedia
received 5 Oscar nominations [1954-1968]; won in 1954

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          Kate Hepburn  [1907-2003]
browse Kate Hepburn on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 12 Oscar nominations [1934-1982]; won in 1934, 1968, 1969 & 1982

Magic Lantern's "The African Queen" 1951 Movie Page
Directed by John Huston [1906-87], starring Katharine Hepburn & Humphrey Bogart [1899-1957]

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Pat Hingle [1924-2008]
IMDb listingWikipedia

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     William Holden  [1918-81]
browse William Holden on DVDHwd Collxn videoIMDb listingWikipedia

The Billy Wilder DVD Collection box set  "The Billy Wilder DVD Collection" DVD Box Set [2002]
Paramount b&w DVD set [3/2006] 3 disks - out of prodn/used
Paramount b&w DVD set [3/2002] 3 disks - out of prodn/used
contains 3 feature films written & directed by Billy Wilder: "Sunset Boulevard" [1950] starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim & Buster Keaton; "Stalag 17" [1953] starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger & Neville Brand; "Sabrina" [1954] starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn & William Holden; extras unclear

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Hal Holbrook

autobio "Harold" [2011]

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Sterling Holloway  [1905-92]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listingWikipedia

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Stuart Holmes  [1884-1971]
Holmes had bit parts in almost 500 films from 1909 to 1964, mostly as
'bald man', 'wedding guest', 'reporter', 'juror', 'board member', and such
IMDb listingWikipedia

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Oscar Homolka  [1898-1978]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listingWikipedia

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Dennis Hopper  [1936-2010]
browse Dennis Hopper on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
had residences in Venice Beach, California and Taos, New Mexico

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singer & actress  Lena Horne [1917-2010]
browse Lena Horne on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

M's Lena Horne fansite

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illusionist/magician  Harry Houdini [1874-1926]

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Leslie Howard [1893-1943]
browse Leslie Howard on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

portrayed Ashley Wilkes in "Gone With The Wind" [1939]

"The Man Who Gave A Damn" 90-minute documentary []
Directed by Tom Hamilton, with Howard's great-grandson, Alex Kiehl
official movie blog

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[blacklistee]  Sam Jaffe  [1891-1984]
browse Sam Jaffe on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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child actress Gloria Jean {Schoonover}  [b. 1926]
no browse/Amazon entry • official websiteIMDb listing [1939-62]Wikipedia

Gloria Jean fansite

"Gloria Jean: A Little Bit of Heaven" [2005]
authorized biography by Scott & Jan MacGillivray 9780595674541

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actor-singer  Herb Jeffries  [b. 1913]
no browse/Amazon entry • official websiteIMDb listingWikipedia

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Ben Johnson  [1918-96]
browse Ben Johnson on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

http://benjohnsonscreencaps.shutterfly.com/

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Van Johnson  [1916-2008]
browse Van Johnson on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Boris Karloff  [1887-1969]
browse Boris Karloff on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

Boris Karloff Filmography [1916-71] at Wikipedia

Boris Karloff Collection 20 Movie Pack DVD box set  "Boris Karloff: Master of Horror 20 Movie Pack Collection" DVD Box Set [2008]
Mill Creek Ent. DVD set [8/2008] 4 disks for $13.49
contains "His Majesty, The American" as extra [1919 silent]; "The Last of The Mohicans" as extra [1920 silent]; "Dynamite Dan" [1924 silent]; "The Bells" [1925 silent]; "King of The Wild" [1930 serial]; "Juggernaut" [1936] directed by Michael Curtiz; "Mr. Wong, Detective" [1938]; "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" [1938]; "Mr. Wong In Chinatown" [1939]; "The Fatal Hour" [1939]; "Doomed To Die" [1940]; "The Ape" [1940]; "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" [1947]; "The Island Monster" [1953]; "Sabaka" [1954]; 3 episodes of "The Veil" TV series [1958]; "The Terror" [1963] directed by Roger Corman; and "(Isle of The) Snake People" [posthumous; 1971]

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6125 Hollywood Blvd.  star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6563 Hollywood Blvd.  star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6101 Hollywood Blvd.  won an Honorary Oscar in 1955  received the Academy's Jean Herscholt Award in 1982    Magic Lantern's
Danny Kaye  [1913-87] Page

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won Honorary Oscar in 1960    Magic Lantern's
Buster Keaton  [1895-1966] Pages
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star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame  won Honorary Oscar in 1952    dancer-actor-director  Gene Kelly  [1912-96]
browse Gene Kelly on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Oscar for Best Actress for "The Country Girl" [1954]    Grace Kelly  [1929-82]
browse Grace Kelly on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

Grace Kelly made only 11 films before marrying Prince Rainier III of Monaco
"True Grace" biography [2007] by Wendy Leigh
new "High Society" biography by Spoto /0307395618/
"Wedding in Monaco" ½-hour CinemaScope documentary []

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child actor Tommy Kelly  [b. 1925]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1938-50]Wikipedia {empty}

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Edgar 'Slow Burn' Kennedy  [1890-1948]
bio book fansiteIMDb listing [1938-50]Wikipedia

"Rediscovered Comedies of Edgar Kennedy" on DVD [2010]
http://www.amazon.com/Kennedy-Edgar-Rediscovered-Comedies/dp/B003N2JKUS/
http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Kennedy-Rediscovered-Comedies/dp/B003N2JKQ2/

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Honorary Oscar in 1964    Deborah Kerr  [1921-2007]
browse Deborah Kerr on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 6 Oscar nominations [1950-1961]; won Honorary Oscar in 1994

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child actress Marilyn Knowlden  [b. 1926]
no browse/Amazon entry • official websiteIMDb listing [1931-44]Wikipedia {empty}

Little Girl In Big Pictures autobiography by Marilyn Knowlden  
"Little Girl In Big Pictures: The Autobiography of
1930s Child Star Marilyn Knowlden" [2011]

BearManor Media 9x6 pb [4/2011] for $24.95
publisher BearManor Media's book page
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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Alan Ladd  [1913-64]
browse Alan Ladd on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

served in the U.S.A.A.F. First Motion Picture Unit during World War II
official Alan Ladd™ website

classic Western movie Shane directed by George Stevens, starring Alan Ladd  
Shane book  
"Shane" [Paramount April 1953]
Directed by George Stevens, screenplay by A.B. Guthrie Jr. from the Jack Schaefer story; starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon DeWilde, Jack Palance & Ben Johnson; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Supporting Actor (JP & BDW), won for Best Cinematography; listed at National Film Registry 1993
Paramount color DVD [8/2000] for $22.49
Hungry Minds color VHS [4/98] for $9.95
full credits from IMDb
"Shane" posters at AllPosters.com
Novel by Jack Schaefer [1954]
Bantam Starfire pb [10/83] for $5.99
DH Audio UNABR [1/92] out of stock/used
hardcover edition illustrated by J. McCormick
Houghton Mifflin YA [1/92] out of print/many used
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star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame  won Oscar for Best Actor for "Elmer Gantry" [1960]    Burt Lancaster  [1913-94]
browse Burt Lancaster on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 4 Oscar nominations [1954-1982]; won in 1961
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008

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animal star  Lassie
search Lassie videos/DVDs at AmazonIMDb listingWikipedia

Weatherwax official website
official 'World of Lassie' website
official Lassie rights management webpage
Colliewoode's Lassie Network [est. 1995] fansite
LMY's Lassie fansite

"Lassie" 200+ episode TV series [1954-74]
renamed "Timmy & Lassie" & "Jeff's Collie" for syndication
starring Tommy Rettig [1954-57], Jon Provost [1957-64] & Robert Bray [1964-68]
series credits from IMDb

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Lassie 50th Anniversary TV Collection DVD  
"Lassie: 50 Years of Love" 50th Anniversary TV Collection [2004]
24 episodes, booklet & other extras
Classic Media b&w DVD [9/2004] 3 disks for $26.49
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Magic Lantern's
Laurel & Hardy Page

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silent-era star  Florence Lawrence  [1886-1938]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listingWikipedia

autobio "Growing Up With The Movies"
serialized in Photoplay Magazine from Nov 1914 to Feb 1915
FREE online text & photos at The Great Stars website

Florence Lawrence America's First Movie Star book by Kelly R. Brown   "Florence Lawrence, The Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star"
[1991] by Kelly R. Brown

McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [3/2007] for $35.00
McFarland & Co. library hardcover [4/99] out of print/used

Magic Lantern's Studios Pages / American Biograph

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Christopher Lee  [b. 1922]
browse Christopher Lee on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame        Jack Lemmon  [1925-2001]
browse Jack Lemmon on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 8 Oscar nominations [1956-1983]; won in 1956 & 1974

starred in "Some Like It Hot" [1959] directed by Billy Wilder
starred in "The Apartment" [1960] directed by Billy Wilder
starred in "Irma la Douce" [1963] directed by Billy Wilder
starred in "The Fortune Cookie" [1966] directed by Billy Wilder
starred in "Avanti!" [1972] directed by Billy Wilder
starred in "The Front Page" [1974] directed by Billy Wilder
starred in "Buddy, Buddy" [1981] directed by Billy Wilder

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Marion Leonard []

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures  star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television  won Governor's Award Emmy in 2005  won Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2009    Magic Lantern's
comedian  Jerry Lewis  [b. 1926]  Page

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Magic Lantern's
silent-era comedian of France
Max Linder  [1883-1925]  Page

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actress Blake Lively
browse Blake Lively DVDsIMDb listingWikipedia

actress Blake Lively publicity photo (in a new window)
CW Network bio page for "Gossip Girl"

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  awarded an Honorary Oscar® in 1953 as "master comedian and good citizen"    Magic Lantern's
comedian  Harold Lloyd  [1893-1971] Page

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star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame  Carole Lombard  [1908-42]
browse Carole Lombard on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

DMK's 'Carole Lombard, Lovable Madcap' fansite

Carole Lombard Hoosier Tornado biography by Wes D. Gehring  
"Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado" [2003]
by Wes D. Gehring

Indiana Historical Society 7½x5¾ hardcover [10/2003] for $15.56
Screwball biography of Carole Lombard by Larry Swindell  "Screwball: The Life of Carole Lombard" [1975]
by Larry Swindell

Wm. Morrow hardcover [1975] out of print/used
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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Peter Lorre  [1904-64]
browse Peter Lorre on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame      

Myrna Loy  [1905-93]
browse Myrna Loy on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

"The Thin Man" movie series with William Powell
The Myrna Loy Center For The Performing Arts [est. 1991] in Helena, MT
DM's Myrna Loy fansite

"Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood" [10/2011] by Emily W. Leider
http://www.amazon.com/Myrna-Loy-Only-Good-Hollywood/dp/0520253205/

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star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame  Béla Lugosi  [1882-1956]
browse Béla Lugosi on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

official Bela Lugosi fansite

"The Immortal Count: The Life and Films of Bela Lugosi" [] by by Arthur Lennig
http://www.kentuckypress.com/live/title_detail.php?titleid=2024

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Shirley MacLaine of Santa Fe, New Mexico
sister of Warren Beatty
browse Shirley MacLaine on DVDbrowse books by/about Shirley MacLaine
official websiteIMDb listingBroadway creditsWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  tied for Best Actor Oscar for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" [1931]    won Oscar for Best Actor for "The Best Years of Our Lives" [1946]    Fredric March   [1897-1975]
browse Fredric March on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 5 Oscar nominations [1931-1952]; won in 1932 & 1947

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Mae Marsh  [1894-1968]
was born Mary Wayne Marsh in Madrid, New Mexico
browse Mae Marsh on VHS & DVDIMDb listing [1910-64] Wikipedia

Her book "Screen Acting" is still an important work well worth reading if you can find a copy

"Ramona" [1910] lead role at age 15
D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of A Nation" [1915]
D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" [1916]
career hiatus to raise a family
"Over The Hill" [1931]
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" [1932]
"Alice In Wonderland" [1933]
John Ford's "The Grapes of Wrath" [1940]
John Ford's "How Green Was My Valley" [1941]
John Ford's "My Darling Clementine" [1946]
John Ford's "3 Godfathers" [1948]

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Dean Martin  [1917-95]
Dean Martin was famous in four areas: as a singer (especially in Las Vegas), for the Martin & Lewis
comedy films, for the Matt Helm films, and for his television appearances
browse Dean Martin on DVDDean Martin recordingsIMDb listingWikipedia

"Dino: The Essential Dean Martin" Special Platinum Edition [] /B0009CTVEA

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Strother Martin  [1919-80]
browse Strother Martin on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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won Oscar for Best Actor for "Cat Ballou" [1966]    Lee Marvin   [1924-87]
browse Lee Marvin on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Virginia Mayo  [1920-2005]
browse Virginia Mayo on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
http://www.virginiamayo.com/
http://www.mayonet.com/virginia.htm

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Mike Mazurki  [1907-90]
browse Mike Mazurki on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

Mike Mazurki fansite

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Joel McCrea  [1905-90]
browse Joel McCrea on DVDWesterns/DVDWesterns/VHSIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Steve McQueen  [1930-80]
browse Steve McQueen on DVDHwd Collxn videoIMDb listingWikipedia
listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008

RH's U.K. Steve McQueen poster fansite
http://www.amazon.com/McQueens-Machines-Cars-Bikes-Hollywood/dp/0760328668/

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Sal Mineo  [1939-76]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000543/

starred in "Rebel Without A Cause" [1955]

"Sal" [indep 2011?]  
Sal Mineo biopic "Sal" directed by James Franco  Chronicles the final hours of actor Sal Mineo, the failed teen star whose career was gaining momentum; details the very last day of Mineo’s life, on 12 February 1976; filmed in nine days.
Co-produced & co-written by Vince Jolivette; co-written & directed by James Franco; based on the book by Michael Gregg Michaud; starring Val Lauren {as Sal Mineo}, James Franco, Jim Parrack, Vince Jolivette, Stacey Miller
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • credits at IMDb
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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Robert Mitchum  [1917-97]
browse Robert Mitchum on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

Robert Mitchum Signature Collection box set  "Robert Mitchum Signature Collection" [2007]
Warner widescreen DVD [1/2007] 6 disks for $40.99
includes "Angel Face" [1952] directed by Otto Preminger; "Macao" [1952] directed by Josef von Sternberg; "Home From The Hill" [1960] directed by Vincente Minnelli; "The Sundowners" [1960] with Deborah Kerr; "The Good Guys and The Bad Guys" [1969 Western]; and "The Yakuza" [1974] co-starring Ken Takakura
Robert Mitchum   "Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star" [1991]
M.P.I. Hollywood Collection VHS [5/94] for $14.98
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silent movie cowboy star  Tom Mix  [1880-1940] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Marilyn Monroe   [1926-62]
browse Marilyn Monroe on DVDIMDb listing [1947-62] Wikipedia

official Marilyn Monroe™ website
Arthur Miller [1915-2005] Page at Spirit of America
Marilyn Monroe info page

Marilyn at the Movies independent documentary  "Marilyn At The Movies" documentary film [indep July 2002]
A detailed chronology of MarilynMonroe’s films, including original trailers from her classic movies: "Niagara" [1953], "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" [1953], "Bus Stop" [1956], "Some Like It Hot" [1959], and "The Misfits" [1961]; bonus features include vintage newsreels, interviews, and "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe" [1964] docufilm narrated by director John Huston • not listed on IMDb
Delta Video color/b&w DVD [7/2002] out of prodn/used
"Niagara" [1953]
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" [1953]
starred in "The Seven Year Itch" [1955] directed by Billy Wilder
"Bus Stop" [1956]
starred in "Some Like It Hot" [1959] directed by Billy Wilder

starred in "The Misfits" [1961] directed by John Huston
"Making The Misfits" [2002] starring Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable & John Huston
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Misfits-Arthur-Miller/dp/B00006LPEA/

"The Legend of Marilyn Monroe" [1964] docufilm narrated by director John Huston

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Robert Montgomery  [1904-81]
browse Robert Montgomery on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

REL's Robert Montgomery fansite

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[blacklistee]  Zero Mostel  [1915-77]
browse Zero Mostel on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Oscar for Best Actor for "The Story of Louis Pasteur" [1935]    Paul Muni  [1895-1967]
browse Paul Muni on DVDIMDb listingBroadway creditsWikipedia
received 6 Oscar nominations [1930-1960]; won in 1937

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  J. Carrol Naish  [1897-1973]
browse J. Carrol Naish on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

portrayed Charlie Chan in the 1957 television series

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Nita Naldi []
http://www.nitanaldi.com/

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Pola Negri  [1894-1987]
browse Pola Negri on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Honorary Oscar in 1986  won Oscar for Best Actor for "The Color of Money" [1986]    Paul Newman  [1925-2008]
browse Paul Newman on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 10 Oscar nominations [1959-2003]; won Oscars in 1986 & 1987, Hersholt Award in 1994

Paul Newman Collection DVD box set   "The Paul Newman Collection" DVD box set [2006]
Warner Home Video b&w/color DVD [1/2006] 7 disks for $43.99
contains "Somebody Up There Likes Me" [1956]; "The Left-Handed Gun" [1958] directed by Arthur Penn, based on the play by Gore Vidal; "The Young Philadelphians" [1959]; "Harper" [1966] based on a novel by Ross Macdonald; "Pocket Money" [1972] co-starring Lee Marvin; "The Mackintosh Man" [1973] directed by John Huston; and "The Drowning Pool" [1975] based on the novel by Ross Macdonald
Paul Newman biography by Shawn Levy  "Paul Newman: A Life" biography [2009]
by Shawn Levy

Three Rivers Press 8x5 pb [5/2010] for $10.88
Harmony 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2009] for $19.79
Paul Newman Tribute Collection DVD box set  "Paul Newman Tribute Collection" DVD Box Set [2009]
Fox b&w/color DVD [9/2009] 17 disks for $65.49
contains 13 feature films on 17 disks: "The Long, Hot Summer" [1958] based on stories by William Faulkner, with Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles & Angela Lansbury; "Rally 'Round The Flag, Boys!" [1958] based on the Max Shulman novel, with Joanne Woodward & Joan Collins; "From The Terrace" [1960] based on John O'Hara's 1958 novel; "Exodus" [1960] directed by Otto Preminger; "The Hustler" [1961] with Jackie Gleason; "Adventures of A Young Man" [1962] based on stories by Ernest Hemingway; "What A Way To Go!" [1964] with Shirley MacLaine; "Hombre" [1967 Western]; "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" [1969] directed by George Roy Hill, with Robert Redford; "Towering Inferno" [1974]; "Buffalo Bill and The Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson" [1976] directed by Robert Altman; "Quintet" [1979] directed by Robert Altman; "The Verdict" [1982] directed by Sidney Lumet; extras include trailers, featurettes, commentaries, photo gslleries

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Oscar for Best Actor for "Separate Tables" [1958]    David Niven  [1910-83]
browse David Niven on DVDIMDb listing [1932-83]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Lloyd Nolan  [1902-85]
browse Lloyd Nolan on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  silent-era star  Mabel Normand  [1892-1930]
browse Mabel Normand on DVDIMDb listing [1910-27]Wikipedia

MTS's Mabel Normand fansite
http://looking-for-mabel.webs.com/

"Mabel: Hollywood's First I-Don't-Care Girl" [1992] by Betty Harper Fussell
"Mabel Normand: A Source Book To Her Life and Films" [1994] by William Thomas Sherman

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  silent-era star  Ramón Novarro  [1899-1968]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1917-68]Wikipedia

ALH's Ramón Novarro fansite

Ramon Novarro The First Latino Hollywood Superstar biography by Frank Javier Garcia Berumen  
"Ramon Novarro: The Life & Films of The First Latino
Hollywood Superstar" [2001]
by Frank Javier Garcia Berumen

Vantage Press pb [5/2001] for $10.63
Beyond Paradise biography of Ramon Novarro by Andre Soares   "Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro" [2002]
by Andre Soares

St. Martin's Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2002] out of print/used
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George O'Brien  [1899-1985]

"George O'Brien: A Man's Man In Hollywood" [BearManor 2010] by David W. Menefee

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Pat O'Brien  [1899-1983]
browse Pat O'Brien on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

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Warren Oates  [1928-82]
browse Warren Oates on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

http://www.amazon.com/Warren-Oates-Wild-Screen-Classics/dp/0813125367/

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Warner Oland  [1879-1938]
browse Warner Oland on DVDIMDb listing [1912-37]Wikipedia

portrayed Charlie Chan in feature films, 1931-37

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Anita Page  [1910-2008]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1925-2009]official websiteWikipedia

Robbie's Anita Page fansite

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actor-director  James Parrott  [1898-1939]
known as "The Doodletwit of Screen Comedy”; brother of comedian Charley Chase [1893-1940];
also billed as Paul Parrott & Jimmie Parrott; no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1917-38]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Oscar for Best Actor for "To Kill a Mockingbird" [1962]    Gregory Peck  [1916-2003]
browse Gregory Peck on DVDWesterns on DVDWesterns on VHS
Hwd Collxn videoIMDb listing 1944-2004]Wikipedia
received 5 Oscar nominations [1946-1963]; won Oscar in 1963 & Hersholt Award in 1968

Films of Gregory Peck book by John Griggs  
"The Films of Gregory Peck" [1984]
by John Griggs

Citadel Press 11¼x8½ pb [4/87] out of print/used
Citadel Press hardcover [1/84] out of print/used

grandson/actor Ethan Peck

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Nehemiah Persoff  [b. 1919]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1948-99]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Oscar for Best Actress for "Coquette" [1929]  won Honorary Oscar in 1976     Magic Lantern's
Mary Pickford  [1892-1979] Page

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Donald Pleasence  [1919-95]
browse Donald Pleasence on DVDIMDb listing [1948-99]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  William Powell  [1892-1984]
browse William Powell on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia
received 3 Oscar nominations [1935-1948]; no wins

http://www.amazon.com/William-Powell-Films-Roger-Bryant/dp/0786426020/

"The Thin Man" movie series with Myrna Loy
JS's William Powell fansite

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Marie Prevost  [1898-1937]
browse Marie Prevost on DVDIMDb listing [1915-39]Wikipedia

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silent-era star  Edna Purviance  [1895-1958]
browse Edna Purviance on DVDIMDb listing [1915-52]Wikipedia

LW's Edna Purviance fansite

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Denver Pyle  [1920-97]
browse Denver Pyle on DVDIMDb listing [1947-97]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Viva Zapata!" [1952]  won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Lust For Life" [1956]    Anthony Quinn  [1915-2001]
browse Anthony Quinn on DVDIMDb listing [1936-2002]Wikipedia
received 4 Oscar nominations [1953-1965]; won in 1953 & 1957

official Anthony Quinn Trust website

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Viva Zapata! movie  "Viva Zapata!" [Fox 1952]
Directed by Elia Kazan; starring Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn & Joseph Wiseman; won Best Supporting Actor Oscar (AQ), nominated for Best Script (John Steinbeck), Best Actor (Brando), Best Music, Best Art Direction
b&w DVD [undated] out of prodn/used
Fox b&w VHS [6/2001] out of prodn/used
Verese soundtrack CD [3/98] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
John Steinbeck's script in book form, edited by Robert E. Morsberger
Penguin 7¾x5 pb [5/93] for $12.80

"Zorba the Greek" [Fox 1964]
full credits from IMDb | theme music [3min : 44sec]

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star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame  George Raft  [1895-1980]
browse George Raft on DVDIMDb listing [1929-80]credits on BroadwayWikipedia

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silent-era star  Charles Ray  [1891-1943]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1911-44]Wikipedia

'The Charlie Ray Picture Pages' fansite

still photo from "The Busher" [1919 silent feature]  "The Busher" [Ince/Paramount May 1919]
A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a team manager and given his chance in the major leagues; he returns home in disgrace, but winning a local game provides a second chance. Produced by Thomas H. Ince; directed by Jerome Storm; starring Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert, Jay Morley & Otto Hoffman
Kino Video DVD set [4/2007] 2 disks for $26.99
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
DVD also includes Babe Ruth starring in "Headin' Home" [1920 silent feature] & a dozen shorts

Just My Luck 1935 comedy starring Charles Ray   "Just My Luck" [indep Dec 1935]
A chemist at a tire factory gets fired, but he is certain that his formula for 'indestructible' rubber is a winner. Protecting his invention is hard work, what with ruthless competitors, industrial espionage, a series of 'accidents', gangsters, and a mob of rioting strikers. Produced, co-written & directed by Ray Heinz; starring Charles Ray, Anne Grey, Edward J. Nugent, Quentin Smith, 'Snub' Pollard, Lee Prather, Matthew Betz, Robert Graves, John Roche, Lillian Elliott, Paul Weigel, Henry Roquemore & Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Alpha Video b&w DVD [11/2011] for $7.98  
full credits at IMDb

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star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame  Ronald Reagan  [1911-2004]
browse Ronald Reagan on DVDIMDb listing [1937-65]Wikipedia

served in the USAAF First Motion Picture Unit during World War II
U.S.A.F. Museum page on Reagan's military career
served as Governor of California, 1967-75
served as President of The United States #40, 1981-89

"Kings Row" [1942] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034946/

Ronald Reagan Signature Collection DVD box set  "Ronald Reagan Signature Collection" DVD Box Set [2006]
Warner Home Video DVD [8/2006] 5 disks for $44.99
contains "Knute Rockne, All American" [1940] starring Pat O'Brien; "Kings Row" [1942] co-starring Ann Sheridan & Robert Cummings; "The Hasty Heart" [1949] starring Richard Todd & Patricia Neal; "Storm Warning" [1951] co-starring Ginger Rogers, Doris Day & Steve Cochran; and "The Winning Team" [1952] co-starring Doris Day & Frank Lovejoy; extras include shorts, commentary, trailers, cartoons, radio show
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Wallace Reid  [1892-1923]
browse Wallace Reid on DVDIMDb listing [1910-23]Wikipedia

watch Wallace Reid tribute slide show [3:52] free online on YouTube

The True Wallace Reid Story book by David W. Menefee  
"Wally: The True Wallace Reid Story" [2011]
by David W. Menefee, Foreword by Robert Osborne

BearManor Media 9x6 pb [1/2011] for $34.95
watch official book promo video [3:02] on YouTube

portrayed the blacksmith in D.W. Griffith's "The Birth of A Nation" [1915]

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Magic Lantern's
animal star  Rin Tin Tin Page

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Thelma Ritter  [1902-69]
browse Thelma Ritter on DVDIMDb listing [1947-68]Wikipedia
received 6 Oscar nominations [1951-1963]; no wins

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Jason Robards (Sr.)  [1892-1963]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1921-63]Wikipedia

won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "All the President's Men" [1976]  won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Julia" [1977]    son Jason Robards, Jr.  [1922-2000]
browse Jason Robards, Jr. on DVDIMDb listing [1946-2001]Wikipedia

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Cliff Robertson  [1923-2011]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Robertson

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Honorary Oscar in 1973    Edward G. Robinson  [1893-1973]
browse Edward G. Robinson on DVDIMDb listing [1916-73]Wikipedia

MM's Edward G. Robinson fansite
Edward G. Robinson fansite by his granddaughter

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star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame  won Oscar for Best Actress for "Kitty Foyle" [1940]    Ginger Rogers  [1911-95]
browse Ginger Rogers on DVDIMDb listing [1929-94]Wikipedia
official Ginger Rogers™ site

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Mickey Rooney  [b. 9/1920]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Rooney
http://www.mickeyrooney.com/
http://www.mickeyrooney.net/

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Zelda Rubinstein  [1933-2010]

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Jane Russell  [1921-2011]

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Robert Ryan  [1909-73]
browse Robert Ryan on DVDIMDb listing 1940-73]Wikipedia

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