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on page one: Links  •  Books  •  Actors A thru F

on page two: Actors G thru L  •  Actors M thru R

Actors & Movie Stars of Today Page

browse Actors & Actresses (A to Z) on DVD


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character actor
S.Z.  'Cuddles'  Sakall  [1884-1955]

no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1915-54]Wikipedia

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Will Sampson  [1933-87]
browse Will Sampson on DVDIMDb listing [1975-87]Wikipedia

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won Oscar for Best Actor for "A Man For All Seasons" [1966]    Paul Scofield  [1922-2008]
browse Paul Scofield on DVDIMDb listing [1955-2008]Wikipedia

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won Oscar for Best Actor for "Patton" [1970]    George C. Scott  [1927-99]
browse George C. Scott on DVDIMDb listing [1958-99]Wikipedia
received 4 Oscar nominations [1960-1972]; won in 1971

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Randolph Scott  [1898-1987] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

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writer & actor Jason Segel

Co-produced, co-wrote & starred in "The Muppets" feature film [2011]

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Oscar for Best Actress for "The Divorcee" [1930]    actress Norma Shearer  [1902-83]
browse Norma Shearer on DVDIMDb listing 1919-42]Wikipedia
received 6 Oscar nominations [1930-1939]; won in 1930

Vox Populi's Norma Shearer fansite

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Walter Slezak  [1902-83]
browse Walter Slezak on DVDIMDb listing [1922-80]Wikipedia

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actress Alexis Smith  [1921-93]
browse Alexis Smith on DVDIMDb listing [1940-93]Broadway credits [1971-78]Wikipedia

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won the first-ever Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Anthony Adverse" [1936]    [blacklistee]  actress Gale Sondergaard  [1899-1985]
browse Gale Sondergaard on DVDIMDb listing [1936-83]
Broadway credits [1928-80]Wikipedia

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[blacklistee]  Lionel Stander  [1908-94]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1932-95]Wikipedia

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Arnold Stang  [b. 1925]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1942-2004]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame      actress Barbara Stanwyck  [1907-90]
browse Barbara Stanwyck on DVDIMDb listing [1927-87]Wikipedia
received 4 Oscar nominations [1938-1949]; won Honorary Oscar in 1982

Strange Love of Martha Ivers movie poster directed by Lewis Milestone  "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" [Paramount July 1946]
A teenage heiress kills her nasty aunt, seen by two local boys; when her boyfriend leaves town, she stays behind. Years later, he returns to find her a ruthless power in the town and married to the feckless district attorney. At first diverted by a lovely blond, he is forced to fend off the blackmail and betrayal of his childhood friends. Directed by Lewis Milestone; script by Robert Rossen, from a story by John Patrick; cinematography by Victor Milner; music by Miklos Rozsa; starring Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott, Ann Doran, Judith Anderson, Darryl Hickman, James Flavin & Mickey Kuhn
Paramount b&w DVD [10/2005] for $12.99
Alpha Video b&w DVD [11/2002] for $7.98
Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [12/91] for $12.99
full credits from IMDb
Clash By Night 1952 movie starring Barbara Stanwyck   "Clash By Night" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures June 1952]
A bitter & cynical woman returns from New York City to her small coastal hometown. She agrees to marry, has a baby, and becomes bored; when the wife of her brother's best friend leaves him, the two unhappy people begin an affair. Directed by Fritz Lang; adapted by Alfred Hayes from the 1941 play by Clifford Odets; starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, J. Carrol Naish, Keith Andes & Silvio Minciotti
Turner Home Ent. b&w DVD [7/2005] for $17.99
Turner Home Ent. b&w VHS [8/96] out of prodn/many used
full credits at IMDb
Executive Suite 1954 movie starring William Holden & Barbara Stanwyck   "Executive Suite" [M.G.M. May 1954]
When the president of Tredway Corp. dies suddenly without naming a clear successor, the candidates to replace him are the five senior vice presidents. Directed by Robert Wise; script by Ernest Lehman, from the novel by Cameron Hawley; starring William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, Walter Pidgeon, Shelley Winters, Paul Douglas, Louis Calhern, Dean Jagger, Nina Foch & Tim Considine; nominated for 4 Oscars, D.G.A. & W.G.A. Awards
Warner Home Video b&w DVD [10/2007] for $17.99
M.G.M./Warner b&w VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb
Hollywood Collection Barbara Stanwyck video  
"Hollywood Collection: Barbara Stanwyck, Straight Down The Line" [Feb 1997 TV]
Written & directed by Gene Feldman & Suzette Winter
M.P.I. Home Video VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb
Barbara Stanwyck Signature Collection DVD box set   "The Barbara Stanwyck Signature Collection" DVD Box Set [2007]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [10/2007] 5 disks for $28.99
contains "Annie Oakley" [1935] directed by George Stevens, co-starring Preston Foster & Melvyn Douglas; "My Reputation" [1946] co-starring George Brent; "East Side, West Side" [1949] directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with James Mason, Van Heflin & Ava Gardner; "To Please A Lady" [1950] co-starring Clark Gable; "Jeopardy" [1953] directed by John Sturges, co-starring Barry Sullivan & Ralph Meeker; and "Executive Suite" [1954] co-starring William Holden; extras include commentary, trailers, shorts, cartoons & radio shows

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Ford Sterling  [1882-1939]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1911-37]Wikipedia

Ford Sterling / Life & Films  
"Ford Sterling: The Life and Films" [2007]
by Wendy Warwick White

McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [2/2007] for $45.00
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won Oscar for Best Actor for "The Philadelphia Story" [1940]  won Honorary Oscar in 1985    James Stewart  [1908-97]
browse James Stewart on DVDWesterns on DVDWesterns on VHS
IMDb listing [1934-95]Wikipedia
received 5 Oscar nominations [1940-1960]; won in 1941 & 1985

Jimmy Stewart Museum [est. 1995] in Indiana, Pennsylvania

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actress Emma Stone
browse Emma Stone DVDsIMDb listingWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television  star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recordings  star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio   actress Gale Storm  [1922-2009]
browse Gale Storm on DVDofficial websiteIMDb listing [1940-2002]Wikipedia

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Woody Strode  [1914-94]
browse DVDsIMDb listing [1939-95]Wikipedia

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Shepperd Strudwick  [1907-83]

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Patrick Swayze  [1952-2009]
browse Patrick Swayze on DVDIMDb listing ;1979-2009]Wikipedia

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Akim Tamiroff  [1899-1972]
browse Akim Tamiroff on DVDIMDb listing [1932-92]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of  Fame  won Oscar for Best Actress for "BUtterfield 8" [1960]  won Oscar for Best Actress for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" [1966]    actress Elizabeth Taylor  [1932-2011]
browse Elizabeth Taylor on DVDIMDb listing [1942-2008]
Broadway credits [1956-63]Wikipedia
received 5 Oscar nominations [1958-1967]; won in 1961, 1967 & 1993

"Cleopatra In Mink" [] by Cy Rice

"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" [1958] from Tennessee Williams play six Oscar noms
won Oscar for Best Actress for "BUtterfield 8" [1960]
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" [1966] won 5 oscars /tt0061184/

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Special Oscar Juvenile Award in 1935    Shirley Temple [Black]
browse Shirley Temple on DVDIMDb listing [1932-2006]Wikipedia
Hollywood Collection video

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actress Alice Terry  [1899-1987]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1916-33]Wikipedia

"Scaramouche" Directed by Rex Ingram, starring Lloyd Ingraham & Alice Terry /B002IC1EI0/

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silent-era star  Olive Thomas  [1894-1920]
A Ziegfield beauty and early film star at Triangle and Selznick, she married Jack Pickford [1895-1933]
in 1916, and died from an accidental dose of poison in Paris, France in 1920

no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1916-20]Wikipedia

Flapper Jane's Olive Thomas fansite
Olive Thomas pages at Silent Ladies & Gents

Olive Thomas Silent Film Beauty biography by Michelle Vogel  "Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of A Silent Film Beauty" [2007]
by Michelle Vogel

McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [10/2007] for $35.95
author's official booksite
Olive Thomas Collection DVD box set  "The Olive Thomas Collection" [Timeline 2005]
Image Ent. DVD [4/2005] 2 disks for $26.99
includes "The Flapper" [Selznick May 1920] directed by Alan Crosland; written by Frances Marion with Katherine Johnston, Arthur Housman, and Norma & Athole Shearer; the documentary "Olive Thomas: Everybody's Sweetheart" [indep 2003] co-written & directed by Andie Hicks, co-written by Sarah J. Baker, narrated by Rosanna Arquette; and extras including 1931 interview with her first husband, still photos & songs

"The Flapper" [Selznick May 1920]

"Olive Thomas: Everybody's Sweetheart" documentary [indep 2003]
co-written & directed by Andie Hicks, co-written by Sarah J. Baker, narrated by Rosanna Arquette

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silent movie cowboy star
Fred Thomson  [1890-1928] Page

at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

and his wife, screenwriter Frances Marion [1886-1973]

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  actress Gene Tierney  [1920-91]
browse Gene Tierney on DVDIMDb listing [1940-80]Wikipedia

official Gene Tierney™ website [est. 11/2006]

Gene Tierney biography by Michelle Vogel  
"Gene Tierney: A Biography" [2005]
by Michelle Vogel

McFarland & Co. 10¼x7 hardcover [3/2005] for $45.00
publisher's book page
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Magic Lantern's
actress Thelma Todd  [1905-35] Page

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won Oscar for Best Actor for "Captains Courageous" [1937]  won Oscar for Best Actor for "Boys Town" [1938]    

Spencer Tracy  [1900-67]
browse Spencer Tracy on DVDIMDb listing [1930-67]Wikipedia

received 9 Oscar nominations [1937-1968]; won in 1938 & 1939

"Fury" [1936] directed by Fritz Lang

Edison, The Man 1940 movie starring Spencer Tracy  "Edison, The Man" [M.G.M. May 1940]
82-year-old inventor Thomas Edison recalls in flashback his life, from his invention at 22 of a stock market ticker. Directed by Clarence Brown; starring Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart & Henry Travers; Oscar nomination for Best Original Story
Warner Bros. b&w DVD [6/2009] for $26.99
M.G.M./Warner Bros. b&w VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
Dead At The Box Office mystery novel by John Dandola  "Dead At The Box Office" [1990] by John Dandola
M.G.M. decides to reap free publicity by premiering the 1940 Spencer Tracy movie "Edison, The Man" in Thomas Edison's hometown of West Orange, New Jersey. Studio publicity girl Edie Kos-low is already juggling the press, the personalities of the stars, and interference by the locals when several murders the week before the premiere threaten the festivities and her job – and her life.
Quincannon Publng Group pb [5/2001] out of print/used
Quincannon Publng Group 7¾x5¼ pb [5/93] out of print/used
book available at author's website
previously published as "West of Orange" [1990]
Tory Corner Editions mass pb [1990] out of print/used

"Father of The Bride" [1950] directed by Vincente Minnelli

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'Vitagraph Girl' Florence Turner  [1885-1946]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1907-43]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  actress Lana Turner  [1921-95]
browse Lana Turner on DVDIMDb listing [1937-91]Wikipedia

official Lana Turner™ website
CV's Lana Turner fansite

Lana Turner Lady, Legend, Truth autobiography  
"Lana: The Lady, The Legend, The Truth" [1982]
autobiography by Lana Turner

Pocket mass pb [9/83] out of print/many used
Dutton 9x5¾ hardcover [9/82] out of print/many, many used
Detour Hollywood Story book by Cheryl Crane  "Detour: A Hollywood Story - My Life With Lana Turner, My Mother" [1988] by {daughter} Cheryl Crane, with Cliff Jahr
British title "Detour: A Hollywood Tragedy"
Arbor House 8¼x5½ hardcover [3/88] out of print/many, many used
Avon Books mass pb [12/88] out of print/many, many used
Lana Turner Memories, Myths, Movies biography by Cheryl Crane  "Lana: The Memories, The Myths, The Movies" [2008]
by {daughter} Cheryl Crane, with Cindy De La Hoz

Running Press 12x9 bargain hardcover [10/2008] for $14.00
Running Press 12x9¼ hardcover [10/2008] for $26.60
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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  comedian  Ben Turpin  [1869-1940]
browse Ben Turpin on DVDIMDb listing [1907-40]Wikipedia

MTS's Ben Turpin fansite

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silent movie cowboy star Tom Tyler  [1903-54]
browse Tom Tyler on DVDIMDb listing [1923-56]Wikipedia

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actress Minerva Urecal  [1894-1966]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1933-66]Wikipedia

"The Adventures of Tugboat Annie" TV series [1957-58]

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won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Spartacus" [1960]  won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Topkapi" [1964]    Sir Peter Ustinov  [1921-2004]
browse Peter Ustinov on DVDIMDb listing [1942-2004]Wikipedia
received 4 Oscar nominations [1952-1969]; won in 1961 & 1965

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Magic Lantern's
silent-era star  Rudolph Valentino  [1895-1926] Page

Rudolph Valentino Collection DVD box set  "The Rudolph Valentino Collection" DVD Box Set [2009]
Passport b&w/color DVD set [8/2009] 3 disks for $17.99
contains: "A Society Sensation" [1918 short]; "The Married Virgin" [1918 feature]; "The Sheik" [1921] co-starring Agnes Ayres; "Blood and Sand" [1922] directed by Fred Niblo, co-starring Nita Naldi & Lila Lee; "The Eagle" [1925] co-starring Vilma Bánky; and "Cobra" [1925]; extras include a 1941 retrospective tribute, and a 13-minute newsreel in which Valentino judges a beauty contest
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Lee Van Cleef  [1925-89]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1952-90]Wikipedia

starred in the sequel "The Magnificent Seven Ride" [1972]

Lee Van Cleef Collection Volume 1  "The Lee Van Cleef Collection" Volume 1 [2008]
Pop Flix DVD set [1/2008] 2 disks for $6.98
includes "Bad Man's River" [Spain 1971] co-starring James Mason & Gina Lollobrigida; "Captain Apache" [1971] co-starring Carroll Baker & Stuart Whitman; "The Grand Duel" [Italy 1972]; and "Kid Vengeance" [1977] co-starring Jim Brown, Leif Garrett & Glynnis O'Connor
Best of Lee Van Cleef DVD box set  "Best of Lee Van Cleef" DVD Box set [2008]
St. Clair Ent. color DVD set [5/2008] 3 disks for $9.98
9 movies including "Death Rides A Horse" [Italy 1967] co-starring John Phillip Law; "Commandos"
[Italy 1968] co-starring Jack Kelly; "Beyond The Law" [Italy 1968] with Lionel Stander; "The Grand Duel" [Italy 1972]; "Escape From Death Row" [Italy 1973] co-starring Tony Lo Bianco & Jean Rochefort; "God's Gun" [Israel 1976] co-starring Jack Palance, Richard Boone, Sybil Danning & Leif Garrett; "The Squeeze" [1978] co-starring Karen Black, Edward Albert, Lionel Stander & Robert Alda; episode from "The Master" [1984] TV series co-starring Timothy Van Patten; and "Thieves of Fortune" [1990]; extras include trailers, poster gallery

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Eli Wallach  [b. 1915]
browse Eli Wallach on DVDIMDb listing [1951-2010]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Henry B. Walthall  [1878-1936]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1908-36]Wikipedia

MW's Henry B. Walthall fansite

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame       

John Wayne  [1907-79] Page
at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008

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actress Gwen Welles  [1951–93]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919924/

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  co-won Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Citizen Kane" [1941]  won Honorary Oscar in 1971    Magic Lantern's
director-actor-writer
Orson Welles  [1915-85] Page

Produced, co-wrote, directed & starred in "Citizen Kane" [1941]

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actress Mae West  [1893-1980]
http://www.amazon.com/Mae-West-Icon-Black-White/dp/0195161122/

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  James Whitmore  [1921-2009]
browse James Whitmore on DVDIMDb listing [1949-2009]Broadway creditsWikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Richard Widmark  [1914-2008]
browse Richard Widmark on DVDIMDb listing [1947-2002]Wikipedia

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Gene Wilder
http://www.amazon.com/Gene-Wilder-Brian-Scott-Mednick/dp/1593936214/

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Natalie Wood  [1938-81]
browse Natalie Wood on DVDIMDb listing [1943-83]Wikipedia

official Natalie Wood™ website
DMK's Natalie Wood Tribute fansite

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Anna May Wong  [1905-61]
browse Anna May Wong on DVDIMDb listing [1919-61]Wikipedia

she was a cousin of cinematographer James Wong Howe [1899-1976]

Anna May Wong bio by Hodges  
"Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter To
Hollywood Legend" [2004]
by Graham Russell Hodges

Palgrave Macmillan 9x6 pb [12/2004] for $13.22
Palgrave Macmillan 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2004] out of print/used
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character actor Hank Worden  [1901-92]

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Fay Wray  [1907-2004]
browse Fay Wray on DVDIMDb listing [1923-2005]Wikipedia

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star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Ed Wynn  [1886-1966]
browse Ed Wynn on DVDIMDb listing [1927-67]Wikipedia

star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  his son, Keenan Wynn  [1916-86]
browse Keenan Wynn on DVDIMDb listing [1942-86]Wikipedia



The  'Hollywood Collection'  Videos

complete 28-volume set from MPI Home Video
28 VHS tapes [6/2000] for $368.98 (versus $419.44 if bought individually) now rare

Cary Grant   "Cary Grant: The Leading Man" [1988]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Michael Caine: Breaking The Mold" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Hollywood's Children" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98
"Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
Gary Cooper   "Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels" [1996]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDbofficial website
"Audrey Hepburn: Remembered" [1994]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
Steve McQueen   "Steve McQueen: Man On The Edge" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Grace Kelly: The American Princess" [1987]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"The Story of Lassie" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98credits at IMDb
"Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/usedactor credits from IMDb
Robert Mitchum   "Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling" [1994]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Burt Lancaster: Daring To Reach" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Gregory Peck: His Own Man" [1990]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
Marilyn Monroe   "Marilyn Monroe: Beyond The Legend [1985]
VHS [10/94] usedcolor DVD [2/2008]actor credits from IMDb
"Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Joan Crawford: Always The Star" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
William Holden   "William Holden: The Golden Boy" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Roger Moore: A Matter of Class" [1995]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Walter Matthau: Diamond In The Rough" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Anthony Quinn: An Original" [1991]
DVD [4/2009] for $24.95VHS [5/94] for $8.00actor credits from IMDb
Ingrid Bergman   "Ingrid Bergman 1: Portrait of A Star" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"Ingrid Bergman 2: Remembered" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98
narrated by daughters Pia Lindström & Isabella Rossellini
"Charlton Heston: For All Seasons" [?]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98actor credits from IMDb
"The Horror of It All" [1983]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98



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on page two:   Actors G thru L   •   Actors M thru R

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

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