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Black and white portrait of Anita Loos by Kate Westworth

Anita Loos

The Woman Behind Lorelai Lee Anita Loos was a woman able to turn everyday observations into sharp and witty anecdotes, silent movie intertitles into artforms and men’s obsession with dumb but beautiful women into a perennial classic. She was the woman whose humour and intellect defined some of the most successful productions of Old Hollywood. […]

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Black and white portrait of actor Robert Taylor by Kate Westworth

Robert Taylor

The Man with the Perfect Profile Robert Taylor was known as “The Man with the Perfect Profile.” And for a time, it seemed he lived the perfect Hollywood life: impossibly handsome, effortlessly dashing, the leading man to nearly every major actress of the Golden Age. But behind the polished studio image was a man grappling

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Black and white portrait of actor Harold Lloyd by Kate Westworth

Harold Lloyd

Hollywood’s First Action Comedian You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content More Information Harold Lloyd was a daring comic genius whose on-screen personality was a

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Black and white portrait of actress Jayne Mansfield by Kate Westworth

Jayne Mansfield

Hollywood’s Sartest Dumb Blonde You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content More Information The dazzling, infamous, often underestimated figure of Jayne Mansfield was to some

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Illustration for an article about self-responsibility by Kate Westworth

Self-Responsibility

Listen on I think one of the most important skills anyone can ever acquire is the one of self-responsibility. This is hands down one of the most defining characteristics if you want to live a happy and confident life.  In the last couple of weeks I had two encounters that solidified this belief for me

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