The Lives and Styles of Old Hollywood

Rock Hudson

Grit and exceptional good looks Rock Hudson was one of the most successful and suave actors of the 1950s and 1960s. He made women’s hearts melt and was a style icon with his well-groomed 6’4“ frame. Whether it was Doris Day or Claudia Cardinale he was co-starring with – he was one to swoon over.  […]

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Miriam Hopkins

Versatile. Dazzling. Provocative. Entertaining. Miriam Hopkins was known as one of the most difficult actresses to work with, but also as one of the most versatile actresses as well as one of the most successful audience draws of the 1930s. Her feud with fellow actress Betty Davies is almost as notorious as the feud between

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Mabel Normand

Genius “Madcap Mabel” Mabel Normand was an actress, director, producer and screenwriter in the earliest days of Hollywood and a frequent collaborator and mentor to Charlie Chaplin. Just like Mary Pickford, Mabel Normand was on the very top of Hollywood and helped shape the industry. Unfortunately, she made headlines not only with her superior tragic

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James Dean

Rebellious Icon James Dean is a cultural icon, the first actor to be posthumously nominated for not only one, but two Academy Awards, a major influence on some of Hollywood’s biggest stars today and an object of fascination to many. Listen on Catch up on Other Episodes of the Podcast New episode out every Wednesday

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Betty Grable

The Pin-up with the Million Dollar Legs Betty Grable was an actress, a pin-up girl, a dancer, a model, and a singer. She was one of the most bankable stars of the 1940s and the unofficial predecessor of Marilyn Monroe at 20th Century Fox.  Listen on Catch up on Other Episodes of the Podcast New

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Montgomery Clift

Exceptional Method Actor & Troubled Personality Montgomery Clift – more than anybody else – originated Method acting in Hollywood and changed what acting was all about. He was also part of the first television broadcast in the US, suffered from hiding his true sexuality and died from what people called the longest suicide in Hollywood. 

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