The Lives and Styles of Old Hollywood

Black and white portrait of actor Paul Muni by Kate Westworth

Paul Muni

The Character Actor with His Own Timeline 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 Paul Muni was a Jewish immigrant from the Yiddish stage […]

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Black and white portrait of actor Wiliam Hart by Kate Westworth

William S. Hart

The Righteous Cowboy 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 His name once meant everything in Hollywood. Before Wayne, before Cooper, before Eastwood—there

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Black and white portrait of actress Glenda Farrell by Kate Westworth

Glenda Farrell

The Fast-Talking Smart Woman 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 Glenda Farrell wasn’t the ingénue. She wasn’t the damsel. She was the

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Portrait of actor Victor Mature by Kate Westworth

Victor Mature

The Beautiful Hunk of a Man 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 Victor Mature. The name alone sounds like a creation of

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Black and white portrait of Leslie Howard by Kate Westworth

Leslie Howard

The Gentleman Spy 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 You may know him as the charming Ashley Wilkes in *Gone with the

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Black and white portrait of Kirk Douglas by Kate Westworth

Kirk Douglas

The Last Gladiator of Old Hollywood “I don’t think I’d be much of an actor without vanity. And I’m not interested in being a ‘modest actor’” Kirk Douglas was a man who fought his way out of poverty, changed the face of Hollywood, stood tall against the blacklist, and lived to be a centenarian. Douglas

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