Rebel With a Cause He blurred the lines between fiction and reality, helped birth the Method acting movement, and challenged the system until the system pushed back.Today, we’re taking a look at the life and career of John Garfield. Listen on Catch up on Other Episodes of the Podcast A new episode out every Wednesday. […]
The Man Behind the Deerstalker He looked, spoke and acted like an aristocrat, knew how to fence and sword fight, tought Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn how to look as if they could do it too and created the most copied on-screen portrait of Arthur Canon Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. He was the ultimate suave and intellectual
The Original Disney Princess Marguerite Clark was one of the first true movie stars, a rival to Mary Pickford, and a cultural icon whose innocent, childlike charm captured the imagination of an entire generation. Today, we’re telling the story of Marguerite Clark, the fairy princess of the silent screen—and a woman whose legacy, though nearly
The Original Flamboyant Cowboy Of Hollywood Tom Mix was a true trailblazer of the silver screen — a man who didn’t just play cowboys; he actually was a real one. Before John Wayne and before Clint Eastwood, there was Tom Mix: rodeo champ, stuntman, superstar, and the face and headliner of over 290 films. He
The Actor with Two Faces Frederic March was a man that defined versatility on the silver screen. A man who won not one, but two Academy Awards, was as comfortable in Shakespearean drama as he was in horror, and was hailed as one of Hollywood’s most celebrated stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Listen on
The Voice That Built an Empire Bing Crosby sold over a billion records, his films redefined what a movie musical could be, and he quietly built a business empire behind his easygoing charm. He wasn’t flashy. He wasn’t scandalous. But he was one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century. He was the