Virginia Rappe was a silent film actress who had a prominent role in Paradise Garden in 1917 — but she was just as well known for her sensationalized and mysterious death. Her death marked one of ...

Long before the tabs, “ET” and “Access,” the Internet and bloggers, there were the sensationalist papers. And long before Robert Blake and Michael Jackson, other juicy scandals rocked Hollywood.

Labor day -- Journeys: 1887-1908 -- Virginia -- Sanitarium -- Hollywood: 1909-12 -- Postmortem -- Rise: 1913-14 -- The next weekend -- Muddle: 1915-16 -- Indictment ...

The lights were bright, the stars were bigger than life, and the cameras rolled on dreams that captivated millions. But ...

One is known for his deadpan genius as the star and auteur of such silent-film triumphs as “The Navigator,” “Sherlock Jr.” and “The General.” The other is remembered, if at all, for a scandal that ...

I recently added a DVD from the early days of film to my collection of silent movies. It's called "Fatty Arbuckle Follies" and stars Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in four silent films all made between 1913 ...

Back in the 1940s, comedian W.C. Fields had this advice for colleagues: “Never work with children or animals.” He knew what he was talking about because kids and critters can steal a scene. Moviegoers ...

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“This is a mystery story,” states Hollywood historian Merritt in the introduction. And like an investigator on one of TV’s acronymic crime shows, Merritt meticulously examines silent-film legend ...