“All my life, men have tried to put their beastly hands on me,” she confesses to Alonzo backstage, amid the sawdust and ...

How a weekly memoir writing group at the Motion Picture Television Fund became a creative outlet and surrogate family for its ...

Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios under the leadership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg enjoyed more success than any other ...

Frank Sinatra and Clint Eastwood didn't compete for the same roles very often, but when they did, the stakes were high.

Joan Crawford, and Norma Shearer, later to become Thalberg’s wife. Its movies were both critically and commercially acclaimed, with films such as the original silent version of “Ben-Hur ...

Indeed, it mostly never appeared on a film at all: Irving G ... Mr. Turan often can’t resist cutting away to talk about Joan Crawford or Clark Gable on set, to pass on tales from the making ...

Not only is the story utterly charming, but it presents a far warmer view of Joan Crawford than we’re used to. No coat hangers were involved. The boys had seen all of Crawford’s movies on TV ...

Silent films feature actors bringing characters to life through gestures and actions. They come from directors who compose striking scenes through blocking and set design. And they tell narratives ...