(MOVIE TRIVIA AND STORIES OLD AND NEW)
One thing there is no shortage of in Hollywood, (or in the movies in general), is information about the making of the films and of the people who appear in them. This section of our site will be devoted to snippets of interesting items pertaining to the cinema and all those people who contribute to the production of the entertainment we see on our screens. Enjoy.
Darwin Porter is a prolific writer, a man who has been an entertainment columnist for The Miami Herald since he was 20 years old. He has written and sold more celebrity biographies than anyone else, yet he has his ‘knockers’, people who think he is little more than a sensationalist […]
There has been endless speculation over the reasons for the sudden cancellation of the wedding between Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts, just days before it was due to take place in June 1991. 20th Century Fox had decided to turn the nuptials into a major publicity event to herald the […]
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS SR (1883 – 1939) – Born in Denver, Colorado. Acting credits: 51. He and his wife, Mary Pickford, became the most famous celebrity couple in the world in the 1920s. HIS SON DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR (1909 – 2000) – Born in New York City, New York. […]
RICHARD BECKINSALE (1947 – 79) – Born in Carlton, Nottingham, England. Acting credits: 22. He played Lennie Godber in Porridge (1974-78) and in Going Straight (1978). Tragically, a heart attack claimed him at a young age. JUDY LOE (1947 – ) – Born in Urmstom, Lancashire, England. Acting credits: […]
Nepotism has always been alive and well in the movie business. Right from the earliest days of the ‘flickers’ being closely related to a movie star was never a drawback when it came to starting a career in the business. Of course, offering sexual favors worked just as well in […]
Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) In 1937 Kate Hepburn purchased her Turtle Bay, Manhattan townhouse for $33,000, (it would be worth four and a half million dollars by the time of her death in 2003), and moved in with Howard Hughes at Muirfield […]
DOLORES DORN (1933 – ) The Bounty Hunter (1954) Dolores and Richard Egan and with Franchot Tone […]
DANI CRAYNE (1934 – ) Shootout at Medine Bend (1957) […]
PEGGIE CASTLE (1927 – 73) The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) opposite Rory Calhoun Audie Murphy […]
O. J. Simpson Former football champion and actor O J Simpson was granted parole in July 2017 and shall be released from Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Facility in October. Back in 2008 he had been sentenced to 33 years in prison for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and […]
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