Actors marrying other actors – Pt 18
Arlene DAHL Lex BARKER (1951 – 52) divorced Fernando LAMAS (1954 – […]
Articles by Alan Royle
On-set fatalities in Hollywood movies.
Movie-making has cost the lives of quite a few of those involved in the process. Stuntmen, cameramen, assistants, extras, plus the occasional director and actor have lost their lives down the decades. This is not a definitive list, not by a long shot, but it does demonstrate the perils that […]
The Best Pictures Year by Year – PT3 – (1953-9).
1953 Oscar-Nominated Films FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Julius Caesar The Robe Roman Holiday Shane COMMENT This was one of the best years ever, in my opinion. Three of the nominees were terrific, but Julius Caesar and The Robe were […]
‘THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956).
Cecil B DeMille It has been 60 years since my grand-parents dragged me along to see CB DeMille’s The Ten Commandments at our local theatre. I think their plan was to give me a dose of good old religion, but all it did was scare the knickers clean off […]
Past Oscars PT 5 – (1961-66)
1961 West Side Story – Best Picture Maximilian Schell – Best Actor for Judgment at Nuremberg George Chakiris – Best Supporting Actor for West Side Story Except for Fanny, I have seen each of the nominees – West Side Story, Judgment at Nuremberg, […]
Did you know?
Director Dorothy Arzner & Crawford ‘I like to think that every director I’ve worked with has fallen a little in love with me’, Joan Crawford once confided in an interview none too modestly. ‘I know Dorothy Arzner did’. No surprises there. Given her well-documented sexual orientation Dorothy may well […]
WAMPAS Baby Stars PT2 – 1923
The 13 youngsters deemed to be ‘up and coming’ for 1923 were: BOARDMAN, Eleanor (1898 – 1991). Eleanor always wanted to be an actress. She left her native Philadelphia and headed for the bright lights of New York City, but success did not come there, so she signed up […]
Old TV Trivia PT 1 – ‘Star Trek’ (1966-9).
NBC marketing staff confronted company executives after the bean counters decided to terminate the series after three seasons and 80 episodes over four years. The powers that be felt that the show’s inability to rise above 52 in the general ratings warranted cancellation. The marketing people pointed out to […]
Heroes & Villains – the HUAC blacklistings 1947-58.
When 79 individuals were subpoenaed in September 1947 by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and charged with subversive actions and/or injecting Communist propaganda into their movies, the repercussions career-wise for many of them were long and destructive. The charges were never substantiated, but their accusers were not concerned […]
Actors marrying other actors – PT 17.
CROWE, Russell SPENCER, Danielle 2003 – New Zealand-born Russell met Australian actress Danielle when they co-starred in The Crossing in 1989. Their relationship endured despite their being apart for much of the time until they finally tied the knot in 2003. They have two children, the second […]