SPEAKING OUT – PT91
ALI MACGRAW (1939 – ) [On Steve McQueen]: ‘One thing about Steve, he didn’t like the women in his life to have balls.’ [On the surprise success of her second starring role, the 1970 film Love Story]:’If […]
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MOVIE TRIVIA – PT101.
Pola Negri & Rudolph Valentino There has never been a shortage of prima donnas among movie stars, especially in Hollywood. Back in the Roaring Twenties it was the outrageously publicity addict Pola Negri who made sure reporters and cameramen were present when she swooned with crying fits at the casket […]
MOVIE TRIVIA – PT77.
Ali MacGraw & Robert Evans Robert Evans bought the rights to the novel The Great Gatsby in 1971, his intention being to have his wife Ali MacGraw play Daisy. A shooting script was not quite ready yet, so Ali went off to star in The Getaway (1972) opposite Steve McQueen […]
MOVIE TRIVIA – PT9.
Ali MacGraw & Robert Evans Steve McQueen’s performance in Papillon (1973) was overlooked when Oscar nominations were announced in 1974. The general feeling was that his stealing Ali MacGraw from Robert Evans, a very powerful studio executive, may well […]
RYAN O’NEAL – Father of the Year material?
Every once and a while the movies (or television) unearth a phenomenon, someone who strikes a chord with audiences around the world. One such performer in the sixties was Ryan O’Neal, and all because of a staggeringly successful TV soap called Peyton Place that ran from 1964 until 1969. […]