The most complete Freddie Bartholomew biography in existence. Now a single entry, over 10,000 words with bibliography about MGM’s popular child star of the 1930’s. What happened to the star of David Copperfield, Little Lord Fauntleroy and Captains Courageous after he grew up? It’s all here.
Movie Star Biographies
![Alan Mowbray in Topper](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/alan-mowbray-in-topper-150x150.jpg)
Alan Mowbray by Alan Mowbray, Jr.
A biographical look at the stage, film and television career of popular character actor Alan Mowbray written by the actor’s son, Alan Mowbray, Jr.
![Melvyn Douglas 1933 Allens Trading Card](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/melvyn-douglas-1933-allens-150x150.jpg)
Melvyn Douglas – Biography of the Two-Time Oscar Winner
A biography of two-time Academy Award winning actor Melvyn Douglas enhanced by several Douglas quotes from the 1960s and ’70s. Also, Douglas in Golden Age Hollywood.
![1935 Secrets Kathleen Burke](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1935-secrets-kathleen-burke-150x150.jpg)
Kathleen Burke Wins Nationwide Contest! The Road to Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls
A look at Paramount’s Summer 1932 nationwide contest to cast Lota, the Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls. Focus on the eventual Panther Woman winner, Kathleen Burke. Lots of old news clippings.
![Helen Mack in The Son of Kong](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/helen-mack-son-of-kong-2-150x150.jpg)
Helen Mack — Brief Biography of The Son of Kong Star
A brief biography of The Son of Kong star Helen Mack centered around her breakthrough role in RKO’s Sweepings earlier in 1933. With coverage of Mack as child star and explanation of how she reentered the movies in 1931.
![Edward Everett Horton 1926 Publicity Still](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/edward-everett-horton-1926-poker-faces-150x150.jpg)
Edward Everett Horton – Biography of the Beloved Character Actor
A brief biography of character actor Edward Everett Horton, star of stage, screen and television. Famed as Fred Astaire’s sidekick in several Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals and later the voice of Fractured Fairy Tales on the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show.
Movie Reviews & Articles
![Hardy Family Youre Only Young Once](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/05-hardy-family-150x150.jpg)
MGM’s Hardy Family Series #2 – You’re Only Young Once (1937)
The second entry of the Hardy Family series, You’re Only Young Once (1937), sees the family vacation at Santa Catalina Island and features the first appearances of Lewis Stone, Fay Holden and Ann Rutherford in the parts they will reprise throughout the lifetime of the series.
![Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/08-kirk-douglas-150x150.jpg)
Lust for Life (1956) – Van Gogh from Irving Stone to Kirk Douglas
Irving Stone’s novel Lust for Life from rejections through 1934 publication and compared to Kirk Douglas’ eventual portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh in the 1956 film directed by Vincente Minnelli.
![Robert Donat and Lucie Mannheim](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/01-rd-lm-150x150.jpg)
Robert Donat stars in Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps (1935)
Hitchcock brings action and adventure, mystery and romance to The 39 Steps (1935) starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll.
![Edward G Robinson in Silver Dollar](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/011-robinson-150x150.jpg)
Silver Dollar (1932) Starring Edward G. Robinson, Aline MacMahon and Bebe Daniels
Silver Dollar (1932) stars Edward G. Robinson in a part based on the life of silver king Haw Tabor. American history, economics, and pop culture are touched upon in this look at a largely forgotten film. Also starring Aline MacMahon and Bebe Daniels.
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Big Cast in MGM’s 1951 anthology It’s a Big Country
8 uneven vignettes makes up the disappointing 1951 American Anthology, It’s a Big Country. Big stars-Gary Cooper, Fredric March, William Powell-little ideas.
![William Powell Joan Blondell](https://immortalephemera.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/002-powell-blondell-150x150.jpg)
Lawyer Man (1932) Starring William Powell and Joan Blondell
Warner Brothers’ Lawyer Man (1932) starring William Powell and Joan Blondell is one of a series of pre-code era lawyer films. Loosely based on the life and style of real-life mouthpiece William J. Fallon.