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Movie Star Biographies

Biographies of movie stars from the Silent period through Hollywood's Golden Age. These include a great amount of research and are often annotated throughout. Since mid-2008 these are all written by Cliff Aliperti. Older entries point to freelance articles by other contributing authors that were originally posted at an older version of this website.

Hugh Herbert – Woo Woo Man vs. F. Hugh and Other Biographical Corrections

November 11, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 22 Comments

Hugh Herbert illustration from August 1938 issue of Hollywood Magazine

A complete biography of Woo Woo! man Hugh Herbert that reestablishes many writing and directorial credits previously given to F. Hugh Herbert and reveals his wife, Rose Epstein, and co-star, Anita Pam, were the same person. Hugh’s early vaudeville days dating from 1911 are covered as well as his earliest work at the film studios.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: anita pam, comedy shorts, f hugh herbert, Goodbye Again, Hugh Herbert, RKO (Pathe), tom francis, tom herbert, vaudeville, vitaphone, what a character, woo woo

Nancy Carroll – Rediscovering a Major Paramount Star

September 18, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 19 Comments

Nancy Carroll in Follow Thru

After falling in love with Nancy Carroll in Child of Manhattan I wanted to see more of her movies. Problem was her best work was done at Paramount and most of it is hard to find. This post points to a few of Carroll’s better known titles and includes a biography of this major early talkie talent.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Nancy Carroll

Glenda Farrell Biography and 1930s Hollywood Heyday

September 10, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Glenda Farrell 1936 Nestle Trading Card

An appreciation of Glenda Farrell’s 1930s Hollywood characterizations, especially Torchy Blane, combined with a complete biography of Farrell.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Barton MacLane, dr henry ross, Glenda Farrell, Joan Blondell, tommy farrell, Torchy Blane

Charles Coburn – Long Time Stage Vet Becomes Movie Star at 60

August 24, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 11 Comments

Charles Coburn 1951 Artisti del Cinema Trading Card

A biography of character actor Charles Coburn traces his Georgia roots to Broadway and the Coburn Players before a late start put him in nearly 70 movies and nets him an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. Plus Coburn on taxes, the 14th Amendment and his monocle.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Charles Coburn, coburn players, ivah wills, Summer Under the Stars, suts 2013, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Joan Fontaine Biography, Book Review, TCM Summer Under the Stars Preview

August 6, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 11 Comments

Joan Fontaine 5x7 Fan Photo

A biography of Oscar winning actress Joan Fontaine including a review of her 1978 autobiography No Bed of Roses plus a preview of Fontaine-day on TCM’s Summer Under the Stars, August 6, 2013.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Joan Fontaine, Olivia de Havilland, other books, Summer Under the Stars, suts 2013, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Mary Boland Biography – TCM’s Summer Under the Stars

August 4, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 16 Comments

Mary Boland 1936 Nestle Trading Card

A complete and illustrated biography of stage actress and later film star Mary Boland prepared to coincide with TCM’s Summer Under the Stars presentation of Boland movies, August 4, 2013.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Charlie Ruggles, John Drew, Mary Boland, Summer Under the Stars, suts, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Humphrey Bogart Seeks Hollywood Party, Rises to Stardom

August 1, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Humphrey Bogart 1937 R95 8x10 Linen Textured Premium Photo

TCM examines Humphrey Bogart as major film star during their August 1 Summer Under the Stars presentation. Here we trace his stardom backwards from High Sierra down to a 1930 newspaper interview which finds Bogie on the hunt for a Hollywood party.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Humphrey Bogart, Summer Under the Stars, suts 2013, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Eugene Pallette – Brief Biography with Additional Trivia

July 8, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Eugene Pallette 1930s Aguila Chocolate Trading Card

A look at Eugene Pallette, the heavyset character actor with the gravelly voice. Did he retire due to ill health or did charges of racism run him out of the movies? A brief biography includes a look at Pallette’s ranch in Oregon.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: character actors, Eugene Pallette, madame sul-te-wan, otto preminger, Wallace Reid

Lennox Pawle – The Career of Copperfield’s Mr. Dick

April 27, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Lennox Pawle as Mr. Dick

A brief biography of Lennox Pawle, best remembered as Mr. Dick in MGM’s 1935 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. A stage actor of some prominence in London and New York, Pawle only appeared in 12 movies, including Copperfield.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: David Copperfield, Lennox Pawle

Melvyn Douglas – Biography of the Two-Time Oscar Winner

April 5, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Melvyn Douglas 1933 Allens Trading Card

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.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Broadway, helen gahagan douglas, Melvyn Douglas, oscar winners

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