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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.

Louise Beavers – Biography of Imitation of Life’s Aunt Delilah

March 11, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 12 Comments

Louise Beavers in Imitation of Life

A 4,000 word biography of the African American actress Louise Beavers whose greatest fame came as Aunt Delilah in 1934’s Imitation of Life. She enjoyed a long career in mostly maid roles including a starring role on early 1950s television series Beulah.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Beulah, black actors, bullets or ballots, character actors, coquette, Imitation of Life, ladies of the big house, Louise Beavers, no time for comedy, the beulah show

Joan Blondell, as Published in The Dark Pages Nightmare Alley Special

February 26, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Joan Blondell in Nightmare Alley

A look at Joan Blondell’s career up until the time of Nightmare Alley with a special focus on her Zeena the Seeress from that film noir classic starring Tyrone Power.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Film Noir, Joan Blondell, nightmare alley, pre-Code

Fannie Ward – Biography of the Eternal Flapper and Star of The Cheat

February 25, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Fannie Ward 1910s Kinema Theatre Advertising Card

A biography of The Eternal Flapper, Fannie Ward, who came to the stage in 1890. Later starred in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Cheat with Sessue Hayakawa. In between she married a South African diamond magnate.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: fannie ward, fanny ward, jack dean, john wooster dean, sessue hayakawa, silent actress, silent stars, stage actress, Tallulah Bankhead, the cheat

Ann Sheridan – Search for Beauty Contest Winner Before the Oomph

February 20, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 10 Comments

Clara Lou Sheridan and Alfred Delcambre

Ann Sheridan’s beginnings in Hollywood. A look at the International Search for Beauty contest that Clara Lou Sheridan rode to a Paramount contract.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Ann Sheridan, ClaraLou Sheridan, search for beauty

Stuart Erwin, Biography of ’30s “Comic Valentine” Turned Early TV Star

February 14, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Stuart Erwin and June Collyer

A biography of Stuart Erwin, best known for portraying comic bumblers on screen and later starring on TV with his wife, June Collyer, in The Stu Erwin Show.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: calendar, june collyer, pigskin parade, stuart erwin, the stu erwin show, trouble with father, viva villa

Adrianne Allen – Private Lives Star, Also Two Paramount Pre-Code Gems

February 7, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Adrianne Allen 1930s Film Weekly Postcard

A biography of Adrianne Allen, actress who rose to fame in Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Her sparse film career included two 1932 Paramount gems, MERRILY WE GO TO HELL and THE NIGHT OF JUNE 13TH. The former Mrs. Raymond Massey and mother of actors Daniel Massey and Anna Massey.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Adrianne Allen, anna massey, Broadway, daniel massey, Merrily We Go to Hell, Noel Coward, Paramount, Raymond Massey, the night of june 13th, theatre, william dwight whitney

Mary Carlisle, Former Wampas Baby Star, Bing Crosby Co-Star Turns 100 Today

February 3, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Mary Carlisle 1939 Rothmans Beauties Tobacco Card

A brief biography of 1930s Hollywood beauty Mary Carlisle with several rare images including early Promotional Photos and trading cards. Wampas Baby Star of 1932 who appeared in three films with Bing Crosby, the long-lived Miss Carlisle-Blakely turns 100 in 2014.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Bing Crosby, Birthdays, calendar, elizabeth arden, james blakely, Mary Carlisle, mary carlyle

Paul Lukas – Brief Biography of the Oscar Winning Actor

January 30, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Paul Lukas 1930s Aguila Chocolates Trading Card

A brief biography of Oscar winning actor Paul Lukas includes a couple of early Lukas quotes and the return of Picto-Sked highlighting original newspaper ads of several of his films.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Paul Lukas, picto-sked

Robert McWade – Brief Biography of the Grouchy Character Actor

January 25, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Robert McWade in Heroes for Sale

A brief look at the career of 1930s character actor Robert McWade including images of him in some of his more famous movies. Son of a stage legend, he managed to upstage his father at the very end.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: 42nd Street, character actors, cimarron, grand hotel, heroes for sale, i am a fugitive from a chain gang, rip van winkle, Robert McWade, the phantom of crestwood

Hal Roach and Three Well-Known Employees, All Born January 14

January 14, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Hal Roach

Hal Roach employees Bebe Daniels, Mary Ann Jackson and William Bendix were all born on January 14 just like their boss. Each spent significant time working for Roach at different points in the career of the famed producer.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Bebe Daniels, calendar, hal roach, Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy, mary ann jackson, our gang, william bendix

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