Immortal Ephemera

Do You Remember? Theatre Magazine Recalls Early Film Stars…from 1920

September 21, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Harlowe R. Hoyt recalls the good old days from the October 1920 edition of Theatre Magazine. Remember when early film stars were doing even earlier things.

The Half Naked Truth (1932) Starring Lee Tracy and Lupe Velez

September 17, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Lee Tracy takes Lupe Velez from carny hooch dancer to Broadway star in Gregory La Cava’s The Half Naked Truth (1932) for RKO. Also starring Frank Morgan and Eugene Pallette

The Half Naked Truth About Press Agent Harry Reichenbach

September 17, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Some of the real life exploits of press agent Harry Reichenbach, basis for Lee Tracy’s Jimmy Bates in the RKO movie The Half Naked Truth (1932).

Claudette Colbert, Her Start, Broadway Success and Earliest Films

September 13, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

A biography of Claudette Colbert covering her earliest days as she came to the stage, found Broadway success and transitioned to film. Claudette Colbert from France to New York, up until It Happened One Night (1934).

Milton Sills, The Mighty Two-Fisted He-Man of the Silent Screen

September 9, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

A biography of Milton Sills, stage and silent film actor with a philosophy background. Poised to make a hit in talkies when he died in 1930. Article also includes a synopsis of Sills’ most famous film, The Sea Hawk.