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Claudette Colbert, Her Start, Broadway Success and Earliest Films

September 13, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Claudette Colbert 1939 Rothmans Beauties tobacco card

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).

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: Claudette Colbert, Frank Capra, it happened one night, the barker, The Sign of the Cross, the smiling lieutenant

Elissa Landi Star of Stage and Screen, Author, Royalty?

November 4, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Elissa Landi 1933 United Kingdom Tobacco Card

I worked from over two dozen sources in this biographical post about the interesting life and career of Classic Film Star Elissa Landi, star of The Sign of the Cross (1932). Also includes a look at her fascinating parents–her father tried to raise the Lusitania, her mother claimed to be the unrecognized daughter of Emperor Franz-Joseph of Austria!

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: A Farewell to Arms, After the Thin Man, Body and Soul, Broadway, Corregidor, Elissa Landi, Golden Age, stage star, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Sign of the Cross

Charles Laughton – A Biography of His Career on Film and Stage

July 1, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

An extensive look at the career of Charles Laughton on film and stage, illustrated with vintage movie cards and collectibles. Star of The Private Life of Henry VIII …

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Alexander Korda, Alfred Hitchcock, Captain Kidd, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, If I Had a Million, Island of Lost Souls, Les miserables, Mutiny on the Bounty, ruggles of red gap, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Old Dark House, The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Sign of the Cross, Witness for the Prosecution

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