Sydney Portier named the seven worst racist stars he was forced to work with in old Hollywood. He was Hollywood’s first black movie star. Not the first black actor, the first black star. From 1950 to the 2000s, Sydney Poier carried the entire weight of black representation in American cinema on his shoulders alone …
Oh, hello ladies and gentlemen. First of all, I want to thank you for all the lovely letters you have sent me. >> Hollywood sold happy families like a product. Off camera, the damage often started at home where one adult controlled the schedule, the money, the …
William is able to read, but in spite of daily practice, he has great difficulty in controlling a pencil. He is trying to write his name, William. >> In mid-century hospitals, even famous parents were told to send the child away. These are real old Hollywood era stories of children doctors said should be hidden,…
A hard name to remember and so easy to forget. >> Hollywood’s golden era sold America on perfect romances. But some of those marriages were built on lies the studios demanded. While their husbands charmed millions on screen, these women lived with men who could never truly love them. From fake honeymoons to devastating discoveries,…
Well, the kids must know what their daddy says. Alex, do you know what your daddy said? [laughter] >> Old Hollywood loved to sell the fantasy of perfect families. But behind some of its most famous front doors were renamed children, custody wars, bitter estrangements, and lives far darker than the publicity photos ever showed….
The studio was laughing at Dean Martin’s drunkenness until he said that one sentence and Johnny Carson’s face completely changed. It was a Tuesday night in 1974. The Tonight Show was in full swing. Johnny Carson behind his desk in that effortless way he had the audience warm and ready. Doc Severinsson and the…
She was known by many names, each one a testament to her infamy, the witch of Buenvald, the beast, the common dues. But the nickname that echoed with the most venom long after the war was the [ __ ] of Bukinvald. Her name was Ilsa [ __…
February 3rd, 1947, Hamburg, Germany. The atmosphere in the Ravensbrook trial courtroom grows thick as testimonies of atrocities committed at the camp infirmary are laid bare. 16 defendants stand in the dock facing the final judgment of history. Death sentences by hanging are handed down to 11 of them. But amidst these cold-blooded…
February 3rd, 1947, Hamburg, Germany. The atmosphere in the Ravensbrook trial courtroom grows thick as testimonies of atrocities committed at the camp infirmary are laid bare. 16 defendants stand in the dock facing the final judgment of history. Death sentences by hanging are handed down to 11 of them. But amidst these cold-blooded SS…
But our boy gives me trouble lately. Yeah, really. He’s at the age now. He copies everything. He sees something, he copies. You know, this kid imitates everything. Yeah. That’s why we got rid of the dog. You all right? Rodney Dangerfield’s ability to make Johnny Carson fall out of his chair…
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