From the Archives: Musings on Gloria Swanson’s Career Ahead of her “New” Film Sunset Boulevard
In her sixty-third movie, Gloria Swanson has become for the first time in her thirty-seven-year-old career, a magnificent ...
“A tremendous influence”: Steven Spielberg’s favourite Bruce Springsteen song
Steven Spielberg discusses Bruce Springsteen's 'The Ghost of Tom Joad' and his ability to capture John Steinbeck's ...
The Washington Post22d
Why Coppola’s big swing should be cheered, even if it’s not a home run
“I’ve always said I would rebuild Babylon for you,” D.W. Griffith told the actress Lillian Gish one day in 1915. “Now I’m going to do it, and make it part of a new story I have ...
A century ago, the KKK held a rally in Worcester, and protesters weren't having it
On Oct. 18, 1924, the Ku Klux Klan held a rally in Worcester, and many Worcester residents struck back. Recalling the tumult, ...
East Bay Times24d
Snapp Shots: Are you willing to fight to save the United Artists Theater in Berkeley?
The four greatest stars of early Hollywood — Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and director D.W. Griffith — founded United Artists as an independent production company in 1919 ...
Hollywood’s Silent Stars: How the Talmadge Sisters Left Their Mark on San Diego Streets
Constance, Norma and Natalie Drives, and Agnes Avenue serve as quiet reminders of these early movie stars, connecting the charm of Hollywood's golden age to everyday life in this Southern California ...
Santa Clarita Radio9d
Stardust And Spurs: Exploring Santa Clarita’s Walk Of Western Stars – Harry Carey
Saddle up for a trip through entertainment history with a weekly highlight from Santa Clarita’s Walk of Western Stars! This ...
Joplin Globe8d
Bill Caldwell: Carthage's Zamah Cunningham's career spanned vaudeville to television
Versatility is one characteristic of successful actors. They may have begun in one genre but were willing and able to change with the times and as they age.
BusinessMirror10d
Re-viewing Pelikula: Toward a cinematic future
THE DRONE OVER THE NATION A HUGE bird is flying over the big city of Manila. For days now, the world is abuzz with the news of this creature—is it a plane? Or Sputnik, the name of the first artificial ...
The Conversation24d
The audacity of Kamala Harris’ laughter – and the racist roots of Trump’s derision
They include depictions of unruly, newly emancipated Black men holding public office in D.W. Griffith’s 1915 “The Birth of a Nation” to Trump’s public call for the death penalty for the ...
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His writings romanticized the Old South and the Lost Cause, in titles such as “The Leopard’s Spots” and “The Clansman,” the latter of which was adapted by D.W. Griffith in “The Birth of a Nation,” ...