Norma Shearer Articles

Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette Norma Shearer on TCM Schedule and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 AM Lady of the Night (1924) In this silent film, a young man must choose between a woman from the streets and a refined woman, both of whom are in love with him. Cast: Norma Shearer, Malcolm McGregor, George K. Arthur. Dir: Monta Bell. BW-61 mins. 4:15 AM Lady [...]

Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer in Ernst Lubitsch’s The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (top); Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, second husband Martin Arrouge (bottom) Norma Shearer may not be a household name today, but back in the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s all the way to the early 1940s, Shearer’s star shone brighter than most. Turner Classic Movies is dedicating Thursday, Aug. 12, to the [...]

The exhibition "Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine: A History of Star Makers, Fabricators, and Gossip Mongers" will be held from April 29 to July 30 at USC’s Doheny Memorial Library’s David L. Wolper Center south of downtown Los Angeles. According to the USC Libraries’ press release, "on display will be hundreds of fan magazines and motion picture memorabilia dating back to the early years of [...]

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg / Old Heidelberg (1927) Direction: Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay: Hans Kräly; titles by Ruth Cummings and Marian Ainslee; from Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy Donnelly’s operetta The Student Prince, based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster’s novel Karl Heinrich and play Old Heidelberg Cast: Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt, Philippe de Lacy, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Edgar Norton, Bobby Mack, Edward Connelly   Ramon [...]