Actress Ann Sothern enjoyed a belated (second) career peak: In the late 1940s, the former Maisie franchise star was seen in a cluster of A productions – admittedly, not always…
Lillian Gish: The Birth of a Nation actress enmeshed in Bowling Green University controversy. Should Lillian Gish be labeled a racist because at age 21 she had one of the…
Danielle Darrieux in ‘La Ronde.’ Film icon Danielle Darrieux turns 100: Longest ‘star career’ in movie history? Screen legend Danielle Darrieux is turning 100 today, May 1. In all likelihood,…
The Whales of August with Lillian Gish, Bette Davis, Vincent Price, and Ann Sothern. According to my math, the careers of the three leading ladies – Lillian Gish, Bette Davis,…
‘Sold for Marriage’: Remarkably modern early silent film Though all but completely forgotten today, Christy Cabanne (at times billed as William Christy Cabanne) was a respected name in the 1910s…
Bette Davis in Dangerous: First of two Best Actress Academy Awards. Although Bette Davis isn’t exactly one my favorite actresses, in my view several of her performances rank among the…
Sex education film The Irresponsibles. The British Film Institute’s “The Joy of Sex Education” – to be presented at London’s bfi Southbank – consists of a series of British-made sex…