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October 28, 2022

Sally Eilers — Saying “No!” to Hollywood (1932) 🇺🇸

Sally Eilers refuses to be a typical star

July 27, 2022

Edgar Wallace’s Hollywood Diary — Part 1 (1932) 🇺🇸

“I never write great stories; I only write best sellers.”

July 27, 2022

Ricardo Cortez — The Star with the Broken Heart (1932) 🇺🇸

Upon a spring day, a young man walked upon Fifth Avenue. He was going nowhere in particular, seeking nothing save some answer to the call of spring that echoed through the great city. Yet that walk was to change his destiny.

July 27, 2022

Elissa Landi — How I met Charles Farrell (1932) 🇺🇸

Elissa Landi — Film Star, Composer and Author reminisces — on how she met her co-starring partner Charles Farrell

February 16, 2022

Wampas Baby Stars (1932) 🇺🇸

Fifteen Screen Debs Are Elected 1932 Baby Stars By Wampas: Lona Andre, Lilian Bond, Mary Carlisle, June Clyde, Patricia Ellis, Ruth Hall, Eleanor Holm, Evalyn Knapp, Dorothy Layton, Boots Mallory, Toshia Mori (としえいちおか), Ginger Rogers, Marian Shockley, Gloria Stuart, Dorothy Wilson

February 14, 2022

Marlene Dietrich — Master or Slave? (1932) 🇺🇸

Is she the victim of an ambitious man or is she, rather, a clever woman who uses a very different method to get what she wants?

February 12, 2022

We Nominate for Stardom — Gloria Stuart (1932) 🇺🇸

Gloria gave up social position to become an actress — and it doesn’t look as if she’ll be sorry. Two studios fought to sign her.

February 12, 2022

We Nominate for Stardom — Aline MacMahon (1932) 🇺🇸

An unusual screen type, she has not yet played a heroine — but she is on the brink of stardom. You forget the heroine when Aline’s around!

February 12, 2022

We Nominate for Stardom — Dorothy Wilson (1932) 🇺🇸

For two years, she worked as a typist in a studio — and then one day she was “discovered.” Her story is almost a believe-it-or-not!

February 12, 2022

We Nominate for Stardom — Dick Powell (1932) 🇺🇸

He’s as red-headed as he is happy. Cagney has a rival!

February 10, 2022

We Nominate for Stardom — Tala Birell (1932) 🇺🇸

Tala is a mystery girl. Universal has had her under contract for almost a year, and yet you have never seen her on the screen. But you soon will.

February 10, 2022

We Nominate for Stardom — Ann Dvorak (1932) 🇺🇸

Leslie Fenton knew what he was doing when he eloped with Ann. For she is the first brunette sensation in years.

February 07, 2022

Clarence Muse — Singer of His People (1932) 🇺🇸

Clarence Muse, famed singer and actor, from the 1920s onwards.

In the 1930's, African Americans were not widely featured in the mainstream press, and we believe that this piece provides interesting insights.

Note: This text was published in 1932 and some readers might find some of the writing offensive.

February 05, 2022

Girls from the “Follies” Who’ve Made Good on the Screen (1932) 🇺🇸

Did you know that nearly a hundred of the Ziegfeld Follies' girls have made good on the screen?

January 28, 2022

Joan Crawford — Dark Hair Restoration (1932) 🇺🇸

Hail to Joan Crawford’s restoration of her dark hair and farewell to her unnatural blondeur.

January 28, 2022

Lola Lane — Tempestuous Wooing (1932) 🇺🇸

The marriage of Lola Lane and Lew Ayres terminated one of the most tempestuous wooings that Hollywood has ever known.

January 28, 2022

Marian Marsh — Movie Star at Seventeen (1932) 🇺🇸

A full-fledged star at seventeen! That’s the role thrust upon Marian Marsh.

January 28, 2022

Mary Nolan — Most Unfortunate Girl in Hollywood (1932) 🇺🇸

Born under an unlucky star, Mary Nolan is the most unfortunate girl in Hollywood besides being one of the most beautiful and capable actresses.

January 28, 2022

Roland Young — Always Plays Absurdly Brief Roles (1932) 🇺🇸

Quizzical humor, an insinuating voice, and rare intelligence — these are his extraordinary gifts.

January 28, 2022

Ivan Lebedeff — Kissing Ladies’ Hands on the Least Provocation (1932) 🇺🇸

After six years in hurly-burly Hollywood his politeness has earned stardom and the admiration of the more romantic fans.

January 28, 2022

Marlene Dietrich — The Blonde Venus (1932) 🇺🇸

Marlene completely feminine — and completely mystifying to boot!

January 27, 2022

Betty Lawford — Used to Footlights (1932) 🇺🇸

Betty Lawford reveals why so many Hollywood girls — even Garbo Garbo — wear a lock of hair over one eye.

January 27, 2022

Joan Blondell — “I Won’t Say Yes — And I Won’t Say No” (1932) 🇺🇸

“I won’t say yes — and I won’t say no.”

January 27, 2022

Rochelle Hudson — Getting Ahead Fast in Hollywood (1932) 🇺🇸

Rochelle is giving you one of those looks straight from the shoulder — the kind they give strangers in Oklahoma.

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