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Frederica Sagor Maas dies at 111; silent film screenwriter
One of the last links to the silent film era, Frederica Sagor Maas wrote the script for 1925's "The Plastic Age," which launched actress Clara Bow. But she watched in horror as her serious treatment on women and work was turned into a frivolous 1947...Tags: Norma Shearer, Clara Bow, NPR, Betty Grable, Suicide
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Relativity Media is at a crossroads
As production on the comedy "21 and Over" was getting underway in Seattle this summer, the cast and filmmakers received surprising news from producer Ryan Kavanaugh.
Although the movie is about a group of students out for a night of partying in a U.S....Tags: Mirror, Mirror (movie), Companies and Corporations, Machine Gun Preacher (movie), Bradley Cooper, Mutual Funds
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Jackie Cooper dies at 88; child star in the 1930s
Jackie Cooper, whose tousled blond hair, pouty lower lip and ability to cry on camera helped make him one of the top child stars of the 1930s in films such as "Skippy" and "The Champ," has died. He was 88.
Cooper, who grew up to become a successful TV...Tags: Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, Movies, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Music
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Baseball GMs and movie studio chiefs: Are they really doing the same job?
The Big PictureGoing back to the earliest days of the show business, people have had an abiding fascination with the moguls who ran movie studios, from Irving Thalberg — who provided the raw material for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Last Tycoon” &#... -
'The Social Network,' 'Citizen Kane' and the truth in Hollywood
The Big PictureWhen it comes to making movies about real people, Hollywood has a long history of not letting the facts get in the way. Nearly 70 years ago, there was “Citizen Kane,” chronicling the rise to power of media baron William...... -
Theater review: 'When Garbo Talks!' at International City Theatre
Culture MonsterIn 1928, Hollywood execs screened a film featuring a young Swedish actress. Their verdict: “She can either act or start a new religion.” Five years later, Greta Garbo became the highest paid female in America — a bisexual New Woman...... -
Is Gov. Scott Walker's union fight any worse than Hollywood's own brutal labor wars?
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Brick-and-mortar treasures in Tinseltown
Special to the Los Angeles TimesLike an old movie set, original Hollywood was dismantled ages ago, leaving what appears to be scant trace of its hallowed roots: The Hollywood Hotel (where Louis B. Mayer and a long list of silent movie stars stayed). The Hollywood Brown Derby (where...Tags: Nathanael West, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Charlie Chaplin
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Great Old Broad Series: Debbie Reynolds
Hartford CourantLast Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads,"that features salty, outspoken interviews with actresses of a certain age remind me of some of my own favorite interviews of like-minded dames. I'll post a series of these...Tags: Elizabeth Ashley, Fred Astaire, Singin' in the Rain (movie), Gene Kelly, Music
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Remember Hedy Lamarr? Well . . . we still do!
Tribune Media ServicesAS THE YEAR ENDS, I wanted to revisit this fascinating bit of movie star trivia . . . "MOVIE STARS -- THEY'RE JUST LIKE US!" the weekly tabloids insist. Are they really? Well, today we're doing something that is motion picture history and we've taken it...Tags: Vivien Leigh, Lana Turner, Chess Playing, James Joyce, Howard Hughes
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Bill Clinton: 'Obama will be the next president'
Liz Smith"I THINK Barack Obama will be the next president. I think he will win. Because whatever feelings the American people have about their own conditions and however much they may wish he had moved more quickly, I think they will conclude that it takes a...Tags: Republican Party, Brian Williams, Movies, MSNBC (tv network), Luise Rainer
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Frederica Sagor Maas dies at 111: Screenwriter penned silent films for Clara Bow
Tribune Media ServicesFrederica Sagor Maas, one of the last surviving screenwriters, if not the last, with credits dating back to Hollywood's silent era, died Thursday in La Mesa, Calif., of natural causes. She was 111. Maas contributed to the screenplays of 15 films from...Tags: Louise Brooks, Clara Bow, Columbia College Chicago, Victor Fleming, Betty Grable
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