Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio..

When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was flatly refused. A top execut….

Loving and appreciative, researched to a fare-thee-well, and pitched to both fans and first-time viewers of Singin' in the Rain, this delightful book….

A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if the….

... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution..

In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies..

Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be flexible. You can't cut the student to your cloth; you have to cut yourself to theirs..