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 executive was reported to have said, He's nobody. We took him from nobody. We lavished him with lessons and publicity and now he's the most desired man in the world. Who taught him how to walk? We straightened his teeth and capped them into that smile. We taught this dumb cluck how to depict great emotions, and now he wants a piece of the action? Never!
... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution. - Jeanine Basinger
... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution.
- Jeanine Basinger
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… - Jeanine Basinger
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…
In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies. - Jeanine Basinger
In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies.
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… - Jeanine Basinger
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…
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… - Jeanine Basinger
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…
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. - Jeanine Basinger
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.
Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio. - Jeanine Basinger
Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.
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