Latest HollywoodEssays.com mini-documentary: The Mysterious Death of Ted Healy
On December 21, 1937, Hollywood actor, rogue and the creator of the Three Stooges, Ted Healy, went out on a night out on the town to celebrate the birth of his first child. Just 36 hours later he would be found dead. What role did Albert “Cubby” Broccoli (creator of the Bond movie franchise) and […]
HollywoodEssays.com now on YouTube!
In 1938, George Burns’ career was nearly crushed by incredible allegations that had Hollywood holding it’s breath and all of America in shock. Alicia Mayer, grand-niece of MGM studio boss, Louis B. Mayer, introduces you to the story, which she covers in full at http://www.HollywoodEssays.com. Read the forgotten stories about our most loved entertainment icons.
Not Harlow. Mary Dees, the actress who filmed Jean Harlow’s unfinished scenes in Saratoga.
“Backstage at the Shubert Theatre, the stage manager hesitates to pop his head into in the star dressing room. He’s not sure he can take looking at the young woman one more time. That’s not something he’s ever thought about a gorgeous woman before. His motto – You can look at a buffet all you […]
UPDATED: The Perfect Pickford Family
“Things didn’t work out that much, you know. But I’ll never forget her. I think that she was a good woman.” Ron Pickford Rogers. Mary Pickford was reportedly too self-absorbed to provide real maternal love. THE PICKFORD FAMILY portrait, probably taken in 1945, was most likely Mary Pickford’s and Buddy Roger’s first official photo with […]
New Hollywood Essays ebooks with foreword by Leonard Maltin coming soon!
I am thrilled to announce that Hollywood Essays will soon be launched as an ebook series! Leonard Maltin, the esteemed film historian, critic and author, will provide the forward. The ebook collection, created in iBooks Author, features expanded essays on the Mayer family of MGM and the legendary filmmakers and stars they worked with. Each […]
Judy Garland – the tragic arc of the child star.
Like any starry-eyed teenager, the young singer was ready to experience the glamorous world of the movie star. Instead, Garland was sent to MGM school where she met Mickey Rooney and the other kid talents of the time, most of whom were true beauties, like Ava Gardner and Elizabeth Taylor. She was not in their […]
Hollywood Essays 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Although I had this blog before 2012, I only blogged in earnest from May. As such, this report really covers May-December 2012 and I’m thrilled with what I have achieved in that short time. Here’s an excerpt: In 2012, this blog received […]
