Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske in 1924 to Jewish Romanian immigrant parents…
Humphrey Bogart’s characters smoked, drank, fought and almost always got the…
Peter Lorre was an Austrian-American actor known for playing sinister foreigners. Born Laszlo Lowenstein…
When you’re a classic movie fan and you live in Los Angeles, it’s hard not to see the city…
I spent my twenties working on movies. I grew accustomed to the long hours, high stress…
On a hot summer day in July 1922, actor Harold Lloyd was walking around downtown Los Angeles when he…
James Cagney was a force of nature. He was quiet and introspective off screen, but once…
In 1943, writer/director Billy Wilder wanted to make a gritty film noir. He was under…
In June 1954, a Hollywood cast and crew flew to Saint George, Utah to make the movie The Conqueror…