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Scream Queens: Elsa Lanchester

You might not recognize the name Elsa Lanchester, but you’ll definitely recognize her in her most famous role: as the

These publicity photos of young 1940s Hollywood starlets seem slightly odd to me. Sure, they all look beautiful and happy

“The best time I ever had with Joan was when I pushed her down some stairs in Whatever happened to

Fay Wray is perhaps the most famous of all the early scream queens because of her role as Ann Darrow

I’d forgotten just how delightful Fred and Ginger movies are. It’s been probably 15 years at least since I last

I treated myself to a 1950s Hammer B-movie yesterday: X… the Unknown. It kills… but cannot be killed! It rises

I actually watched this movie last week but haven’t had time to write it up until now. It was shown

Greer Garson (or Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson Fogelson as she was christened) was a huge 1940s movie star who has

Mans Desire: A story of the clash of elemental passions in the depths of the forest primeval. Replete with exceptional

The first movie I watched starring Ann Miller was On The Town, and I was totally wowed by her dancing.

Judy Garland is one of those movie stars that everyone is aware of, even if it’s just becaue they watch The

Gable started out in Hollywood playing bit-parts in silent movies in the mid 1920s and starred in his first starring

There’s little more fascinating than looking at stars back when they were ‘normal people’. Even Marilyn Monroe looked like any

Lupe Vélez was one of the very first Mexican actresses to have a successful Hollywood career in the 1920s and

If you follow my blog you might have noticed that I’m going through a bit of a Hitchcock phase at