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Jane Russell in The Outlaw

When Howard Hughes owned RKO, he made Jane Russell a star in his production of The Outlaw (1943). He...

Lana Turner, the Girl Next Door

Lana Turner was one of M-G-M’s great stars. She married seven times. She started out as “the...

Grateful Dead Co-Founder, Jerry Garcia

Co-founder of the musical rock group Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, liked to improvise and once described...

Josephine Baker, The Most Sensational Woman Anyone Ever Saw

As if from nothing, Josephine Baker journeyed to Europe where she was an instant success and became a...

Predicting a 90-Year Old Ty Cobb’s Batting Average

How does one compare different eras in any given sport? Carl Erskine remembered how his Brooklyn Dodgers...

Roy Campanella's Life Lesson

Life is often not fair. Consider the life of Roy Campanella. He never made more than a $36,000 annual...

Bettie Page, the Queen of Pin-Ups

Playboy magazine hailed Bettie Page as “the Queen of pin-ups, the model of the century.” The...

Hall of Fame Manager, Casey Stengel

When the Hall of Fame manager of the New York Yankees, Casey Stengel, died, the great writer for the...

Lou Gehrig as an Actor in Movies

The Pride of the Yankees (1942) starring Gary Cooper was the superb screen biography of baseball’s...

George Mikan, Mr. Basketball

Before LeBron, Kobe, Shaq, Magic, Worthy, Kareem, Wilt, Elgin and Jerry West, the Lakers dominated the...