Don Drysdale and Robert Redford
Many believe that the greatest baseball movie ever made was The Natural, starring Robert Redford. Back in 1954, Hall of Fame flame-thrower with the Dodgers, Don Drysdale graduated from Van…
Before East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause, and Giant
James Dean is known for the three important feature films he made: East of Eden (1955), Rebel Without A Cause (1955), and Giant (1956). Prior to hitting it big, he…
Flip Wilson’s Big Break
Flip Wilson got his big break when Johnny Carson asked Redd Foxx, his guest one night on The Tonight Show, "Who is the funniest comedian working today?" Foxx told him…
Roberto Clemente, the Great Humanitarian
Roberto Clemente was not only a great baseball player, but also a great humanitarian. At the end of 1972, at only age 38, he died in a plane crash, in…
Josephine Baker, a Symbol of the Jazz Age
Performing in France, Josephine Baker was an instant success and became a symbol of the Jazz Age. In stage shows there she would appear practically nude and engage in erotic…
Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal (1942)
Judy Garland (born Frances Gumm in Minnesota) was a singer, entertainer, and actress who began in show business as a child. In 1939 she received a special Academy Award "for…
Hedy Lamarr’s Numerous Achievements
Hedy Lamarr gained fame as one of the most beautiful women anyone had ever seen. She starred in movies for M-G-M. But in 2014, the National Inventors Hall of Fame…
Bettie Page & Bunny Yeager
Bunny Yeager was the pin-up who became a hugely influential photographer, and not just for her artistic and erotic work with Bettie Page. Bunny Yeager has been credited with popularizing…
Will Rogers, The Cowboy Philosopher
The cowboy philosopher Will Rogers had become the top movie star box office draw in the world by 1932. His homespun humor was also spontaneous and he was forever ripping…
Bette Davis in All About Eve
In her amazing career, with her incomparable screen presence, Bette Davis starred in many great films, and in one of them, All About Eve (1950), she delivered the deathless line…