See historic footage of Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Glenn Ford arriving at the 27th Academy Awards.
Bette Davis presents Marlon Brando with the Oscar for Best Actor at the 27th Academy Awards and Brando graciously thanks all the people who helped him win.
The great Lillian Gish, often called the "The First Lady of American Cinema," discusses her acting career and what it was like to work with the famous director D. W. Griffith. Continue reading
Voice actor Dan Castellaneta describes how he creates the perfect ‘D’oh!’ sound for Homer Simpson and explains how the catchphrase originated.
Judy Lewis, the daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable, explains how her parents fell in love while filming “Call of the Wild” and describes the fake adoption her mother had to arrange so her career wouldn’t be ruined by unsavory rumors.
Groucho Marx remembers how he got back at Irving Thalberg, the head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, for making him wait hours before their first meeting and describes a hilarious interaction with Greta Garbo, an MGM star, in an elevator. MGM was founded on April 17, 1925 when Marcus Loew purchased … Continue reading
To Budd Schulberg I’m not insane about Brando for this. In fact, in my opinion he is quite wrong. But he’s a fine actor and if he’s really excited about it and will work like a beginner trying to get a start, he can be fine. He’s got to be hungry … Continue reading
March 1954 To John Steinbeck I looked thru a lot of kids before settling on this Jimmy Dean. He hasn’t Brando’s stature, but he’s a good deal younger and is very interesting, has balls and eccentricity and a “real problem” somewhere in his guts, I don’t know what or where. He’s … Continue reading
May 22, 1963 To Warren Beatty Forgive the impertinence of a friend. I really do like you, and it disheartens me when I hear from the underground that you are giving everybody a bad time in Maryland. I know rumors are unreliable and it’s not right to repeat them. But, … Continue reading
Sister Francis Joseph, former principal of Ravenhill Academy (located in Philadelphia), reminisces about her former student, Grace Kelly. The interview was conducted by Ellen Sheehan of the East Falls Historical Society.
