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.
Conductor Skitch Henderson describes what it was like to work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer before World War II and explains what happened to the studio that made him find work in other places.
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
Melina Mercouri, a Greek actress and politician, remembers the day she met a 63-year-old Greta Garbo and recalls dancing barefoot for her icon despite the broken glass on the floor.
