Soap Opera Hopper Nicolas Coster
A scuba diving instructor, philanthropist, and hard-working actor, in over 7 decades of acting, Nicolas Coster acquired over 160 film and television credits, and appeared in movies with some of…
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Oz Film Co. & "Creature" Actor Fred Woodward
Canadian actor Fred Woodward was billed as "The King of Animal Personators", and parlayed playing the Cow in the original stage production of The Wizard of Oz (1902) into a…
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Folks, Facts & Fun from September 1931
News, Headlines, Entertainment & Trivia from September, 1931: Herman Mankiewicz produces Monkey Business, starring Zeppo & the other Marx Brothers; blues singer Annette Hanshaw records I Don't Know Why; George…
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Mary Scott's Affair With D.W. Griffith
Pretty San Francisco socialite turned stage actress Mary Scott's' affair with famous movie director D. W. Griffith during his "missing" years at the turn of the 20th century wasn't newsworthy…
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This Was Nifty in November 1950
News Headlines & Entertainment Trivia from November, 1950: Playwright George Bernard Shaw dies; Classic film premiere of Cyrano de Bergerac, starring José Ferrer; Sammy Kaye has the #1 song with…
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Mona Lisa and The Spendthrift
The Los Angels Belasco stock theatre company established singer-actress Thais Magrane as their new leading lady in 1909. (Thais Magrane 1920 Merchants of Venus, and in 1909 for the Belasco…
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