Hollywood Zealots, Fanatics and Raving Fans
Hollywood Zealots, Fanatics and Fans
Are you a Hollywood zealot, a Hollywood fanatic, or perhaps just one of the raving fans of the entertainment industry? Does your heart pump faster every time you hear about a new movie release? Do you camp out for days waiting to see some Hollywood star in person or to get into a particular movie or concert? Have you ever missed a PTA meeting to watch a new season premiere? Did you instantly recognize the photograph on the left? Can you spout her date of birth, place of birth, education, fir...

A Streetcar Named Desire, Groundbreaking Hollywood
An Historic Work Of Art
A Streetcar Named Desire, made in 1951, is a highly charged work of art, which challenged the prevailing censorship laws and which deals openly with such adult subjects as rape, domestic violence, homosexuality, and nymphomania.The movie features remarkable acting performances from the main stars. Marlon Brando's uncouth, sweaty animal magnetism contrasting with and complimenting Vivien Leigh's frail, faded belle, dominated the screen. The movie received an amazing twelve Academy nominations...

Sidney Poitier, The Movie Star Who Built Bridges
Sidney Poitier - Not Just An Actor
Sidney Poitier is an inspirational figure. He is not just a great, award-winning actor and the first African-American ever to take home an Oscar for Best Actor, but also a writer, director, diplomat and cultural icon. He is a man who has made his mark on popular culture. Starting from the humblest of beginnings in a poor farming family in The Bahamas he has worked his way up through half a century in show business and fifty-five roles, to the pre-eminent position he now holds. He has built br...

Stagecoach, The John Wayne 1939 Classic
Stagecoach, The Western Redefined
1939 was a rich year for movies - 'Gone With The Wind', 'Mr Smith Goes To Washington', 'The Wizard Of Oz', are 3 out of many which spring to mind, and it was a particularly good year for the Western genre. As well as 'Stagecoach', the Westerns, 'Union Pacific', 'Dodge City', 'The Oklahoma Kid', 'Drums Along the Mohawk, 'Destry Rides Again' and 'Jesse James' also saw the light of day in a quite astonishing collection of movie talent, richness and variety. After these movies, and particularly ...

Old Hollywood Headquarters
Classic Hollywood Glam
The sense of glamor of old Hollywood lives on. The fashion, the music, the stars and movies we all love will never be forgotten, and will always have an influence on new fashion, music, stars, and movies. Learn more about Old Hollywood's best. Discover the stories behind the celebrities, the designers behind the fashions, and the filmmakers behind the movies.

Classic Hollywood Movies andStars Headquarters
Classic Hollywood Movies and Stars Hello! Welcome to the Classic Hollywood group. This is a group for lovers of the traditional, glamorous era of Hollywood movies, when romance and sophistication were a necessity, not an accessory, and when stars seemed, well, so much 'starrier'. The criteria for a star biography is very simple. Either they're dead or their career should have started before 1950. If you've got a lens you'd like to include feel free to add it. Or if there's a star or an aspe...