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Anita Page (1910-2008) first captured moviegoers' attention near
the end of the silent film era in such classics as While the City
Sleeps (1928) with Lon Chaney, The Flying Fleet (1929) with Ramon
Novarro, and her own favorite film, Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
with Joan Crawford. Throughout her relatively short career, Page
enjoyed popular and critical acclaim and appeared in the first
full-sound movie to win Best Picture, The Broadway Melody (1929).
With foreword by her close friend, actor Randal Malone, this
reference work is the first to fully detail Page's remarkable
career, including a biography and a complete listing of all her
films, along with her one stage appearance and her returns to the
limelight in later years. Entries provides complete production
information, reviews and behind-the-scenes commentary. Dozens of
photos and revealing anecdotes complete a portrait of a fascinating
yet underappreciated performer.
This directory provides an extensive listing of household
information collected for over 2,265 famous or notorious
individuals who were alive during the 1930 United States Census.
Figures from the entertainment industry constitute the bulk of the
material, but the work also includes census data for hundreds of
scientists, athletes, politicians, criminals, cult figures, and
religious leaders. Entries includes the household members' birth
and/or professional names, occupations, residential address, and an
estimate of the homes' value or monthly rental fee. Each entry also
offers a brief guide to finding the household's original census
data through the National Archives microfilm. Several appendices
provide overall population data from the 1930 Census, a complete
list of the 32 questions originally included in the census
questionnaire, and contact information for current National
Archives and Records Administration locations.
Miriam Hopkins (1902--1972) first captured moviegoers' attention in
daring precode films such as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), The
Story of Temple Drake (1933), and Ernst Lubitsch's Trouble in
Paradise (1932). Though she enjoyed popular and critical acclaim in
her long career -- receiving an Academy Award nomination for Becky
Sharp (1935) and a Golden Globe nomination for The Heiress (1949)
-- she is most often remembered for being one of the most difficult
actresses of Hollywood's golden age. Whether she was fighting with
studio moguls over her roles or feuding with her avowed archrival,
Bette Davis, her reputation for temperamental behavior is
legendary. In the first comprehensive biography of this colorful
performer, Allan R. Ellenberger illuminates Hopkins's fascinating
life and legacy. Her freewheeling film career was exceptional in
studio-era Hollywood, and she managed to establish herself as a top
star at Paramount, RKO, Goldwyn, and Warner Bros. Over the course
of five decades, Hopkins appeared in thirty-six films, forty stage
plays, and countless radio programs. Later, she emerged as a
pioneer of TV drama. Ellenberger also explores Hopkins's private
life, including her relationships with such intellectuals as
Theodore Dreiser, Dorothy Parker, Gertrude Stein, and Tennessee
Williams. Although she was never blacklisted for her suspected
Communist leanings, her association with these freethinkers and her
involvement with certain political organizations led the FBI to
keep a file on her for nearly forty years. This skillful biography
treats readers to the intriguing stories and controversies
surrounding Hopkins and her career, but also looks beyond her
Hollywood persona to explore the star as an uncompromising artist.
The result is an entertaining portrait of a brilliant yet
underappreciated performer.
The circumstances surrounding the death of legendary star Rudolph
Valentino have been a constant source of fascination for admirers
worldwide. This work examines every aspect of his passing,
analyzing the circumstances and gathering information into one
convenient source for the Valentino scholar and enthusiast. The
first part examines every moment of the last days of Rudolph
Valentino, his illness and operation, the reactions of such
intimates as Pola Negri, and all controversy such as riots,
suicides, and fights over his funeral and estate. Part two gives
tours of Valentino-related sites in New York, Hollywood and West
Hollywood, downtown and suburban Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills,
explaining each site's part in Valentino's history, giving quotes
from the star and his associates about the place, and describing
its present state. Part three consists of eleven appendices giving
such information as the infamous ""Pink Powder Puff"" editorial and
Valentino's responses, the medical diagnosis, operation on and
treatment of the idol, tributes and eulogies, the list of mourners
attending his funerals, his last will and testament, the summation
of his estate, quotes about his death, references from newspapers,
and a complete filmography.
Ramon Novarro was ""Ben-Hur"" to moviegoers long before Charlton
Heston. The 1926 film of Lew Wallace's epic novel made Novarro -
known as 'Ravishing Ramon' - one of Hollywood's most beloved silent
film idols. His bright and varied career, spanning silents,
talkies, the concert stage, theater, and television, came to a dark
conclusion with his murder in 1968. Ellenberger's comprehensive
presentation of Novarro's life chronicles his days in Mexico during
the Huerta Revolution, as well as his reign as one of Hollywood's
leading romantic actors, working with stars like Greta Garbo, Myrna
Loy and Helen Hayes. This biography covers Novarro's descent into
alcoholism and despair over his homosexuality and his waning
career, finally culminating in a grisly murder that has caused
Novarro to be remembered more as a victim than as a star. The
author has researched both the private and public aspects of
Novarro's life to return him to his rightful place in film history.
The text includes a complete filmography, and photographs from
Novarro's life and work.
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