Tag: classic Hollywood

September 27, 2017 /

“Egotism – usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.” Barbara Stankwyck

August 22, 2014 /

Character Actress

Poet, Michelle Bitting, remembers her Great Grandmother, character actress of the Golden Era in: NOTES TO THE BELOVED (available on Amazon.com) Beryl Mercer, Actress (b.1882—d.1939) Time was you could stroll down Hollywood Boulevard and catch Great Grandma’s name flaming every cherry marquee. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Cagney’s…

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June 24, 2014 /

“I’m a personality as well as an actress. Show me an actress who isn’t a personality, and you’ll show me a woman who isn’t a star.” Katharine Hepburn

June 8, 2014 /

“Acting is the easiest job in the world, and I’m the luckiest guy. All I have to do is be at the studio on time, and know my lines. The wardrobe department tells me what to wear, the assistant director tells me where to go, the director tells me what to do. What could be easier?” Robert Taylor

June 8, 2014 /

“Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.” Sunday wisdom from Myrna Loy

November 14, 2013 /

BARBARA STANWYCK ON ACTING

“Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure, it’s nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting – watch the eyes!” Barbara Stanwyck (Photographer: George Hurrell. For Frank Capra’s “Meet John Doe”. 1941)

January 26, 2013 /

“LIGHTHEARTED GRACE” – FRED ASTAIRE

We used to have National Geographic dating back to 1924, and LIFE magazine back to 1939, a magic portal to other times up two flights of stairs to the attic. Most of the magazines are gone, cleaned out in a massive Spring Cleaning. Now I wish I had realized what…

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October 10, 2012 /

BEHIND THE SCENES – SARATOGA TRUNK

Flora Robson, Gary Cooper, and Ingrid Bergman.