He helped shape Hollywood… Hal Roach
This young man lived to be a hundred years old: He opened a film studio in the teens in downtown Los Angeles in the old Bradbury residence, referred to by… Read more He helped shape Hollywood… Hal Roach →
George Kaplan tells us about the place Ridley Scott shot Blade Runner
Lewis Bradbury was a mover and shaker in Los Angeles of the 1890s. In the 1920s Hal Roach opened a film studio in his old house on Bunker Hill, the… Read more George Kaplan tells us about the place Ridley Scott shot Blade Runner →
THELMA TODD
Beautiful and funny and died too young. She was married to an abusive rat who she got wise to and divorced. I’m not going to write a blog about her… Read more THELMA TODD →
JEAN HARLOW AND HAL ROACH
Hal Roach was the first to spot Jean Harlow’s comedic talents: Harlow (the real bathing beauty) is to the right of Charley Chase. Harlow was seventeen when she made “Double… Read more JEAN HARLOW AND HAL ROACH →
