Category: Actors

Bed of Roses (1933): Lost in the Fog of Respectability

Bed of Roses (1933) gives Constance Bennett one of her boldest pre-Code roles as Lorry Evans, newly released from prison… Read more.
Moulin Rouge (1934): Constance Bennett and a Symphony of Unfulfilled Promises

In Moulin Rouge (1934), Constance Bennett plays a former stage star who adopts the identity of the glamorous French performer… Read more.
Three Faces East (1930): Espionage, Deception and the Changing Face of Hollywood

Roy Del Ruth’s Three Faces East (1930), starring Constance Bennett and Erich von Stroheim, is a fascinating rediscovery from Pre-Code… Read more.
Mary Astor

Prepared by Daniel B Miller Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress.… Read more.
Charles Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose… Read more.
Joan Blondell

Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in movies and on television… Read more.
Kay Francis

Kay Francis (January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late… Read more.
Miriam Hopkins

Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an American film and TV actress known for her… Read more.
Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters, October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American film actress. She was… Read more.
Marian Marsh

Marian Marsh (October 17, 1913 – November 9, 2006) was a Trinidad-born American film actress, and later, environmentalist. Read more.
Una Merkel

Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress Read more.
Buster Keaton

Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966)[1] was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer.[2] He was… Read more.
Harold Lloyd

Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer… Read more.
Roscoe ”Fatty” Arbuckle

Roscoe Conkling “Fatty” Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Read more.
Charley Chase

Charley Chase (born Charles Joseph Parrott, October 20, 1893 – June 20, 1940) was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director,… Read more.
Loretta Young

Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress and singer. Starting as a child actress, she… Read more.
Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model and dancer. She was… Read more.
Mary Pickford – Hollywood Pioneer

Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a prolific Canadian-American film… Read more.
Theda Bara

Theda Bara (/ˈθiːdə ˈbærə/[1]thee-də barr-ə; born Theodosia Burr Goodman, July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film… Read more.