The Doll Family, four dwarf siblings who found success in Hollywood, not only in “The Wizard of Oz” but in another classic, “Freaks” Glamour Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
The Wild West era, a period of myth-making cowboys, gunslingers, and saloon madames, actually lasted only 30 years Strangeness Glamour News
That time a strange man accepted the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress in 1937 meant for Alice Brady Glamour News
The inspiration for Leonard Cohen’s “So Long, Marianne” was a beautiful woman he met on a Greek island Glamour Lifestyle
The real “Sound of Music”: Moody Maria married a man 25 years her senior, the family lost their wealth before WWII, and she sold her autobiography to Hollywood for $9,000 Glamour Lifestyle News
Not being Italian was no obstacle to James Caan, who portrayed Sonny in “The Godfather,” winning “Italian of the Year”–twice News Glamour Vintage Hollywood
Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson,” originally titled “Mrs. Roosevelt” as a tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt, was reworked for “The Graduate” Glamour News
Mystery: Hours before his death, Edgar Allan Poe was found in the gutter, disheveled and raving Strangeness Glamour News
Johnny Stompanato, Lana Turner’s gangster boyfriend, was jealous of her co-star, Sean Connery, and tried to do something about it Glamour Vintage Hollywood
Edith Head, Hollywood’s legendary costume designer, created dresses for everyone from Barbara Stanwyck to Grace Kelly Fashion Glamour Vintage Hollywood
Why questions linger about Natalie Wood’s 1981 drowning death off Catalina Island Vintage Hollywood Glamour Lifestyle News Strangeness