Mickey Kuhn, the final surviving credited cast member from the 1939 classic Gone with the Wind, died November 20 in hospice in Florida. Kuhn in his big GWTW scene Image via MGM) He was 90. Kuhn was born September 21, 1932, in Waukegan, Illinois, but was moved to L.A. by his family within a year.…
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Anna May Wong Gets Her Due, Kevin Spacey Gets Off, Horror TV Celebrated & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: A long time coming (GIF via GIPHY) CNN: Anna May Wong, the silent film star who was the first Asian celebrity in the U.S., will become the first Asian face on American currency. EBAY: The coolest Debbie Harry promotional item of all time. When Debbie and H.R. Giger…
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Marsha Hunt, Last Leading Lady of the ’30s, Blacklist Victim, Dies @ 104
RIP to beautiful-inside-and-out Marsha Hunt, who died September 7, 2022, at the ripe old age of 104. Hunt in her glory days — what could possibly go wrong? (Image via film still) According to a Facebook page for the 2015 doc about her life, Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity, Hunt died on September 7, 2022, at…
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Mildred Kornman aka Ricki VanDusen, ‘Our Gang’ Star, Dies @ 97
According to most sources, as of last week, there were just three human beings alive who appeared in any capacity in a Silent Era silent film — no stars, the last having died in 2020. Kornman (second from L, next to Pete the Pup) (Image via vintage still) On August 19, 2022, the last woman…
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Lorna Luft Lights Up Empire State Building, Unveils Portrait at Stonewall Honoring Judy Garland
You've heard of Dueling Bankheads? How about Dueling Wainwrights? Even the cake was rainbow-themed! (All images by Matthew Rettenmund) On Tuesday, Grammy nominee Rufus Wainwright appeared at the Empire State Building by day and the Stonewall Inn by night to deliver his trademark passionate rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”: https://youtu.be/fsBQTT-AfzI The first go-round, he…
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Judy Garland Dorothy Dress Up for Auction, Janis Ian Silences Chatty Concertgoers & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: The college says it looks forward to a collector enjoying this, but for $1M, that's not a collector, that's an oligarch! (Image via Bonhams/Catholic University) CNN: That long-lost Judy Garland Dorothy Gale outfit that was found in a shoebox on the premises of a college is going up…
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Oscars In Memoriam Snubs & Flubs 2022
It was not the most controversial thing that happened at the 94th Oscars, but as usual, the In Memoriam segment had its fair share of detractors. Anne Rice was a writer, but some of her works were made into very famous films. (Image via selfie) First, there seems to be a cultural divide over whether…
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Cecil B. DeMille’s Female Max, Spielberg vs. Oscars, ‘Andy Warhol Diaries’ Coming & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Rosson at her desk (Image via Brigham Young University) THE DAILY MIRROR: Remembering Gladys Rosson, who as Cecil B. DeMille's right-hand woman knew more about the great director's personal life and career than any other person alive. Fascinating summary of her mostly forgotten life. WoW: The true story…
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Marla Gibbs on Her Never-Too-Late Start, Weitzes to Immortalize Grandma Lupita Tovar & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: There was always something about Mary. And Florence! (Image via NBC) THR: The Hollywood Reporter published a long Q&A with the legendary Marla Gibbs, 90. She talks about how she got her start in acting at 44, interpersonal relationships on The Jeffersons, her hot-and-cold relationship with Norman Lear…
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‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’: Its Most Frighteningly Memorable Guest Stars
ITEM: Kolchak: The Night Stalker was one of the strangest series in TV history when it debuted on September 13, 1974, a bizarre hybrid of the supernatural and old-school hard-boiled detective stories — a pure embrace of pulp sensationalism that was equal parts an unnervingly scary monster mash and a gigantic, wet-grinned wink. The story…
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