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vaudevillian & actor & author
Charles 'Chic' Sale  [1885-1936]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1920-37] •
official family fansite •
Wikipedia
  | "The Champion Corn-Husker Crashes The Movies" [1933] by Charles 'Chic' Sale, Introduction by Scoop Conlon Specialist Publng 9x6½ hardcover [1933] out of print/used |
Will Sampson  [1933-87]
browse Will Sampson on DVD • IMDb listing [1975-87] •
Wikipedia
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Maria Schell  [1926-2005]
Maximilian Schell  [1930-2014]
"The Pedestrian" aka "Der Fußgänger" [Germany 72?]
Directed by Maximilian Schell; Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
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    | Paul Scofield  [1922-2008]
browse Paul Scofield on DVD • IMDb listing [1955-2008] • Wikipedia |
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    | George C. Scott  [1927-99] browse George C. Scott on DVD • IMDb listing [1958-99] • Wikipedia received 4 Oscar nominations [1960-1972]; won in 1971 |
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Randolph Scott  [1898-1987] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
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Alexander Scourby  [1913-85]
credits at IMDb •
Wikipedia
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Magic Lantern's
action movie star Steven Seagal Page
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silent comic Lawrence 'Larry' Semon  [1889-1928]
credits at IMDb •
Wikipedia
"Wizard of Oz" silent feature [Chadwick Pictures April 1925]
  | The Land of Oz suffers under the rule of Prime Minister Kruel while the people await the return of Princess Dorothea, who arrives by tornado from Kansas with her uncle and some farmhands; original film speed was 7/fps which runs 110 minutes; later/faster videos run 65 to 85 minutes; copyrighted 2005 T.C.M. restoration runs 72 minutes • Co-written, co‑produced & directed by and starring silent comic Larry Semon; co-written by Frank Joslyn Baum & Leon Lee; also starring Dorothy Dwan, Mary Carr, Virginia Pearson, Bryant Washburn, Josef Swickard, Charles Murray, Oliver N. Hardy, William Hauber, William Dinus, Frank Alexander, Otto Lederer, Frederick Ko Vert, Spencer Bell, Jean Johnston
100-minute Miracle Pictures b&w DVD [2/2002] for $8.00 68-minute Grapevine Video b&w DVD [8/2016] for $14.95 also available on the 'Wizard of Oz' silent movie 4-pack {with three 1914 silent 'Oz' shorts} B.C.I. / Eclipse B&W silent DVD [7/2005] 2 disks - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch full movie [7/2011 upload; 1:25:00] online at YouTube |
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      | actress Norma Shearer  [1902-83]
browse Norma Shearer on DVD • IMDb listing 1919-42] • Wikipedia received 6 Oscar nominations [1930-1939]; won in 1930 |
Vox Populi's Norma Shearer fansite
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author-actor Sam Shepard [1943-2017]
browse Sam Shepard on DVD • browse books • Broadway credits •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Bucknell University's Sam Shepard site
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Walter Slezak  [1902-83]
browse Walter Slezak on DVD •
IMDb listing [1922-80] •
Wikipedia
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actress Alexis Smith  [1921-93]
browse Alexis Smith on DVD • IMDb listing [1940-93] •
Broadway credits [1971-78] •
Wikipedia
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    | actress Gale Sondergaard  [1899-1985]
browse Gale Sondergaard on DVD • IMDb listing [1936-83] Broadway credits [1928-80] • Wikipedia on H.U.A.C.'s Hollywood Blacklist in the 1940s & 1950s |
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Eve Southern [38 credits, 1916-36]
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Lionel Stander  [1908-94]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1932-95] •
Wikipedia
on H.U.A.C.'s Hollywood Blacklist in the 1940s & 1950s
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Arnold Stang  [b. 1925]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1942-2004] •
Wikipedia
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      | actress Barbara Stanwyck  [1907-90]
browse Barbara Stanwyck on DVD • IMDb listing [1927-87] • Wikipedia |
"A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True, 1907-1941" [(Simon & Schuster, 2013] by Victoria Wilson
volume 1 has 1,056 pages
  | "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" [Paramount July 1946] A teenage heiress kills her nasty aunt, seen by two local boys; when her boyfriend leaves town, she stays behind. Years later, he returns to find her a ruthless power in the town and married to the feckless district attorney. At first diverted by a lovely blond, he is forced to fend off the blackmail and betrayal of his childhood friends. Directed by Lewis Milestone; script by Robert Rossen, from a story by John Patrick; cinematography by Victor Milner; music by Miklos Rozsa; starring Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott, Ann Doran, Judith Anderson, Darryl Hickman, James Flavin & Mickey Kuhn Paramount b&w DVD [10/2005] for $12.99 Alpha Video b&w DVD [11/2002] for $7.98 Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [12/91] for $12.99 full credits from IMDb |
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"Clash By Night" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures June 1952]
A bitter & cynical woman returns from New York City to her small coastal hometown. She agrees to marry, has a baby, and becomes bored; when the wife of her brother's best friend leaves him, the two unhappy people begin an affair. Directed by Fritz Lang; adapted by Alfred Hayes from the 1941 play by Clifford Odets; starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, J. Carrol Naish, Keith Andes & Silvio Minciotti Turner Home Ent. b&w DVD [7/2005] for $17.99 Turner Home Ent. b&w VHS [8/96] out of prodn/many used full credits at IMDb |
  | "Executive Suite" [M.G.M. May 1954] When the president of Tredway Corp. dies suddenly without naming a clear successor, the candidates to replace him are the five senior vice presidents • Directed by Robert Wise; script by Ernest Lehman, from the novel by Cameron Hawley; starring William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, Walter Pidgeon, Shelley Winters, Paul Douglas, Louis Calhern, Dean Jagger, Nina Foch & Tim Considine; nominated for 4 Oscars, D.G.A. & W.G.A. Awards Warner Home Video b&w DVD [10/2007] for $17.99 M.G.M./Warner b&w VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
  | "Hollywood Collection: Barbara Stanwyck, Straight Down The Line" [Feb 1997 TV] Written & directed by Gene Feldman & Suzette Winter M.P.I. Home Video VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
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"The Barbara Stanwyck Signature Collection" DVD Box Set [2007]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD set [10/2007] 5 disks for $28.99 contains "Annie Oakley" [1935] directed by George Stevens, co-starring Preston Foster & Melvyn Douglas; "My Reputation" [1946] co-starring George Brent; "East Side, West Side" [1949] directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with James Mason, Van Heflin & Ava Gardner; "To Please A Lady" [1950] co-starring Clark Gable; "Jeopardy" [1953] directed by John Sturges, co-starring Barry Sullivan & Ralph Meeker; and "Executive Suite" [1954] co-starring William Holden; extras include commentary, trailers, shorts, cartoons & radio shows |
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Ford Sterling  [1882-1939]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1911-37] •
Wikipedia
  | "Ford Sterling: The Life and Films" [2007] by Wendy Warwick White McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [2/2007] for $45.00 |
      | James Stewart  [1908-97] browse James Stewart on DVD • Westerns on DVD • Westerns on VHS IMDb listing [1934-95] • Wikipedia |
Jimmy Stewart Museum [est. 1995] in Indiana, Pennsylvania
  | "Mission: Jimmy Stewart and The Fight for Europe" [2016] by Robert Matzen, Foreword by Leonard Maltin Kindle Edition from GoodKnight Books [10/2016] for $10.99 Paladin Commns 9x6 hardcover [10/2016] for $28.95 |
  Dean Stockwell [1936-2021]
browse Dean Stockwell on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
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      actress Gale Storm  [1922-2009]
browse Gale Storm on DVD • official website • IMDb listing [1940-2002] •
Wikipedia
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Woody Strode  [1914-94]
browse DVDs • IMDb listing [1939-95] •
Wikipedia
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Shepperd Strudwick  [1907-83]
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Yvonne Suhor [1961-2018]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837609/
portrayed Louise in 67 episodes of "The Young Riders" TV series [1989-92] /tt0096732/
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  Patrick Swayze  [1952-2009]
browse Patrick Swayze on DVD • IMDb listing ;1979-2009] •
Wikipedia
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Lyle Talbot  [1902-96]
"The Entertainer: Movies, Magic, and My Father's Twentieth Century" [2012] by Margaret Talbot
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Akim Tamiroff  [1899-1972]
browse Akim Tamiroff on DVD •
IMDb listing [1932-92] •
Wikipedia
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          | Magic Lantern's Elizabeth Taylor  [1932-2011] Page |
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    | Shirley Temple [Black] [1928-2014]
browse Shirley Temple on DVD • IMDb listing [1932-2006] • Wikipedia |
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actress Alice Terry  [1899-1987]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1916-33] •
Wikipedia
"Scaramouche" Directed by Rex Ingram, starring Lloyd Ingraham & Alice Terry /B002IC1EI0/
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silent-era star  Olive Thomas  [1894-1920]
A Ziegfield beauty and early film star at Triangle and Selznick, she married Jack Pickford [1895-1933]
in 1916, and died from an accidental dose of poison in Paris, France in 1920
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1916-20] •
Wikipedia
Flapper Jane's Olive Thomas fansite
Olive Thomas pages at Silent Ladies & Gents
  | "Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of A Silent Film Beauty" [2007] by Michelle Vogel McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [10/2007] for $35.95 author's official booksite |
  | "The Olive Thomas Collection" [Timeline 2005]
Image Ent. DVD [4/2005] 2 disks for $26.99 includes "The Flapper" [Selznick May 1920] directed by Alan Crosland; written by Frances Marion with Katherine Johnston, Arthur Housman, and Norma & Athole Shearer; the documentary "Olive Thomas: Everybody's Sweetheart" [indep 2003] co-written & directed by Andie Hicks, co-written by Sarah J. Baker, narrated by Rosanna Arquette; and extras including 1931 interview with her first husband, still photos & songs |
"The Flapper" [Selznick May 1920]
"Olive Thomas: Everybody's Sweetheart" documentary [indep 2003]
co-written & directed by Andie Hicks, co-written by Sarah J. Baker, narrated by Rosanna Arquette
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and his wife, screenwriter Frances Marion [1886-1973]
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  actress Gene Tierney  [1920-91]
browse Gene Tierney on DVD • IMDb listing [1940-80] •
Wikipedia
official Gene Tierney™ website [est. 11/2006]
  | "Gene Tierney: A Biography" [2005] by Michelle Vogel McFarland & Co. 10¼x7 hardcover [3/2005] for $45.00 publisher's book page |
Magic Lantern's
actress Thelma Todd  [1905-35] Page
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Emmy-winning actor {Elmore Rual} Rip Torn  [1931-2019]
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      | Spencer Tracy  [1900-67]
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"Fury" [1936] directed by Fritz Lang
  | "Edison, The Man" [M.G.M. May 1940]
82-year-old inventor Thomas Edison recalls in flashback his life, from his invention at 22 of a stock market ticker. Directed by Clarence Brown; starring Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart & Henry Travers; Oscar nomination for Best Original Story Warner Bros. b&w DVD [6/2009] for $26.99 M.G.M./Warner Bros. b&w VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
  | "Dead At The Box Office" [1990] by John Dandola
M.G.M. decides to reap free publicity by premiering the 1940 Spencer Tracy movie "Edison, The Man" in Thomas Edison's hometown of West Orange, New Jersey. Studio publicity girl Edie Kos-low is already juggling the press, the personalities of the stars, and interference by the locals when several murders the week before the premiere threaten the festivities and her job – and her life. Quincannon Publng Group pb [5/2001] out of print/used Quincannon Publng Group 7¾x5¼ pb [5/93] out of print/used book available at author's website previously published as "West of Orange" [1990] Tory Corner Editions mass pb [1990] out of print/used |
"Father of The Bride" [1950] directed by Vincente Minnelli
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'Vitagraph Girl' Florence Turner  [1885-1946]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1907-43] •
Wikipedia
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  actress Lana Turner  [1921-95]
browse Lana Turner on DVD • IMDb listing [1937-91] •
Wikipedia
official Lana Turner™ website
CV's Lana Turner fansite
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"Lana: The Lady, The Legend, The Truth" [1982] autobiography by Lana Turner Pocket mass pb [9/83] out of print/many used Dutton 9x5¾ hardcover [9/82] out of print/many, many used |
  | "Detour: A Hollywood Story - My Life With Lana Turner, My Mother" [1988] by {daughter} Cheryl Crane, with Cliff Jahr British title "Detour: A Hollywood Tragedy" Arbor House 8¼x5½ hardcover [3/88] out of print/many, many used Avon Books mass pb [12/88] out of print/many, many used |
  | "Lana: The Memories, The Myths, The Movies" [2008] by {daughter} Cheryl Crane, with Cindy De La Hoz Running Press 12x9 bargain hardcover [10/2008] for $14.00 Running Press 12x9¼ hardcover [10/2008] for $26.60 |
  comedian  Ben Turpin  [1869-1940]
browse Ben Turpin on DVD •
IMDb listing [1907-40] •
Wikipedia
MTS's 'Ben Turpin Central' fansite
  | "Turpin Time: Ben Turpin Comedy Classics" [2011]
Alpha Home Ent. b&w silent DVD [4/2011] for $7.06 contains four b&w two-reel comedy shorts: "He Looked Crooked, or, Why Ben Bolted" [1917] with Paddy McGuire {IMDb}; "Yukon Jake" [1924] {IMDb}; "A Harem Knight" [1926] {IMDb}; and "Broke In China" [1927] {IMDb} |
  | "The Turpinator: Ben Turpin Comedy Classics" [2011]
Alpha Home Ent. b&w silent DVD [8/2011] for $7.98 contains three b&w two-reel comedy shorts: "A Night Out" [1915] starring Charlie Chaplin & Edna Purviance {IMDb}; "A Clever Dummy" [1917] with Chester Conklin & Wallace Beery {IMDb}; and "Idle Eyes" [1928] {IMDb} |
silent movie cowboy star Tom Tyler  [1903-54]
browse Tom Tyler on DVD • IMDb listing [1923-56] •
Wikipedia
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actress Minerva Urecal  [1894-1966]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1933-66] •
Wikipedia
"The Adventures of Tugboat Annie" TV series [1957-58]
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      | Sir Peter Ustinov  [1921-2004]
browse Peter Ustinov on DVD • IMDb listing [1942-2004] • Wikipedia |
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Magic Lantern's
silent-era star  Rudolph Valentino  [1895-1926] Page
  | "The Rudolph Valentino Collection" DVD Box Set [2009]
Passport b&w/color DVD set [8/2009] 3 disks for $17.99 contains: "A Society Sensation" [1918 short]; "The Married Virgin" [1918 feature]; "The Sheik" [1921] co-starring Agnes Ayres; "Blood and Sand" [1922] directed by Fred Niblo, co-starring Nita Naldi & Lila Lee; "The Eagle" [1925] co-starring Vilma Bánky; and "Cobra" [1925]; extras include a 1941 retrospective tribute, and a 13-minute newsreel in which Valentino judges a beauty contest |
Vampira
born Maila Elizabeth Syrjaniemi in Finland; stage name Maila Nurmi  [1922-2008]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1947-2000] •
Facebook page •
Wikipedia
Nurmi commercialized a costume that she invented and won several prizes for; the 'ghost host' gimmick on Channel 7 was a huge success,
but she refused to sign over the rights to producer Hunt Stromburg; in 1956, she rebooted the show on Channel 9
"The Vampira Show" [KABC-TV Channel 7 1954-55] /tt0332555/
"Vampira Returns" [KHJ-TV Channel 9 1956] /tt1847484/
"Vampira: The Movie" video documentary [2006] /tt0816694/
http://www.amazon.com/Vampira-Movie/dp/B000SSONO8/ + http://www.vampirathemovie.com/
"Vampira and Me" radio documentary [2010] by R.H. Greene
http://media.scpr.org/audio/offramp/20101030_offramp.mp3
"Vampira and Me" documentary film [2012?] by R.H. Greene • not yet listed at IMDb
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Lee Van Cleef  [1925-89]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1952-90] •
Wikipedia
starred in the sequel "The Magnificent Seven Ride" [1972]
  | "The Lee Van Cleef Collection" Volume 1 [2008]
Pop Flix DVD set [1/2008] 2 disks for $6.98 includes "Bad Man's River" [Spain 1971] co-starring James Mason & Gina Lollobrigida; "Captain Apache" [1971] co-starring Carroll Baker & Stuart Whitman; "The Grand Duel" [Italy 1972]; and "Kid Vengeance" [1977] co-starring Jim Brown, Leif Garrett & Glynnis O'Connor |
  | "Best of Lee Van Cleef" DVD Box set [2008]
St. Clair Ent. color DVD set [5/2008] 3 disks for $9.98 9 movies including "Death Rides A Horse" [Italy 1967] co-starring John Phillip Law; "Commandos" [Italy 1968] co-starring Jack Kelly; "Beyond The Law" [Italy 1968] with Lionel Stander; "The Grand Duel" [Italy 1972]; "Escape From Death Row" [Italy 1973] co-starring Tony Lo Bianco & Jean Rochefort; "God's Gun" [Israel 1976] co-starring Jack Palance, Richard Boone, Sybil Danning & Leif Garrett; "The Squeeze" [1978] co-starring Karen Black, Edward Albert, Lionel Stander & Robert Alda; episode from "The Master" [1984] TV series co-starring Timothy Van Patten; and "Thieves of Fortune" [1990]; extras include trailers, poster gallery |
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Alberta Vaughn [140 credits, 1921-35]
including "Randy Rides Alone" opposite John Wayne
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Eli Wallach  [1915-2014]
browse Eli Wallach on DVD • IMDb listing [1951-2010] •
Wikipedia
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  Henry B. Walthall  [1878-1936]
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing [1908-36] •
Wikipedia
MW's Henry B. Walthall fansite
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Gladys Walton [37 credits, 1908-28]
including star of Herbert Blaché's 1923 "The Wild Party"
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Fred Ward [1942-2022]
browse Fred Ward on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
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John Wayne  [1907-79] Page |
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child actress Virginia Weidler  [1927-69] /name/nm0917768/
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actress Gwen Welles  [1951–93]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919924/
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        | Magic Lantern's director-actor-writer Orson Welles  [1915-85] Page |
Produced, co-wrote, directed & starred in "Citizen Kane" [1941]
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actress Mae West  [1893-1980]
http://www.amazon.com/Mae-West-Icon-Black-White/dp/0195161122/
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  James Whitmore  [1921-2009]
browse James Whitmore on DVD • IMDb listing [1949-2009] •
Broadway credits •
Wikipedia
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  Richard Widmark  [1914-2008]
browse Richard Widmark on DVD • IMDb listing [1947-2002] •
Wikipedia
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nimbly neurotic comic Gene Wilder [1933-2016]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/
http://www.amazon.com/Gene-Wilder-Brian-Scott-Mednick/dp/1593936214/
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Warren William  [1894-1948]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929925/
John's Magnificent Scoundrel Blog: Celebrating Warren William, Hollywood's Genius of Scurrility
Cliff's Warren William fansite
Warren William starred in four 'Perry Mason' movies, 1934-36 and nine 'The Lone Wolf' detective movies, 1939-43
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          | comedian-actor Robin Williams [1951-2014]
browse Robin Williams on DVD • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia nominated 8 times for Primetime Emmy Award, won in 1987 & 1988 received 4 Oscar nominations [1988-1998]; won in 1998 |
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Magic Lantern's
actress Anna May Wong [1905-61] Page
she was a cousin of cinematographer James Wong Howe [1899-1976]
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  Natalie Wood  [1938-81]
browse Natalie Wood on DVD • IMDb listing [1943-83] •
Wikipedia
official Natalie Wood™ website
DMK's Natalie Wood Tribute fansite
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character actor Hank Worden  [1901-92]
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  Fay Wray  [1907-2004]
browse Fay Wray on DVD • IMDb listing [1923-2005] •
Wikipedia
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  Ed Wynn  [1886-1966]
browse Ed Wynn on DVD • IMDb listing [1927-67] •
Wikipedia
  his son Keenan Wynn  [1916-86]
browse Keenan Wynn on DVD • IMDb listing [1942-86] •
Wikipedia
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Burt Young [1940-2023]
browse Burt Young on DVD • IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Animal  Actors
"Encyclopedia of TV Pets: A Complete History of Television's Greatest Animal Stars" [2002] by Ken Beck and Jim Clark
https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Pets-Complete-Televisions-Greatest/dp/1558539816/
"Beauty of the Beasts: Tales of Hollywood's Wild Animal Stars" [2007] by Ralph Helfer
https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Beasts-Tales-Hollywoods-Animal/dp/0061136786/
https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Beasts-Hollywoods-Animal-Helfer/dp/B004J27TPY/
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"Animal Stars: Behind The Scenes With Your Favorite Animal Actors" [2014] by Robin Ganzert PhD and Allen & Linda Anderson, Foreword by Marty Becker DVM Kindle Edition from New World Library [8/2014] for $10.19 New World Library 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2014] for $5.69 New World Library hardcover [9/2014] out of print/used |
  | "TV Guide Spotlight: TV's Greatest Animal Stars" compilation [2015] 20 TV episodes featuring the dogs, cats, horses, and other cuddly critters who warm our hearts and steal the show: Buck from "Married ... With Children" (3); Chester from "The Nanny"; Duke from "Beverly Hillbillies"; animated "Fraidy Cat" (4); Fury the Horse; Lassie the Dog; Mister Ed the Talking Horse; Murray from "Mad About You" (2); Pete the Pup from "The Little Rascals"; Rin-Tin-Tin from "... K9 Cop" (3); Silver & "The Lone Ranger"; and Trigger & Roy Rogers • not listed at IMDb Mill Creek Ent. b&w/color DVD [8/2015] 2 disks for $6.99 |
Asta the Dog of the 'Thin Man' Movies
Francis The Mule
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"Mister Ed" TV series [Filmways/CBS-TV 1961–1966]
  | The series was sponsored from 1961 to 1964 by Studebaker-Packard Corporation and Studebaker Corporation, then by Ford 1965-66; the story concept originally appeared in short stories by Walter R. Brooks; a palomino horse speaks only to Wilbur, they have long conversations that appear as one-sided looniness to others • Produced by Arthur Lubin; series regulars included Mister Ed the Horse (voice by Allan 'Rocky' Lane), Alan Young, Connie Hines, Edna Skinner, Larry Keating, Leon Ames, Florence MacMichael, Al Roberts, Reed Howes, Barry Kelley, James Flavin, Jack Albertson, Joe Conley, Richard Deacon, Hazel Shermet, Barbara Morrison, Ray Kellogg, Nick Stewart; guest actors included Frank Wilcox, Donna Douglas, Chick Chandler, Norman Leavitt, Olan Soule, Les Tremayne, Sharon Tate, Jack LaLanne, Percy Helton, Nobu McCarthy, George Burns, Harry Blackstone, Johnny Crawford, Irene Ryan, William Bendix, Clint Eastwood, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Spring Byington, Thomas Gomez, Miyoshi Umeki, Abigail Van Buren, Mae West, Sebastian Cabot, Jon Provost, Alan Hale Jr., Hayden Rorke, Lyle Talbot, Hans Conried, Frankie Darro, Jeff Donnell, Jack Kruschen, Leo Durocher, Mike Mazurki,
Virginia Christine, Yuki Shimoda, Kathleen Freeman, Sandy Koufax, Harold Gould, Samba the Lion, Victor French, Victor Sen Yung, Nancy Kulp, Iron Eyes Cody, Margie the Elephant, Will Wright, Moose Skowron, Helen Kleeb, Jack Big Head, Vin Scully, Eddie Little Sky, Linda Henning, Minta Durfee, Judy the Chimpanzee •
full credits at IMDb •
series entry at Wikipedia
"Mister Ed: The Complete Series" Region 1 DVD set containing all 143 episodes, plus bonus features
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Pepper the Keystone Cat [circa 1913]
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animal star  Petey/Pete the Pup of the Little Rascals / Our Gang comedy shorts
IMDb credits [43 films 1929 to 1938] •
Wikipedia
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animal star Strongheart the Dog  [1917-29]
IMDb listing [1921-27] •
Strongheart entry at Wikipedia
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 1960
"The Return of Boston Blackie" silent feature
[Chadwick Pictures/First Division Aug 1927]
  | Apparently the only film of animal star Strongheart that still exists; reformed thief Boston Blackie gets out of prison and bumps into a girl who stole the Markham Necklace to prevent Denver Dan from stealing it . . . • Directed by Harry O. Hoyt; adapted by Leah Baird; starring Strongheart The Dog & Bob Custer/Raymond Glenn; also starring Corliss Palmer, Rosemary Cooper, Coit Albertson, William Worthington, Florence Wix, J.P. Lockney & Violet Palmer •
credits at IMDb
indep 77-minute b&w DVD [9/2010] for $12.95 watch silent movie clip of Strongheart attacking the bad guy [1:45] free online at YouTube |
"Kinship With All Life" [] by J. Allen Boone ISBN 0-06-060912-5
"Letters To Strongheart" [] by J. Allen Boone ISBN 0-933062-19-2 or 0-930852-34-6
  | "Strongheart: The World's First Movie Star Dog" [ages 5-8; 2014] Written & Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully A 40-page picture-book biography for kids aged 5-8 Kindle Edition from Holt/Macmillan [11/2014] for $9.99 Henry Holt & Co. BFYR 11¼x8¾ hardcover [11/2014] for $14.66 |
animal star  Teddy the Dog
IMDb credits [57 films 1913 to 1924] •
Wikipedia
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animal star  Terry the Dog - most-known for portrayal of Toto in the 1939 "Wizard of Oz"
IMDb credits [23 films 1934 to 1945] •
Wikipedia
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The  'Hollywood Collection' Videos
complete 28-volume set from MPI Home Video
28 VHS tapes [6/2000] for $368.98 (versus $419.44 if bought individually) now rare
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"Cary Grant: The Leading Man" [1988]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Michael Caine: Breaking The Mold" [1991] VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Hollywood's Children" [1991] VHS [5/94] for $14.98 "Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line" [2000] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb |
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"Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero" [2000]
VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels" [1996] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb • official website "Audrey Hepburn: Remembered" [1994] VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door" [2000] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb |
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"Steve McQueen: Man On The Edge" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Grace Kelly: The American Princess" [1987] VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "The Story of Lassie" [2000] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • Magic Lantern's 'Lassie' Page "Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King" [2000] VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used • actor credits from IMDb |
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"Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling" [1994] VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Burt Lancaster: Daring To Reach" [2000] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Gregory Peck: His Own Man" [1990] VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb |
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"Marilyn Monroe: Beyond The Legend [1985]
VHS [10/94] used • color DVD [2/2008] • actor credits from IMDb "Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man" [2000] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman [2000] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Joan Crawford: Always The Star" [2000] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb |
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"William Holden: The Golden Boy" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Roger Moore: A Matter of Class" [1995] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Walter Matthau: Diamond In The Rough" [2000] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Anthony Quinn: An Original" [1991] DVD [4/2009] for $24.95 • VHS [5/94] for $8.00 • actor credits from IMDb |
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"Ingrid Bergman 1: Portrait of A Star" [1991]
VHS [5/94] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "Ingrid Bergman 2: Remembered" [2000] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 narrated by daughters Pia Lindström & Isabella Rossellini "Charlton Heston: For All Seasons" [?] VHS [6/2000] for $14.98 • actor credits from IMDb "The Horror of It All" [1983] VHS [5/94] for $14.98 |
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