Oscar Directors: Cukor, George–Hollywood Best Actors Director, Shelley Winters in “A Double Life”

Cukor also instructed Winters to visit as many museums as possible in order to see how people walked and talked.

Movie Stars: Grant, Cary–Misc Facts

Though Grant’s films in the 1934–1935 period were commercial failures, he was still getting positive comments from the critics, who thought that his acting was getting better.

Oscar Actors: Jarman Jr. Claude–Child Star of “The Yearling,” Dies at 90

“I had my own dressing room, my own makeup person and wardrobe person.”

Oscar Actors: Hounsou, Djimon–Social Background, Career, Awards

Djimon Gaston Hounsou was born on April 24, 1964 in Cotonou, Benin, to Albertine and Pierre Hounsou. He immigrated to Lyon in France at the age of 12 with his brother Edmond. Soon after arriving, he dropped out of school and was homeless for a time. A chance meeting with a photographer led to an […]

Indie Companies: Laemmle, Bob–Head of the Laemmle Art House Theater Chain, Dies at 89 

The German-born Kurt Laemmle and his brother Max launched the chain in 1938 with 2 theaters in Highland Park section of L.A.