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Hollywood’s Great Latin Lover vs. Hollywood’s Great Jewish Mother
Rudolph Valentino, Hollywood’s legendary lover. The great pioneering director D.W. Griffith hired Rabbi Isadore Myers as the Jewish technical consultant on his great epic, Intolerance, 1916. Griffith...
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Friday Fashion: Hollywood Males It In
Charlie Chaplin, 1924, the image of effortless style. The operative word is effortless. In truth, Chaplin’s style was only achieved through the superlative tailoring of the English Savile Row firm,...
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Friday Photos: There Ought To Be a Law
“There ought to be a law against any man who doesn’t want to marry Myrna Loy.”—Jimmy Stewart “Why, she was pressed, does she think she provoked such strong feelings of empathy from her audiences? After...
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Hidden Hollywood: Rudolph Valentino and the Rabbi’s Beautiful Daughter
Rudolph Valentino at the height of his fame. The great pioneering director D.W. Griffith hired Rabbi Isadore Myers as the Jewish technical consultant on his great epic, Intolerance, 1916. Griffith was...
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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
“When we were at MGM, we worked years before anybody called us stars. Louis B. Mayer brought us along in little parts – even ‘Love Finds Andy Hardy.’ Then, if we showed promise, he would put us...
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