In Hamilton McFadden's 1934 film "Stand Up and Cheer!," the unnamed off-screen president (actually Franklin D. Roosevelt) posits that the real reason for Great Depression was a sudden crisis of optimism. Additionally, wicked bankers were running amok and getting rich while the rest of the nation starved, leaving everyone nihilistic and horrified. The wasteful and corrupt Warren Harding administration followed by the Crash of '29 isn't mentioned, as McFadden's film sought to cheer people up, not make their depression — and the Depression — any worse. In "Stand Up and Cheer!," Fdr created a Department of Amusement and appoints a secretary (Warner Baxter) to oversee a feel-good, nationwide show to keep morale up.
The bulk of the 80-minute film is a series of auditions in the secretary's office wherein performers come in to sing and dance, effectively turning the movie into a revue. Modern audiences may bristle at some racist caricatures, notably actress...
The bulk of the 80-minute film is a series of auditions in the secretary's office wherein performers come in to sing and dance, effectively turning the movie into a revue. Modern audiences may bristle at some racist caricatures, notably actress...
- 4/17/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Upon its August 2023 premiere, the Amazon Prime Video original film “Red, White & Royal Blue” quickly gained a massive audience, a large portion of which reportedly created new subscriptions just so they could view it. Now, the two-hour adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s 2019 novel of the same name is set to embark on a 2024 TV awards run that, of course, won’t include the delayed 75th Emmys but could more than reasonably begin with the 81st Golden Globes. If it does make its way into the upcoming Best Limited Series/TV Movie lineup, it will be the first one-off film in seven years to earn Golden Globes recognition as a general program.
Directed and co-written by Tony winner Matthew López (“The Inheritance”), “Red, White & Royal Blue” stars Taylor Zakhar Perez (“The Kissing Booth” franchise) and Nicholas Galitzine (2021’s “Cinderella”) as two fictional world leaders’ offspring whose bitter rivalry unexpectedly evolves into a romance.
Directed and co-written by Tony winner Matthew López (“The Inheritance”), “Red, White & Royal Blue” stars Taylor Zakhar Perez (“The Kissing Booth” franchise) and Nicholas Galitzine (2021’s “Cinderella”) as two fictional world leaders’ offspring whose bitter rivalry unexpectedly evolves into a romance.
- 9/19/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
You know the story (or maybe you don’t): A grown woman who looks like a child due to “proportional dwarfism” scams her way into being adopted by a loving family, only to terrorize them and attempt to seduce the husband. So goes the plot of “Orphan,” a middling-yet-gonzo horror flick from 2009.
Now, Paramount is taking that bizarre premise and extending it even further for the prequel “Orphan: First Kill,” directed by William Brent Bell and written by David Coggeshall.
“First Kill” takes the best part of its predecessor — its camp value — and dials things up to 11, delivering a movie that demands to be seen at rowdy theaters and sleepovers worldwide.
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‘Orphan: First Kill': Esther Terrorizes Another Family in Trailer for Horror Prequel (Video)
The film takes place in 2007, before the events of “Orphan.” If you’ve seen the original film, the first half of “First...
Now, Paramount is taking that bizarre premise and extending it even further for the prequel “Orphan: First Kill,” directed by William Brent Bell and written by David Coggeshall.
“First Kill” takes the best part of its predecessor — its camp value — and dials things up to 11, delivering a movie that demands to be seen at rowdy theaters and sleepovers worldwide.
Also Read:
‘Orphan: First Kill': Esther Terrorizes Another Family in Trailer for Horror Prequel (Video)
The film takes place in 2007, before the events of “Orphan.” If you’ve seen the original film, the first half of “First...
- 8/15/2022
- by Lena Wilson
- The Wrap
Liliane Bettencourt, widely considered to be the richest woman in the world, has died. She was 94.
The L’Oréal heiress, whose last years have been embroiled in scandals and a legal battle concerning her $44 billion fortune, passed “peacefully in her sleep,” according to a statement released by her family.
Bettencourt had been living in seclusion for much of the past decade, suffering from Alzheimer’s and advanced dementia. She was considered too ill to attend the 2015 trial in which 10 people — including a French cabinet minister — were accused of taking advantage of her fortune.
Eight of those 10 were ultimately found guilty in the five-week-long trial,...
The L’Oréal heiress, whose last years have been embroiled in scandals and a legal battle concerning her $44 billion fortune, passed “peacefully in her sleep,” according to a statement released by her family.
Bettencourt had been living in seclusion for much of the past decade, suffering from Alzheimer’s and advanced dementia. She was considered too ill to attend the 2015 trial in which 10 people — including a French cabinet minister — were accused of taking advantage of her fortune.
Eight of those 10 were ultimately found guilty in the five-week-long trial,...
- 9/21/2017
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
Los Angeles, Calif. (October 2, 2015) – In 1915 William Fox founded Fox Film Corporation and forever changed the course of cinema. Over the next century the studio would develop some of the most innovative and ground-breaking advancements in the history of cinema; the introduction of Movietone, the implementation of color in partnership with Eastman Kodak, the development of the wide format in 70mm and many more. Now in honor of the 100th anniversary of the studio, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will celebrate by releasing some of their most iconic films that represent a decade of innovation.
Starting today, five classic films from the studio will be made available digitally for the first time ever – Sunrise (1927), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Man Hunt (1941), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). Throughout the rest of the year a total of 100 digital releases will follow from Fox’s extensive catalog, including 10 films...
Starting today, five classic films from the studio will be made available digitally for the first time ever – Sunrise (1927), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Man Hunt (1941), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). Throughout the rest of the year a total of 100 digital releases will follow from Fox’s extensive catalog, including 10 films...
- 10/3/2015
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Poor Little Rich Girl? Check. Poor Outsider Suddenly Thrown into a World of Excess? Double check. The Royals is everything that's been missing from your life since Gossip Girl and The O.C. ended their respective runs. While there have been worthy contenders to the throne since then (90210, The Carrie Diaries) none have been able to capture that same charm - until now. Funnily enough, E!'s first original scripted series was actually created by Mark Schwahn, of One Tree Hill fame. While The Royals bears little resemblance (if any) to Oth, you can rest assured that one of the...
- 3/15/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
Poor Little Rich Girl? Check. Poor Outsider Suddenly Thrown into a World of Excess? Double check. The Royals is everything that's been missing from your life since Gossip Girl and The O.C. ended their respective runs. While there have been worthy contenders to the throne since then (90210, The Carrie Diaries) none have been able to capture that same charm - until now. Funnily enough, E!'s first original scripted series was actually created by Mark Schwahn, of One Tree Hill fame. While The Royals bears little resemblance (if any) to Oth, you can rest assured that one of the...
- 3/15/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
Poor Little Rich Girl? Check. Poor Outsider Suddenly Thrown into a World of Excess? Double check.
The Royals is everything that's been missing from your life since Gossip Girl and The O.C. ended their respective runs. While there have been worthy contenders to the throne since then (90210, The Carrie Diaries) none have been able to capture that same charm – until now.
Funnily enough, E!'s first original scripted series was actually created by Mark Schwahn, of One Tree Hill fame. While The Royals bears little resemblance (if any) to Oth, you can rest assured that one of the keepers...
The Royals is everything that's been missing from your life since Gossip Girl and The O.C. ended their respective runs. While there have been worthy contenders to the throne since then (90210, The Carrie Diaries) none have been able to capture that same charm – until now.
Funnily enough, E!'s first original scripted series was actually created by Mark Schwahn, of One Tree Hill fame. While The Royals bears little resemblance (if any) to Oth, you can rest assured that one of the keepers...
- 3/15/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
Was L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt abused by a cadre of close associates who plundered her billions? Or was she in control of her faculties, giving away money and gifts to friends, politicians and even strangers? These were the central questions in a trial that unfolded over the course of five weeks in southwestern France last month, where prosecutors and defense lawyers attempted to determine whether people took advantage of the 92-year-old. Known in France simply as the Bettencourt affair, the story starts in 2007, when Bettencourt's daughter, Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, filed a lawsuit against her mother's confidant, society photographer François-Marie Banier,...
- 3/5/2015
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
Was L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt abused by a cadre of close associates who plundered her billions? Or was she in control of her faculties, giving away money and gifts to friends, politicians and even strangers? These were the central questions in a trial that unfolded over the course of five weeks in southwestern France last month, where prosecutors and defense lawyers attempted to determine whether people took advantage of the 92-year-old. Known in France simply as the Bettencourt affair, the story starts in 2007, when Bettencourt's daughter, Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, filed a lawsuit against her mother's confidant, society photographer François-Marie Banier,...
- 3/5/2015
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
Martha Stewart: Actress / Singer in Fox movies apparently not dead despite two-year-old reports to the contrary (Photo: Martha Stewart and Perry Como in 'Doll Face') According to various online reports, including Variety's, actress and singer Martha Stewart, a pretty blonde featured in supporting roles in a handful of 20th Century Fox movies of the '40s, died at age 89 of "natural causes" in Northeast Harbor, Maine, on February 25, 2012. Needless to say, that was not the same Martha Stewart hawking "delicious foods" and whatever else on American television. But quite possibly, the Martha Stewart who died in February 2012 -- if any -- was not the Martha Stewart of old Fox movies either. And that's why I'm republishing this (former) obit, originally posted more than two and a half years ago: March 11, 2012. Earlier today, a commenter wrote to Alt Film Guide, claiming that the Martha Stewart featured in Doll Face, I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now,...
- 11/11/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The new teen melodrama Endless Love commits a myriad of sins. And I'm not just referring to the hot and bothered young couple on the poster. It's been said that there's nothing new under the sun, and this sufficiently bronzed film might just prove it. Here we have a complete teenage girl wish-fulfillment romance, shamelessly checking off the squares of what we've come to expect in such a movie: - The chronically unnoticed recluse who no one ever talks to being played by the most ridiculously gorgeous actress in the whole movie - Poor little rich girl falls for greasy heartthrob with a heart of gold - They've secretly always loved one another, but couldn't get up the nerve to speak up until the doomsday clock of high school...
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- 2/14/2014
- Screen Anarchy
She had the world eating out of her hand with movies like “Heidi” and “Poor Little Rich Girl,” and it turns out Shirley Temple Black had an uncanny ability for making herself cry.
Back in 1999, the “Curly Top” actress explained how she was able to go from happy to tears in a matter of moments.
Temple shared, "I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn't think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry. I didn't like to cry after lunch, because I was too content."
Furthermore, Shirley confessed she took advantage of her talent after getting pulled over near Malibu in a new red convertible when she was 21 years old. “[I told myself] ‘You’re an actress. Cry!’” Apparently it worked!
Back in 1999, the “Curly Top” actress explained how she was able to go from happy to tears in a matter of moments.
Temple shared, "I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn't think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry. I didn't like to cry after lunch, because I was too content."
Furthermore, Shirley confessed she took advantage of her talent after getting pulled over near Malibu in a new red convertible when she was 21 years old. “[I told myself] ‘You’re an actress. Cry!’” Apparently it worked!
- 2/11/2014
- GossipCenter
She made an indelible mark on Hollywood from a very young age and sadly Shirley Temple Black has passed away.
The “Curly Top” starlet was 85 years old when she died of natural causes on Monday night (February 10) due to “natural causes.”
A family spokesperson told press that Shirley “peacefully passed away,” noting, "We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife of fifty-five years.”
Ms. Black retired from acting at age 21 after making beloved films like “Bright Eyes,” “The Little Colonel,” “Poor Little Rich Girl,” “Heidi” and “Stand Up and Cheer,” and she’ll always be known for her adorable ditty “On the Good Ship Lollipop.”
Following her departure from Tinseltown, Shirley became an ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Ghana. In 1974 she stated, "I have no trouble being taken seriously as a woman and a diplomat here.
The “Curly Top” starlet was 85 years old when she died of natural causes on Monday night (February 10) due to “natural causes.”
A family spokesperson told press that Shirley “peacefully passed away,” noting, "We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife of fifty-five years.”
Ms. Black retired from acting at age 21 after making beloved films like “Bright Eyes,” “The Little Colonel,” “Poor Little Rich Girl,” “Heidi” and “Stand Up and Cheer,” and she’ll always be known for her adorable ditty “On the Good Ship Lollipop.”
Following her departure from Tinseltown, Shirley became an ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Ghana. In 1974 she stated, "I have no trouble being taken seriously as a woman and a diplomat here.
- 2/11/2014
- GossipCenter
Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to publicist Cheryl Kagan. She was 85. Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died at her home near San Francisco. A talented and ultra-adorable entertainer, Shirley Temple was America's top box-office draw from 1935 to 1938, a record no other child star has come near. She beat out such grown-ups as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranking of the top 50 screen legends ranked Temple at No.
- 2/11/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Martha Mendoza, Associated Press
San Francisco (AP) - Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died. She was 85.
Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died Monday night at her home near San Francisco. She was surrounded by family members and caregivers, publicist Cheryl Kagan said.
"We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black," a family statement said. The family would not disclose Temple's cause of death.
A talented and ultra-adorable entertainer, Shirley Temple was America's top box-office draw from 1935 to 1938, a record no other child star has come near. She beat out such grown-ups as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor,...
San Francisco (AP) - Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died. She was 85.
Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died Monday night at her home near San Francisco. She was surrounded by family members and caregivers, publicist Cheryl Kagan said.
"We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black," a family statement said. The family would not disclose Temple's cause of death.
A talented and ultra-adorable entertainer, Shirley Temple was America's top box-office draw from 1935 to 1938, a record no other child star has come near. She beat out such grown-ups as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor,...
- 2/11/2014
- by The Associated Press
- Moviefone
Oscar winners Olivia de Havilland and Luise Rainer among movie stars of the 1930s still alive With the passing of Deanna Durbin this past April, only a handful of movie stars of the 1930s remain on Planet Earth. Below is a (I believe) full list of surviving Hollywood "movie stars of the 1930s," in addition to a handful of secondary players, chiefly those who achieved stardom in the ensuing decade. Note: There’s only one male performer on the list — and curiously, four of the five child actresses listed below were born in April. (Please scroll down to check out the list of Oscar winners at the 75th Academy Awards, held on March 23, 2003, as seen in the picture above. Click on the photo to enlarge it. © A.M.P.A.S.) Two-time Oscar winner and London resident Luise Rainer (The Great Ziegfeld, The Good Earth, The Great Waltz), 103 last January...
- 5/7/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
New York — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis aren't the only ones poppin' tags at thrift shops.
In light of the hip-hop duo's multiplatinum, No. 1 smash "Thrift Shop," musicians including Debbie Harry, Miguel and OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder discuss their adventures buying used clothes, even after their careers took off.
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Hard Times For A Rock Star
Debbie Harry loves to search for unique items at thrift shops, but sometimes the Blondie frontwoman had to do it because times were hard.
"At various times in my life (it has) been really necessarily to shop like that," she said in an interview.
Harry, 67, said she also hit up thrift shops to fuel her creativity when deciding what to wear to an event or photo shoot. Her favorite used item? A silver 1960s Betsey Johnson jumpsuit.
"Let's face it, when you don't have a lot of money and have to dress cool, it's the best way to go,...
In light of the hip-hop duo's multiplatinum, No. 1 smash "Thrift Shop," musicians including Debbie Harry, Miguel and OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder discuss their adventures buying used clothes, even after their careers took off.
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Hard Times For A Rock Star
Debbie Harry loves to search for unique items at thrift shops, but sometimes the Blondie frontwoman had to do it because times were hard.
"At various times in my life (it has) been really necessarily to shop like that," she said in an interview.
Harry, 67, said she also hit up thrift shops to fuel her creativity when deciding what to wear to an event or photo shoot. Her favorite used item? A silver 1960s Betsey Johnson jumpsuit.
"Let's face it, when you don't have a lot of money and have to dress cool, it's the best way to go,...
- 3/13/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Julia Stiles, who re-emerged with a great supporting turn in "Silver Linings Playbook," has signed on to play screenwriter Frances Marion--the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay--in Jennifer DeLia's "The First," based on Eileen Whitfield's biography on Mary Pickford, "Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood." Marion's Oscar was for "The Big House" in 1930. Pickford was muse to Marion during their collaborations, including “Rebecca from Sunnybrook Farm” and “Poor Little Rich Girl.” Other characters in the film will include Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, and Lillian Gish. Lily Rabe is set to play Pickford, and "Boardwalk Empire"'s Michael Pitt is set to play Owen Moore. Julie Pacino is producing with Said Zahraoui and Dominick Fairbanks; she'll shopping the film at Berlin with Poverty Row's Billy Bates. Last November DeLia told Indiewire, "I didn't...
- 2/1/2013
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
Tony Martin, a successful pop crooner and the last of the big stars from the golden age of film musicals, has died. He was 98. The singer-actor, who was married to Cyd Charisse for 60 years, died July 27 of natural causes at his West Los Angeles home, his friend and accountant Beverly Scott said Monday. He was featured in more than two dozen movies, starting with small roles in post-Depression films including the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musical Follow the Fleet and Poor Little Rich Girl with Shirley Temple. He went on to star in such films
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- 7/30/2012
- by Erik Pedersen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome back 90210 alumni! It's a brand new year and we have brand new episodes ... and the exact same problem with Teddy's storyline that we had last year.
Sigh...
I've got a theory that I'm actually too lazy to go back and try and prove, but it's that whenever an episode of this show starts off showing Teddy in the first two minutes, we can pretty much guarantee he won't show up again in any substantial way until the very end of the episode. Oh, we might get a glimpse of him somewhere in the middle, but he probably won't speak again until the very end and his storyline will pretty much be covered in about four minutes.
But like I said, I'm too lazy to prove it. So on to this week's recap!
Where we left off: Teddy and Ian were making out in a stairwell during a Christmas party...
Sigh...
I've got a theory that I'm actually too lazy to go back and try and prove, but it's that whenever an episode of this show starts off showing Teddy in the first two minutes, we can pretty much guarantee he won't show up again in any substantial way until the very end of the episode. Oh, we might get a glimpse of him somewhere in the middle, but he probably won't speak again until the very end and his storyline will pretty much be covered in about four minutes.
But like I said, I'm too lazy to prove it. So on to this week's recap!
Where we left off: Teddy and Ian were making out in a stairwell during a Christmas party...
- 1/25/2011
- by Michael Jensen
- The Backlot
Although she was well into her 80′s when she appeared in Titanic, Gloria Stuart had to be aged through make-up in order to make her look believable as a survivor of the tragic sinking. Stuart had in fact long since retired from acting in feature films, having last appeared on the big screen in 1946′s She Wrote The Book. After that, she took a several decade long break, before continuing to keep herself busy through a string of TV appearances in the seventies and eighties, but it was not until Cameron decided to make Titanic that she was able to be coaxed back onto the silver screen.
Stuart’s acting career goes all the way back to the dawn of talkies and encompasses some very well regarded and well known work (The Invisible Man, It Could Happen To You, Poor Little Rich Girl). In fact after Titanic she continued to...
Stuart’s acting career goes all the way back to the dawn of talkies and encompasses some very well regarded and well known work (The Invisible Man, It Could Happen To You, Poor Little Rich Girl). In fact after Titanic she continued to...
- 9/29/2010
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hollywood 30s ingenue whose return to acting gained her an Oscar nomination for Titanic
When Gloria Stuart, who has died aged 100, was nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar for her spirited performance in James Cameron's Titanic (1997), there were few filmgoers who remembered her earlier acting career in the 1930s. Stuart played the 101-year-old Rose (portrayed in the rest of the film by Kate Winslet), who recalls the time when she was 17 onboard the doomed liner. ("I can still smell the fresh paint," she says.)
Sixty-five years earlier, Stuart stood out as a blonde ingenue in James Whale's comedy-thriller The Old Dark House (1932), in which she wore a tight evening gown and was chased by Boris Karloff as a sinister butler. Stuart recalled how Whale told her: "When Karloff chases you through the halls, I want you to be like a flame or a dancer." She was both.
When Gloria Stuart, who has died aged 100, was nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar for her spirited performance in James Cameron's Titanic (1997), there were few filmgoers who remembered her earlier acting career in the 1930s. Stuart played the 101-year-old Rose (portrayed in the rest of the film by Kate Winslet), who recalls the time when she was 17 onboard the doomed liner. ("I can still smell the fresh paint," she says.)
Sixty-five years earlier, Stuart stood out as a blonde ingenue in James Whale's comedy-thriller The Old Dark House (1932), in which she wore a tight evening gown and was chased by Boris Karloff as a sinister butler. Stuart recalled how Whale told her: "When Karloff chases you through the halls, I want you to be like a flame or a dancer." She was both.
- 9/28/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Actress Gloria Stuart, a leading lady in Hollywood in the 1930s who found modern-day fame playing a shipwreck survivor in 1997 movie "Titanic," has died, age 100.Her daughter, Sylvia Thompson, told the Los Angeles Times that Stuart died Sunday night in her home in Los Angeles. She was diagnosed with breast cancer some five years ago, but had survived the disease. "She just paid no attention to illness. She was a very strong woman and had other fish to fry," Thompson said. Stuart was born July 4, 1910 in Santa Monica, California, and she studied drama and philosophy in college before starting her career in theater and later Hollywood movies. She was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, the trade union that represents actors and actresses, and was under contract for Universal Studios and 20th Century in the 1930s. Her early movie roles ranged widely from star turns in horror flicks...
- 9/28/2010
- PalZoo
Gloria Stuart, a beloved Hollywood actress who is best known for her portrayal of older version of Kate Winslet's Rose DeWitt Bukater in "Titanic", has died at the age of 100, Associated Press reported. On Monday, September 27, Gloria's daughter, Sylvia Thompson, confirmed that the star passed away of respiratory failure at her Los Angeles home on Sunday night, September 26.
Sylvia shared, "She also was a breast cancer survivor. She did not believe in illness. She paid no attention to it, and it served her well. She had a great life. I'm not sad. I'm happy for her." "Poor Little Rich Girl" actress Gloria fought off the breast cancer 20 years ago and was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago.
Gloria turned 100 on July 4 and celebrated the birthday at the "Academy Centennial Celebration with Gloria Stuart" with a party hosted by "Titanic" director James Cameron and his wife Suzy Amis. Gloria...
Sylvia shared, "She also was a breast cancer survivor. She did not believe in illness. She paid no attention to it, and it served her well. She had a great life. I'm not sad. I'm happy for her." "Poor Little Rich Girl" actress Gloria fought off the breast cancer 20 years ago and was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago.
Gloria turned 100 on July 4 and celebrated the birthday at the "Academy Centennial Celebration with Gloria Stuart" with a party hosted by "Titanic" director James Cameron and his wife Suzy Amis. Gloria...
- 9/28/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Former Hollywood beauty became oldest Academy Award nominee following 30-year retirement
Gloria Stuart, the 1930s Hollywood beauty who gave up acting for 30 years and later became the oldest Academy Award acting nominee for her role in Titanic has died aged 100.
Stuart died of respiratory failure last night at her Los Angeles home, her daughter, Sylvia Thompson, said today. The actor had been diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago and had beaten breast cancer about 20 years ago. "She did not believe in illness. She paid no attention to it, and it served her well," Thompson said. "She had a great life. I'm not sad. I'm happy for her."
In her youth, Stuart was a blonde beauty who starred in B-movies as well as some higher-profile ones such as The Invisible Man, Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers of 1935 and two Shirley Temple movies, Poor Little Rich Girl and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
Gloria Stuart, the 1930s Hollywood beauty who gave up acting for 30 years and later became the oldest Academy Award acting nominee for her role in Titanic has died aged 100.
Stuart died of respiratory failure last night at her Los Angeles home, her daughter, Sylvia Thompson, said today. The actor had been diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago and had beaten breast cancer about 20 years ago. "She did not believe in illness. She paid no attention to it, and it served her well," Thompson said. "She had a great life. I'm not sad. I'm happy for her."
In her youth, Stuart was a blonde beauty who starred in B-movies as well as some higher-profile ones such as The Invisible Man, Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers of 1935 and two Shirley Temple movies, Poor Little Rich Girl and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
- 9/27/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Beloved Hollywood actress Gloria Stuart, who played the older version of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic, has died at the age of 100.
Stuart passed away on Sunday at her Los Angeles home, reports The Washington Post.
Her daughter, writer Sylvia Thompson, tells the newspaper Stuart was diagnosed with lung cancer several years ago and had also previously battled breast cancer.
The actress began working in Hollywood in the 1930s and starred in over 40 films during her career, including The Invisible Man, Here Comes the Navy and Poor Little Rich Girl.
After a nearly a decade away from the spotlight, she returned to the big screen in 1997, as the 101-year-old version of Kate Winslet's character Rose in James Cameron's Titanic.
She became the the oldest actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in the film.
Stuart published her autobiography, I Just Kept Hoping, in 1999, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000.
She last appeared on the big screen in Wim Wenders' Land of Plenty in 2004.
The star was honoured by the Screen Actors Guild for her years of service in June, weeks before celebrating her centenary on 4 July.
In addition to her daughter, Stuart is survived by four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Stuart passed away on Sunday at her Los Angeles home, reports The Washington Post.
Her daughter, writer Sylvia Thompson, tells the newspaper Stuart was diagnosed with lung cancer several years ago and had also previously battled breast cancer.
The actress began working in Hollywood in the 1930s and starred in over 40 films during her career, including The Invisible Man, Here Comes the Navy and Poor Little Rich Girl.
After a nearly a decade away from the spotlight, she returned to the big screen in 1997, as the 101-year-old version of Kate Winslet's character Rose in James Cameron's Titanic.
She became the the oldest actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in the film.
Stuart published her autobiography, I Just Kept Hoping, in 1999, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000.
She last appeared on the big screen in Wim Wenders' Land of Plenty in 2004.
The star was honoured by the Screen Actors Guild for her years of service in June, weeks before celebrating her centenary on 4 July.
In addition to her daughter, Stuart is survived by four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
- 9/27/2010
- WENN
She experienced a resurgence in her career thanks to her role in “Titanic,” and yesterday (September 26) Gloria Stuart passed away.
The beloved actress, who celebrated her 100th birthday this past July 4th, was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago, though it’s unclear if that was the cause of her death.
And though many only know Ms. Stuart from her work with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate WInslet, she had quite the career back in the 1930s.
Gloria appeared in films like “The Invisible Man,” “Poor Little Rich Girl,” and “Here Comes the Navy.”...
The beloved actress, who celebrated her 100th birthday this past July 4th, was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago, though it’s unclear if that was the cause of her death.
And though many only know Ms. Stuart from her work with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate WInslet, she had quite the career back in the 1930s.
Gloria appeared in films like “The Invisible Man,” “Poor Little Rich Girl,” and “Here Comes the Navy.”...
- 9/27/2010
- GossipCenter
Famous for dropping the diamond into the ocean and making the kind of comeback everyone in Hollywood dreams of, Gloria Stuart died today at the age of 100. The actress was a firsthand witness to the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s with roles in films like Gold Diggers of 1935 and Poor Little Rich Girl but is best known today as Old Rose in 1997's Titanic; the role earned her a Best Supporting Actress nominee, and she remains the oldest actress to be nominated for the prize. When Stuart celebrated her 100th birthday this summer, Titanic director James Cameron and his wife Suzy Amis-- who played Stuart's granddaughter in the film-- joined her to blow out the candles. On hand for the event, The La Times quoted Cameron as he hailed "a century of Gloria Stuart": "Gloria's so alive, and her creativity, her artistry and the sparkle...
- 9/27/2010
- cinemablend.com
Actress Gloria Stuart, a leading lady in Hollywood in the 1930s who found modern-day fame playing a shipwreck survivor in 1997 movie "Titanic," has died, age 100.Her daughter, Sylvia Thompson, told the Los Angeles Times that Stuart died Sunday night in her home in Los Angeles. She was diagnosed with breast cancer some five years ago, but had survived the disease."She just paid no attention to illness. She was a very strong woman and had other fish to fry," Thompson said.Stuart was born July 4, 1910 in Santa Monica, California, and she studied drama and philosophy in college before starting her career in theater and later Hollywood movies.She was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, the trade union that represents actors and actresses, and was under contract for Universal Studios and 20th Century in the 1930s.Her early movie roles ranged widely from star...
- 9/27/2010
- Filmicafe
Gloria Stuart, a leading lady of the 1930s who enjoyed a career revival for her performance as Old Rose in 1997's "Titanic," died of respiratory faiure in her sleep at her Los Angeles home on Sunday. She was 100.
The spry, engaging actress became the oldest Oscar nominee when, at age 88, she was nominated as best supporting actress for her performance, for which she needed old-age makeup, as a Titanic survivor who returns to the site of the disaster.
As the older version of the character played by Kate Winslet (who was nominated for best actress), the two became the first performers to be nominated for playing the same character in the same film.
In July, Stuart -- who once joked that James Cameron cast her because he needed an actress who was "still viable, not alcoholic, rheumatic or falling down" -- was feted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...
The spry, engaging actress became the oldest Oscar nominee when, at age 88, she was nominated as best supporting actress for her performance, for which she needed old-age makeup, as a Titanic survivor who returns to the site of the disaster.
As the older version of the character played by Kate Winslet (who was nominated for best actress), the two became the first performers to be nominated for playing the same character in the same film.
In July, Stuart -- who once joked that James Cameron cast her because he needed an actress who was "still viable, not alcoholic, rheumatic or falling down" -- was feted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...
- 9/27/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Speaking from first-hand experience, this should be a grand time. AMPAS puts on a fine show at their home base in Beverly Hills. If you live in the La area, definitely check this event out.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will honor Oscar®-nominated actress Gloria Stuart’s career in film and celebrate her 100th birthday with a program featuring film clips and an onstage conversation between Stuart and her longtime friend, film historian Leonard Maltin, on Thursday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m., at Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Born July 4, 1910, in Santa Monica, Stuart attended the University of California at Berkeley and began her acting career on the stage, making her movie debut in the 1932 pre-Code drama “Street of Women.” From the 1930s through the mid-’40s, her many appearances as a stunning blonde ingenue included roles in James Whale’s pioneering horror...
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will honor Oscar®-nominated actress Gloria Stuart’s career in film and celebrate her 100th birthday with a program featuring film clips and an onstage conversation between Stuart and her longtime friend, film historian Leonard Maltin, on Thursday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m., at Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Born July 4, 1910, in Santa Monica, Stuart attended the University of California at Berkeley and began her acting career on the stage, making her movie debut in the 1932 pre-Code drama “Street of Women.” From the 1930s through the mid-’40s, her many appearances as a stunning blonde ingenue included roles in James Whale’s pioneering horror...
- 7/1/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HollywoodNews.com: The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will honor Oscar®-nominated actress Gloria Stuart’s career in film and celebrate her 100th birthday with a program featuring film clips and an onstage conversation between Stuart and her longtime friend, film historian Leonard Maltin, on Thursday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m., at Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Born July 4, 1910, in Santa Monica, Stuart attended the University of California at Berkeley and began her acting career on the stage, making her movie debut in the 1932 pre-Code drama “Street of Women.” From the 1930s through the mid-’40s, her many appearances as a stunning blonde ingenue included roles in James Whale’s pioneering horror films “The Old Dark House” and “The Invisible Man.” She dabbled in musicals, appearing as Dick Powell’s love interest in “Gold Diggers of 1935” and as Queen Anne alongside The Ritz Brothers...
Born July 4, 1910, in Santa Monica, Stuart attended the University of California at Berkeley and began her acting career on the stage, making her movie debut in the 1932 pre-Code drama “Street of Women.” From the 1930s through the mid-’40s, her many appearances as a stunning blonde ingenue included roles in James Whale’s pioneering horror films “The Old Dark House” and “The Invisible Man.” She dabbled in musicals, appearing as Dick Powell’s love interest in “Gold Diggers of 1935” and as Queen Anne alongside The Ritz Brothers...
- 7/1/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Screen Actors Guild announced yesterday that its Hollywood division will honor Gloria Stuart and Paul Napier with the Ralph Morgan Award. A SAG member for more than 70 years, Stuart's most well-known film roles include "The Invisible Man," "Poor Little Rich Girl," and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Her performance as Rose in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster "Titanic" earned her a Screen Actor's Guild award as well as Golden Globe and Oscar nominations.In 1979, Napier began his work with the Screen Actors Guild, though he has been acting for more than 40 years. In addition to originating General Motors' Mr. Goodwrench ad-campaign character and appearing in over 400 commercials, Napier is a founding member and current producer for the Screen Actors Guild Awards show.The two veteran actors will be awarded during the annual Hollywood division membership meeting at the Sportsmen's Lodge on June 19.
- 5/25/2010
- backstage.com
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