Month: June 2012

  • Hugh’s Little Sweetheart

    By Michael G. Ankerich In 1925, Mary Pickford was not only America’s Little Sweetheart; she was Hugh Allan’s as well. The handsome youth had played bit parts in films for the past several years, when in the spring of 1925, Mary plucked the 23-year-old from the ranks of an extra to play her leading man…

  • Who’s Queen Elizabeth? It’s Queen Barbara!

    By Michael G. Ankerich I admit to being glued to the  tube several weeks ago during the Diamond Jubilee celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne. I fell in love with Her Royal Highness all over again. Someone offered to give me a copy of Kitty Kelley’s The Royals, but I wasn’t interested in…

  • Who’s That Girl?

    One of the questions I get most often has to do with the cover of Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels.  Who’s that girl? I selected this photograph of actress Gladys Walton for the cover of Dangerous Curves. My publisher agreed. It was the perfect image to represent a group of actresses whose lives and careers…

  • My Visit with Barbara La Marr

    My visits with Barbara La Marr happen every time I venture out to Hollywood.  They are rather one-sided, you understand.  I visit her at her final resting spot, a crypt in the Great Mausoleum at the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (Hollywood Forever). I have never been to Hollywood that I didn’t spend a little time with…

  • The Artwork of Joyce Compton

    After Joyce Compton’s contact with First National ended in 1927, she freelanced for a variety of studios. Freelancing meant sticking close to home and waiting for the phone to ring. During those lean times, the Comptons began breeding and selling Belgian Griffons. “I also discovered I had some art talent, and while being home bound…

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