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Haines' story is told in the 1998 biography Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines, Hollywood's First Openly Gay Star by William J. Mann. His designs are the subject of Peter Schifando and Haines associate Jean H. Mathison's 2005 book Class Act: William Haines Legendary Hollywood Decorator.
In other words, the list generally honors actors recognized for their contributions to classical Hollywood cinema. [1] Jurors selected the final lists from 250 male and 250 female nominees. [ 2 ]
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino and nicknamed The Latin Lover, was an Italian actor who starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son ...
Rick Maiman/Sygma via Getty Images Gene Hackman retreated from Hollywood two decades before the legendary actor, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico ...
Rudolph Valentino, the original "Latin lover", who epitomized the type Charles Boyer, creator of the French lover cliché Antonio Banderas, one of the latest incarnations of the type. Latin lover is a stereotypical stock character, part of the Hollywood star system. It appeared for the first time in Hollywood in the 1920s and, for the most part ...
Finally, arguably the most famous woman in the history of Hollywood, there's Marilyn Monroe. Monroe was a sex symbol throughout her career as a model and actress. Monroe was a sex symbol ...
Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker.After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck.
The documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood was released in 2017, directed by Matt Tyrnauer. In The Hollywood Reporter, a reviewer commented: "At a certain point, anyone who reads Bowers’ book or sees this film has to decide whether to believe him or not. At this stage, there is no reason not to; Scotty does not seem remotely ...