Here are 10 things you should know about William Powell, born 131 years ago today. Of all the stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, it is Powell we would choose to model ourselves after. He was the epitome of sophistication, elegance, wit and warmth.
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10 Things You Should Know about Ginger Rogers
Here are 10 things you should know about Ginger Rogers, born 112 years ago today. She enjoyed success in virtually every area of show business: vaudeville, Broadway, radio, recordings, movies, nightclubs and television.
10 Things You Should Know About Ellen Drew
Here are 10 things you should know about Ellen Drew, born 108 years ago today. She experienced an unlikely entrée into motion pictures in her early 20s and was much in demand in the late 1930s and ’40s.
10 Things You Should Know About Jean Harlow
Here are 10 things you should know about Jean Harlow, born 111 years ago today. Hollywood’s first blond bombshell, Harlow was plagued by health issues from childhood and died tragically young.
10 Things You Should Know About Ian Wolfe
Here are 10 things you should know about Ian Wolfe, born 125 years ago today. In a career that spanned 72 years, he made, by one estimate, more than 1,900 combined appearances on the stage, in movies, on radio and television.