Clara Bow

Cinematheque shines spotlight on director Michael Cimino

2013-01-17 06:30:00

The American Cinematheque shines the spotlight on Oscar-winning director Michael Cimino with a three-day retrospective at the Egyptian in Hollywood. Cimino worked in advertising before turning to filmmaking. He co-wrote "Magnum Force," the 1973 "Dirty...

Classic Hollywood: Pre-code films out from Warner Archive

2012-01-09 00:00:00

Frederica Sagor Maas dies at 111; silent film screenwriter

2012-01-07 00:00:00

One of the last links to the silent film era, Frederica Sagor Maas wrote the script for 1925's "The Plastic Age," which launched actress Clara Bow. But she watched in horror as her serious treatment on women and work was turned into a frivolous 1947...

The Costumes: Dressing for the 1920s in 'The Artist'

2011-11-06 00:00:00

Throughout his career, costume designer Mark Bridges has styled looks from diverse decades. For the 1970s-era "Boogie Nights," he outfitted Mark Wahlberg in denim bell bottoms. In "Blow," he found Johnny Depp '60s-inspired pocketed suits and turtlenecks...

Oscars 2012: Was 'Wings' Hollywood's first bromance?

2012-02-10 16:37:33

TCM Classic Film Fest kicks off with 'Cabaret,' Liza Minnelli

2012-04-12 16:38:25

Fashion News: Jessica Chastain channels Garbo

2012-04-11 16:32:44

Home of the Week: Hollywood version of Greek Revival in Los Feliz

2011-08-21 00:00:00

Technically, this multilevel house in the Los Feliz hills falls into the design category of Greek Revival, but just barely. "The architecture didn't feel to me like a Greek Revival house in the classic sense," says co-owner Ilene Kurtz-Kretzschmar, who...

Clara Bow's former home in Bel-Air is sold

2011-08-25 11:10:00

Update: A former home of silent film star Clara Bow has sold for $6,375,000. The Spanish-style house in Bel-Air came on the market in early July at $6,995,000. Built in 1928, the Moorish-influenced residence includes a courtyard, a ballroom, a rooftop...

Hot Property: Singing over a 'bird street' sale

2011-09-10 00:00:00

Christina Aguilera has sold her Sunset Strip-area house for $4,653,815. The Midcentury Modern, built in 1960, is in the celebrity-populated "bird streets." The 6,500-square-foot post-and-beam house has a recording studio, a screening room and walls of...

Clara Bow's former home is for sale

2011-07-12 17:57:00

The onetime home of silent film star and early "it girl" Clara Bow has come on the market in Bel-Air at $6,995,000. Built in 1928, the Spanish-style house includes a ballroom, a rooftop deck and enclosed sleeping porches. The 8,900-square-foot main house...

Joyce Compton's former home in Sherman Oaks for sale

2011-10-27 13:18:00

A Sherman Oaks home built in 1936 for actress Joyce Compton is on the market at $1.795 million. Evoking an English farmhouse with a half-timbered exterior, it features beamed ceilings, a stone fireplace in the living room and oak floors. The updated 3,...

Film actress Clara Bow, Jul. 7 1930. Bow was the original "It" girl, a silent film star and a symbol of the roaring 20s.

2013-01-25 15:56:09

He initially was going to become a bullfighter like his father, but after he became an extra in a movie, he turned to acting. Roland first found fame with Clara Bow in 1925's "The Plastic Age." He continued to work in films until the 1982 Western "Barbarosa." He died in 1994 at the age of 88.

2012-08-13 01:30:00

Paramount studio's "Wings," a World War I aviation drama starring Richard Arlen , Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Clara Bow , won the first-ever Best Picture Oscar in 1929. Check it out -- try Netflix , try the Pratt Library, try Video Americain on Cold Spring Lane. So far, it's the only silent film to

2012-02-01 08:32:18