Greta Garbo

American Cinematheque celebrates the 'Lubitsch touch'

2013-03-28 06:00:00

German-born director Ernst Lubitsch, who came to Hollywood in the 1920s, had such a deft hand with comedies that it became known as "the Lubitsch touch." The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica is to celebrate "A Touch of Laughter:...

Five picks from the Palm Springs Modernism Show

2013-02-21 08:10:00

For proof that Modernism still spins it magic, witness the crowds that descended upon the Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale last weekend. Though final attendance numbers wouldn't be available until after Modernism Week ends this Sunday, the design...

Buzz of the Melvins talks Redd Kross and NYE at the Alexandria

2012-12-31 08:16:00

On Monday night at the Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, punk bands the Melvins and Redd Kross will team up to greet 2013 with volume, riffs and (hopefully) a few drum solos. The hotel, which in its prime played host to luminaries including...

PASSINGS: Jack Hanlon dies at 96; former child star

2012-12-18 00:00:00

Jack Hanlon, 96, a former child actor who had roles in the 1926 silent film "The General" and in two 1927 "Our Gang" comedies, died Thursday at an assisted living center in Las Vegas, family members said. "He was in good physical shape until two...

Connie Wald dies at 96; Hollywood wife known for low-key parties

2012-11-23 00:00:00

Connie Wald, an elegant matriarch of old Hollywood known for the low-key dinner parties she held for friends like Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, died of natural causes Nov. 10 at her Beverly Hills home. She was 96. Her...

King Gillette Ranch in Malibu

2012-09-22 00:00:00

-------------------- UPDATE: There have been developments at the King Gillette Ranch since our last visit. The park now offers a new interagency visitor center and two hours of free parking, in addition to its $7 paid parking lot. --------------------...

Hot Property: Reese Witherspoon lists Ojai ranch for sale

2012-09-23 00:00:00

Reese Witherspoon is banking on her own brand. The Oscar-winning actress listed her Libbey Ranch in Ojai for sale this week at $10 million and lent her name to the marketing materials. Designed by architect Wallace Neff, Witherspoon's ranch was...

Silent-film star Lewis Stone's former retreat on market

2012-09-06 13:43:00

The former retreat of silent and talking movie star Lewis Stone, who was cast with film giant Greta Garbo in a series of films, is on the market in the Valley Glen area at $1.75 million. Constructed in 1930 as the main house at his 500-acre ranch in...

Saturday’s Highlights: 'Firelight' on Hallmark

2012-05-04 21:36:35

Classic Hollywood: Pre-code films out from Warner Archive

2012-01-09 00:00:00

Wislawa Szymborska dies at 88; Nobel-winning Polish poet

2012-02-03 00:00:00

During a five-decade career, Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska had so rarely appeared in public that a newspaper dubbed her the "Greta Garbo of poetry" after the notoriously private actress. But in 1996, Poland's most reticent literary icon was forced to...

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...

Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas star in Ernst Lubitsch's "Ninotchka," screening Thursday at the Aero.

2013-03-27 10:54:00

The Swedish beauty came to MGM in 1925 and made several classics for the studio such as "Camille."

2012-12-30 15:09:22

Keira Knightly plays Anna Karenina in the 2012 film of Tolstoy's classic, which was adapted by playwright Tom Stoppard. The role has been performed by dozens of other actresses, including Greta Garbo (in 1935) and Vivien Leigh (in 1948).

2012-09-12 13:03:29