Louis B. Mayer

John Gilbert, the silent era's talk of the town

2013-05-13 19:50:00

John Gilbert was the golden boy at MGM during the final years of the silent era. He was the young studio's biggest male star, working with such top directors as King Vidor ("The Big Parade," 1925), Erich von Stroheim ("The Merry Widow," 1925) and Tod...

Rise Stevens dies at 99; mezzo soprano sang 'Carmen'

2013-03-25 00:00:00

Rise Stevens, an American mezzo soprano celebrated for her earthy interpretation of "Carmen," whose career also encompassed television and movie appearances alongside matinee idols Bing Crosby and Nelson Eddy, died Wednesdayof natural causes at her home...

Review: A high-voltage 'End of the Rainbow'

2013-03-21 16:25:00

Playing Judy Garland in the months leading up to the actress' fatal 1969 overdose, Tracie Bennett spends much of "End of the Rainbow" horizontal — though rarely for more than 10 seconds at a time. The central prop of the bio-musical now playing at...

How Oscars' fashion show changed through the decades

2013-02-24 00:00:00

The Academy Awards are the biggest fashion runway on the planet. When Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and other stars step out onto the red carpet Sunday, they will be primed to talk as much about what and who they are wearing as about...

Best movies of 2012: 'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' 'Dark Knight Rises,' more

2012-12-14 09:00:00

If the movies are a feast or famine business — and they are — we are in the heart of the feast at the moment. Both the studios and the smaller distributors, having hidden away their strongest films like squirrels hoarding especially tasty...

Ann Rutherford dies at 94; actress was in 'Gone With the Wind'

2012-06-12 00:00:00

Ann Rutherford, an actress whose small role as Scarlett's younger sister Carreen in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" was her most enduring, has died. She was 94. Rutherford, who also portrayed Mickey Rooney's teenage girlfriend in the Andy Hardy...

Ann Rutherford, actress in 'Gone With the Wind,' dies at 94

2012-06-11 21:35:36

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...

Baseball GMs and movie studio chiefs: Are they really doing the same job?

2011-05-26 16:32:46

'The Social Network,' 'Citizen Kane' and the truth in Hollywood

2010-09-27 16:32:47

Theater review: 'When Garbo Talks!' at International City Theatre

2010-10-20 21:32:49

Is Gov. Scott Walker's union fight any worse than Hollywood's own brutal labor wars?

2011-03-10 16:32:38

Cooper with producer Louis B. Mayer at the premiere of "The Bowery" (1933), in which the boy had a leading role.

2011-05-04 18:04:28