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The Black Garbo: Nina Mae McKinney
Nina Mae McKinney, who made her screen début in King Vidor’s Hallelujah! (1929) – one of the first Hollywood films to feature an all-black cast – was hailed by MGM’s Irving Thalberg as ‘the greatest...
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The Last Misfit: Eli Wallach 1915-2014
‘The Misfits’ (1961) This article can also be read at Immortal Marilyn. The Last Misfit: Eli Wallach 1915-2014 Eli Herschel Wallach was born at Union Street, in Brooklyn’s Red Hook district, in...
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Arthur Miller: The Writer and the Man
Rebecca Miller, daughter of American playwright Arthur Miller and his third wife, Austrian-born photographer Inge Morath, is a novelist and filmmaker whose works include The Ballad of Jack and Rose...
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The Many Faces of Nehemiah Persoff
The great character actor Nehemiah Persoff, whose many roles included the mobster ‘Little Bonaparte’ in Some Like It Hot, has died at the grand old age of 102. Nehemiah was born in Jerusalem in 1919....
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‘Man, Woman and Sin’ and ‘A View From the Bridge’ at Cinecon
Man, Woman and Sin – the final silent film starring Jeanne Eagels, and her only Hollywood production – enjoyed a rare big-screen outing during the Labour Day weekend, as part of the 59th Cinecon...
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