Oscar winning French actress Marion Cotillard may have been catapulted into the limelight thanks to her virtuoso performance in the Edith Piaf biopic La Vie En Rose (La Mome), but her varied acting career had been building steadily to this…

Yasuo Kuniyoshi was born in Okayama, Japan on September 1, 1893 to a working-class family. Alternate sources cite 1889, however, as the year of Kuniyoshi’s birth, which would concur with the artist’s claim that he was born in the Year…

In 1936, Humphrey Bogart, a rich kid from New York City who became a professional actor by default, finally achieved stardom on Broadway and in the movies. Leslie Howard’s Role in Bogart’s Stardom The role that put him on the…

In combination, Singin’ in the Rain, Sunset Boulevard, Chaplin, The Last Tycoon, and Silent Movie provide an unparalleled lesson on the early days of cinema. Although the releases of the movies themselves span nearly fifty years, the films’ observations on…