Hollywood experts spotted these new faces in a single movie, a single scene. Could you pick them as star material? Can you name the films and the players?...
No talent scout tapped him on the shoulder. No studio has ever given him any kind of buildup. Now it can be told—the amazing story of the way only fate, the fans and Photoplay turned an unknown boy named Carmen Orrico into sensational John Saxon....
Of all the wild stories about Anthony Franciosa, how many can be believed? Was he really a sad, hungry slum kid who stole? Why did he get into trouble? Is he moody, mixed-up? To separate fact from fiction, Photoplay went to the person who knows...
Colossal spectacles—with the traditional “cast of thousands”—get most publicity in the filmmaking department. But a strong, intimate drama like Paramount’s “Desire Under the Elms,” requiring a full staff of only about fifty people, demands as grueling work from each one of them. Preparation started two...
I love movies. If I didn’t, I’d be in some other business. Just the same, I dreaded going to the screening of “The James Dean Story.” I was invited to the first Hollywood showing, put on by the Screen Directors Guild. As you must know,...
Ah to be in Europe—now that Hollywood’s here! If the accent in “Exclusively Yours” is slightly Continental this month, it’s because after seeing “Around The World in Eighty Days,” “Boy on a Dolphin,” “Island in the Sun” and all the other recent films glorifying far-off...