Bombastic, chintzy, overblown—these are some of the criticisms regularly levelled at the designs of Harley J. Earl. But this undoubted overlord of 1950s’ American auto styling certainly knew how to design cars that the public craved. In doing so, he created some of the most...
“I like mens,” says Zsa Zsa Gabor, and every woman in Hollywood unsheaths her claws. They call this Hungarian beauty, a newcomer to movietown, “the most dangerous mantrap since Eve.”...
One of the first to drop in and welcome Mrs. Mike back to Hollywood was her old friend Hedda Hopper, who got all the latest about Liz!s little dividend from her own lovely lips....
US car-makers big and small kept buyers interested in the latest models by accelerating the introduction of bold, new, full-width styling and by updating designs annually as the 1940s wore on....
Ava’s happy with Frank—but Hollywood’s making her miserable! She wants to get out of the movie colony’s spotlight for a while, and settle down as just plain Mrs. Sinatra....
Fiat (Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino, or the Italian Car Factory of Turin) was founded on 11 July 1899, by Giovanni Agnelli and quickly established itself in almost every automotive sector....
Produced from 1935-55, the MG T series was a popular range of small, convertible sports cars, mostly steel-bodied on a wooden frame, and capable of around 80mph (129 km/h). . ....
With the motor industry hitting its stride again after the war, thoughts could turn to sports cars once again. Jaguar introduced the XK120, the fastest production car of the era, which went on to set speed records and sire successful racing machines....