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...ertwining tales of crime and violence in Los Angeles, California. The film stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and ...a title card that gives two dictionary definitions of "pulp." Considerable screen time is devoted to monologues and casual conversations with eclectic dialog

...1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the [[Academy Award]] ...ed during the 1930s. Swanson received renewed praise for her return to the screen in her role as Norma Desmond in ''Sunset Boulevard'' (1950). She made only

...ful Latin-American actresses in Hollywood. During the 1930s, her explosive screen persona was exploited in successful comedic films like ''Hot Pepper'' (1933 ...xican Spitfire' by the media, Vélez's personal life was as colorful as her screen persona. She had several highly publicized romances with Hollywood actors a

..., to whom Hearst's patronage did more harm than good. She retired from the screen in 1937, choosing to devote herself to Hearst and charitable work. ...atsy" contains her imitations which she usually did for friends, of silent stars Lillian Gish, [[Mae Murray]] and Pola Negri. King Vidor saw Davies as a com

...[[American Film Institute]] named Pickford 24th among the greatest female stars of all time. On April 19, 1909, the Biograph Company director [[D.W. Griffith]] screen-tested her at the company's New York studio for a role in the nickelodeon f

...ere in Westerns. According to editor Edward Boscombe, "...Of all the major stars whose name was associated with the Western, Scott [was] most closely identi ...ears as a motion picture actor resulted in his working with many acclaimed screen directors, including Henry King, Rouben Mamoulian, Michael Curtiz, John Cro

...ania, he was the son of Florence Anna (née Sachs) and Lewis J. Selznick, a silent movie producer and distributor of Jewish origin. His father was born in Lit ...signed a young actress who was quickly counted as one of the studio's big stars, [[Katharine Hepburn]]. [[John Barrymore]] was also enlisted for a few memo

...o is resented by the married women of the town. Angie would also share the screen with friend [[Gregory Peck]] in the comedy-drama ''Captain Newman, M.D.'' ...Spiegel production, ''The Chase'' (1966), flooded with present-and-future stars like Marlon Brando, [[Jane Fonda]], Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, [[Miriam

...with [[Jimmy Durante]]; in the latter she and Regis Toomey had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds. ...then she was top billed in ''Crime by Night'' (1944). She was one of many stars to cameo in ''Hollywood Canteen'' (1944).

...ntant, a furnace stoker, a player-piano operator, and a projectionist in a silent-movie house. ...rgen and McCarthy for the network's glossy promotional book, NBC Parade of Stars: As Heard Over Your Favorite NBC Station.

...o nominations for two [[Academy Awards]]. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. ...with Cary Grant; Ken Russell's ''Valentino'' (1977), in the role of silent-screen legend Alla Nazimova; and Louis Malle's ''Damage'' (1992). Sometime in 1970

...172 different productions in his native Hungary, Lugosi moved on to making silent films in 1917. He had to suddenly emigrate to Germany after the failed Hung ...top billing. To his frustration, Lugosi, a charter member of the American Screen Actors Guild, was increasingly restricted to minor parts because of his ina

...Quinn where he essentially barks the same encouragement and gets a lot of screen time to boot, I would choose that one over the Vivid scam any day it was hi ...kind of frazzled. She was muttering all sorts of comments about remaining silent about all that and something about IRS agents listening. Poor Dyanna was re

...mle broke with Edison's custom of refusing credit to actors. By naming the stars of films, he was able to attract many of the leading players of the time, c ...g Universal's product a touch of class, something it seldom had during the silent era.

...nema. Del Río is also remembered as one of the most beautiful actresses on screen of all time. ...dolph Valentino, a "female Latin Lover", in her years during the American "silent" era.

...y devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. She was originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a wo Loy's silent film roles were mainly as a vamp or femme fatale, and she frequently portra

...ost notably, in the feature Don Juan starring John Barrymore. The film was silent, but it featured a large number of Vitaphone shorts at the beginning. To hy ...led the beginning of the era of "talking pictures" and the twilight of the silent era. However, Sam died the night before the opening, preventing the brother

...all'' ({{star}}23 May 1890 – {{dag}}22 January 1966) was an English stage, screen and radio actor who starred in many popular and well-regarded Hollywood fil In 1927, Marshall debuted onscreen opposite Pauline Frederick in the British silent film ''Mumsie'' (1927). He made his first American film appearance as the l

At this point, research has established that silent film writer-director [[Jack McDermott]] began building an unusual house in ...as a [[playwright]]. Perhaps this was in reaction to Hollywood’s move from silent to talking pictures.

...credited role in 1925. Soon she was playing the female lead in a number of silent light comedies and [[flapper]] films over the next few years, starring with ...ult following in Europe for her pivotal vamp role in the 1928 Howard Hawks silent buddy film ''A Girl in Every Port''. Her distinctive bob haircut helped sta