film history

Few characters in modern pop culture have endured and evolved as much as James Bond. Created by British author Ian…

The car chase. A staple of action cinema, it has the power to send our hearts racing and our palms…

Stan Laurel Biography Born on 16 June 1890 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, Arthur Stanley Jefferson, known later to the world…

William Clark Gable was born in Cadiz, Ohio, USA on 1 February 1901. His father, William Henry Gable, worked in…

Charlie Chaplin Biography Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, known to the world as Charlie, was born on 16 April 1889 to…

Steve McQueen Biography The King of Cool as he became known, was born Terence Steven McQueen on 24 March 1930,…

It is probably worth noting that the idea of the cinema was not created by a single person but rather…

Marilyn Monroe Biography Norma Jeane Mortensen, better known to the rest of the world as legendary Hollywood actress, Marilyn Monroe,…

Boris Karloff Biography 75-year-old Boris summed it up: ‘It is not true that I was born a monster – Hollywood…

Carole Lombard Biography Born Jane Alice Peters, Hollywood starlet Carole Lombard would go on to be called many names, including…