When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was flatly refused. A top executive was reported to have said, He's nobody. We took him from nobody. We… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if they don't know what is going on instead of its being their job to… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution. — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be flexible. You can't cut the student to your cloth; you… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies. — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was flatly refused.… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
“Deanna Durbin's movies are about innocence and sweetness. They're from a different time and a different place. Outside the movie house, there was Depression,… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
Loving and appreciative, researched to a fare-thee-well, and pitched to both fans and first-time viewers of Singin' in the Rain, this delightful book delivers… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
