“Barbara Stanwyck, in particular, was peerless in everything from high and low comedy to drama to musicals to film noir. She never… — Eve Golden Film noir Copy Share Image
“We worked so hard,” [Joan Blondell] said, “and hardly ever had a day off . . . Saturday was a working day… — Eve Golden Good nature Copy Share Image
“In 1990 [Claudette Colbert] wished Vanity Fair readers “a fabulous new decade. I’m praying to make it to 2000. After all, I’ll… — Eve Golden Vanity fair Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest was the blonde, urbane Ina Claire, who seemed a Dorothy Parker story or New Yorker cartoon come to… — Eve Golden Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“Claudette Colbert was not Hollywood’s greatest beauty, but her trim little figure, round, kitten-like face, and obviously intelligent good humor made her… — Eve Golden Beauty Copy Share Image
“I bumped into every kind of disappointment, and was frustrated at every turn. Roles promised me were given to other players, pictures… — Eve Golden Disappointment Copy Share Image
“[Joan Blondell] biographer, Matthew Kennedy, quotes her as admitting, “If I had taken myself more seriously . . . if I had… — Eve Golden Copy Share Image
“When [Claudette Colbert] died at 92, on July 30, 1996, her front-page New York Times obit recalled her “wit, gaiety, cupid’sbow mouth… — Eve Golden York Times Copy Share Image
“Joan Blondell had it all: looks, talent, energy, humor. If she never became a top-flight superstar, the fault lies mostly with Warner… — Eve Golden Humor Copy Share Image
“There were giants striding the screen in the 1930s and ’40s: four actresses so talented, hardworking and versatile that they became laws… — Eve Golden Drag queen Copy Share Image
“Blonde movie stars in the 1950s seem to have been pretty much divided between breathy bombshells (Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield) and slim,… — Eve Golden Left behind Copy Share Image
“Calling Billie Burke a “character actress” is like calling the Grand Canyon “quite a slice.” Though she’s best known for dithering supporting… — Eve Golden Grand canyon Copy Share Image
“Talking films revealed [Jean Arthur]'s quirky, remarkable voice: nasal, raspy, querulous— an odd, expressive voice which somehow fit her intense, funny and… — Eve Golden Copy Share Image
“Through the early 1930s, Barbara Stanwyck established her reputation in a field overflowing with other young Broadway starlets: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins,… — Eve Golden Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
“Her first really great role, the one that cemented the “Jean Arthur character,” was as the wisecracking big-city reporter who eventually melts… — Eve Golden Cinema Copy Share Image
“But interviews with [Margaret Dumont] reveal her to have been a perceptive and talented comic actress. “Many a comedian’s lines have been… — Eve Golden Humor Copy Share Image
“It’s a testament to [Joan Blondell]'s talent that she is so fondly remembered even though so few of her films were even… — Eve Golden Copy Share Image
“Groucho Marx continued to alternately call Margaret Dumont “a great lady” and to denigrate her in interviews. But he seemed, at the… — Eve Golden Lifetime achievement Copy Share Image
“[Constance Bennett] never tired of acting, said Peter Plant. “She liked it, she enjoyed it, and she worked very hard at it.… — Eve Golden Acting Copy Share Image
“I guess I became an actress because I didn’t want to be myself,” [Jean Arthur] later conjectured.” — Eve Golden Copy Share Image
“It was Joan Blondell’s good fortune—and good sense—to develop a screen character that aged well. When middle age and increasing weight took… — Eve Golden Middle age Copy Share Image
“Not many performers are equally at home in drama and comedy; Claudette Colbert was one of those few. It’s hard to decide… — Eve Golden Humor Copy Share Image
“During her lifetime, Marilyn Monroe was underrated as a dramatic actress, and this rightly rankled her—but she was also overrated as a… — Eve Golden Copy Share Image
