Gene Tierney's life story would perfectly lend itself to a screenplay for a successful Hollywood movie with herself starring in it. She grew up in a well-to-do middle class family and began to write poetry at an early age. On a trip to Los Angeles she was taken on a tour through the Warner Studios. When Anatole Litvak spotted her, he said to her mother : she ought to be in pict...
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe is a four-part CNN Original Series that revisits the extraordinary story of a girl who sprang from nowhere to become the most famous woman in the world. Narrated by Golden Globe-winning actress Jessica Chastain and featuring a star-studded cast of female voices, the series re-examines Monroe’s story to uncover themes of feminism, sexuality and power tha...
Mae West achieved great acclaim in every entertainment medium that existed during her lifetime, spanning eight decades of the 20th century. A full-time actress at seven, a vaudevillian at 14, a dancing sensation at 25, a Broadway playwright at 33, a silver screen ingénue at 40, a Vegas nightclub act at 62, a recording artist at 73, a camp icon at 85 - West left no format unconq...
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts. Ally Acker takes us on a sweeping journey behind the scenes with the female film pioneers from 1896-2014 whose remarkable achievements in c...
保琳·凯尔可能是20世纪最有权势、最具分裂性的电影评论家。她对电影的热爱体现在她对电影或演员表演作品的无情追求上，以及为什么——这使她在读者中既受尊敬又受鄙视。20世纪60年代和70年代的电影黄金时代是这部电影的焦点，它追寻的问题是，是什么使宝琳·凯尔的作品如此独特，如此有影响力，如此可恶。
