—Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1926 – 1962)
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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
—Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1926 – 1962)
Betty Grable
—Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1926 – 1962)
Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
—Betty Grable
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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions
—Betty Grable
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July 4th Flashback: When Hollywood Loved America
A long time ago, in a universe far, far away, in a place called Hollywood, the movie studios and the actors who flourished in those dream factories, celebrated their love of America and enthusiastically indulged in unabashed displays of patriotism.
L.B. Mayer (b. Lazar Meir) the powerful head of MGM, was a pioneer of the motion-picture industry, and the man who invented the star system. Mayer adopted July 4th as his birthday. Scores of Hollywood historians get all snarky about Mayer’s birthday, claiming that he conveniently changed his birthday in order to cash in on a public identification with America.
What these historians fail to recognize is that Mayer probably did not know the date of his birth.
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Independence Day: Once Upon A Time Hollywood Loved America
A long time ago, in a universe far far away, in a place called Hollywood, the movie studios and the actors who flourished in those dream factories, celebrated their love of America and enthusiastically indulged in overt displays of patriotism.
L.B. Mayer (b. Lazar Meir) the powerful head of MGM, was a pioneer of the motion-picture industry, and the man who invented the star system. Mayer adopted July 4th as his birthday. Scores of Hollywood historians get all snarky about Mayer’s birthday, claiming that he conveniently changed his birthday in order to cash in on a public identification with America.
What these historians fail to recognize is that Mayer probably did not know the date of his birth.
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