Hollywood Classics

29/08/2018 Emil Jannings :-ACTOR : 1914–1945 1. Profile :- Born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz 23 July 1884 Rorschach, Switzerland Died 2 January 1950 (aged 65) Strobl, Austria Occupation Actor Years active 1914–1945 Spouse(s) 1.Hanna Ralph - (m. 1919; div. 1921) 2. Lucie Höflich -NA 3. Gussy Holl (m. 1923)- 2. Introduction :- Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a German actor, popular in 1920s film in Hollywood. He was the first Oscar recipient, honored with the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 1929 ceremony. To date, he is still the only German to have won the Best Actor Oscar. Jannings is best known for his collaborations with F. W. Murnau and Josef von Sternberg, including 1930's The Blue Angel, with Marlene Dietrich. Der blaue Engel was meant as a vehicle for Jannings to score a place for himself in the new medium of sound film, but Dietrich stole the show. Jannings later starred in a numb...

23/08/2018 Warner Baxter - (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) 1. Profile :- Born March 29, 1889 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Died May 7, 1951 (aged 62) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Cause of death pneumonia Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale Occupation actor Years active 1914–1950 Spouse(s) Viola Caldwell (1911-1913) Winifred Bryson (1918–1951) (his death) 2. Introduction :- Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter became known for his role as The Cisco Kid in the 1928 film In Old Arizona for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 2nd Academy Awards. He frequently played womanizing, charismatic Latin bandit types in westerns, and played The Cisco Kid or a similar character throughout the 1930s, but had a range of other roles throughout his career. Baxter began his movie career in silent films with his most notable roles being in The Great Gatsby (1926) and T...

17/08/2018 Mary Pickford 1. Profile :- Pickford in 1930 Born Gladys Louise Smith April 8, 1892 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Died May 29, 1979 (aged 87) Santa Monica, California, U.S. Burial place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California Citizenship British subject (1892-1920) United States (1920-1979) Canada (1978-1979) Occupation Actress, producer Years active 1905–1949 Spouse(s) Owen Moore (m. 1911; div. 1920) Douglas Fairbanks (m. 1920; div. 1936) Charles "Buddy" Rogers (m. 1937) Children 2 Parent(s) Charlotte Hennessey John Charles Smith Relatives Lottie Pickford (sister) Jack Pickford (brother) 2. Introduction :- Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-born film actress and producer. She was a co-founder of both the Pickford-Fairbanks Studio (along with Douglas Fairbanks) and, later, the United Artists film studio (with Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin an...