George Lucas on the gamble and success of Star Wars (1977)
George Lucas talks about how he made 'Star Wars,' what he hoped to accomplish, the 'death of the western' and how he heard of wookies
By Paul Sca... Read more...
What is a flapper? Actress Olive Thomas answers (1920)
What's the definition of a flapper?
During the filming of Olive Thomas' new Selznick picture "The Flapper," which will be shown at the Princess, th... Read more...
Humphrey Bogart: Things I don’t like about myself (1942)
Things I don't like about myself
Humphrey Bogart (as told to Sara Hamilton)
I haven't the guts to stop smoking. To even try. I don't like it. It... Read more...
How Cary Grant lives: The movie star at home (1940)
Cary Grant cannot stand being shut in. So he recently bought a two-storied, twelve-roomed stucco house on the exclusive beach at Santa Monica.
Ronald Reagan: How to make yourself important (1942)
How to make yourself important
... and strangely enough, love has a lot to do with it, in a way you'd least suspect
By Ronald Reagan (as told to... Read more...
Meet Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto (1930)
Because of the discovery made by this young farmer of Kansas, every dictionary in the world will have to be revised. For all time to come, students of astronomy will read that the ninth planet, Pluto, was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
James Garner: I call on Bret Maverick (1958)
I call on Bret Maverick
by Pete Martin
The star of TV's Maverick sets the record straight on his real life as Jim Garner, and tells why he didn'... Read more...
Mickey Rooney: His life story at age 18 (1939)
Mickey Rooney, an actor at the age of 11 months, veteran trooper at 10, and screen star at 16, writes his autobiography.
The ‘Buttoned-Up’ Mary Tyler Moore (1974)
The 'Buttoned-Up' Mary Tyler Moore
By Joseph N. Bell
"Basically," says Mary Tyler Moore, "I'm a pretty buttoned-up person, and I don't share my ... Read more...
Barbra Streisand’s rising star (1964)
Today Barbra Streisand is the drummer boy leading the charge. Cinderella at the ball, every hopeless kid's hopeless dream come true.
The mysterious & mischievous Houdini (1918)
The mysterious -- and mischievous -- magician Houdini
by Harriette Underhill
All men are fascinating until you understand them, and that usually... Read more...
Charlie Chaplin never wanted to be a comedian (1917)
Charlie Chaplin says he never wanted to be a famous funny man
by Elizabeth Peltret
Los Angeles, Feb 9 - Sitting in a large arm chair in his dres... Read more...
Rube Goldberg in his own words (1922)
"I was as nervous as a poker player down to his last pants’ button, and every one of the hard-boiled old-timers in the art department knew it. "
Dr Seuss and his Nerkle Corral (1956)
Dr Seuss (Theodore "Ted" Geisel) in 1957 at work. Photo by World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Horton... Read more...
Michelle Phillips talks Mamas & Papas, Dillinger (1973)
How does Michelle Phillips see herself? 'Well, I’m likable, charming, 5’7”, I’m very good-natured and I’m clean.'
Remember Tommy James and the Shondells? (1972)
Remember Tommy James and the Shondells and their hits - Crystal Blue Persuasion and Crimson and Clover?
The early life of Charlie Chaplin (1915)
Charlie Chaplin's Story
Charlie Chaplin's Story, as narrated by Mr Chaplin himself to Photoplay Magazine's Special Representative Harry C. Carr / Dr... Read more...
Sandy Koufax: “I’m only human” (1963)
“I’m only human”
By Sandy Koufax, As told to Milton Gross
There we were, one run ahead, as Maury Wills charged the slow grounder that could beco... Read more...
The ‘Facts of Life’ girls learn lessons in life & love! (1985)
For The Facts of Life stars -- Mindy Cohn, Kim Fields, Nancy McKeon and Lisa Whelchel -- their hit TV series has taught them (and their TV character... Read more...
The final Richard Nixon interview with David Frost
The final days and other highlights
Wednesday Night, May 25, Mutual Radio Presents The Final Richard Nixon Interview With David Frost
On Wedn... Read more...
