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Telling the story of millionaire socialite Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert), who falls for a raffish newspaper reporter named Peter Warne (Clark Gable), Frank Capra’s screwball romantic comedy It Happened …

King Kong was the first film in box office history to be re-released. The original 1933 movie proved so popular that RKO decided to maximize on its success and …

In 1929, while filming Hell’s Angels—an early silent epic based on the events of the First World War—Hollywood starlet Jean Harlow met a 42-year-old MGM writer, producer, and director …

Clark Gable and Joan Crawford’s steamy affair wasn’t the only such scandal in the early days of Hollywood. Here are some more of the movies’ most famous on- and …

The on-again-off-again relationship between Joan Crawford and Clark Gable reportedly lasted more than 20 years and is one of the most famous affairs in Hollywood history. Although nothing long-lasting …

Off the set and out of character, Hollywood legend Lon Chaney was a handsome and effortlessly charming man, with a broad chin, jet black hair, and debonair style. On …

Filmmaker Thomas H. Ince was one of the true pioneers of the early cinema. As a scriptwriter, actor, producer, and director, he was involved in as many as 800 …

Known for his larger-than-life comic roles in early Keystone movies, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was—quite literally—one of the silent era’s biggest stars. At one point, the comically rotund actor was …

Even in the silent era, Hollywood had its fair share of scandals, but few were more scandalous than that of one of cinema’s first great power couples, Jack Pickford …

In a 70-year career, Charlie Chaplin appeared in both silent and talking pictures—in both comic and dramatic roles—and was as prolific off the screen as he was on. As …