Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr the woman, the actress, the scientist.
Author: Anonymous
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The Wolf Man
Returning after a long absence to his family’s wealthy estate, a young man meets a girl for whom he feels a strong attraction. Despite her engagement, the girl succumbs to his charm.
One evening, the young man, the girl, and her friend go into the woods to have their fortunes told by gypsies. -
Barbara Steele
“dark lady,” an icon of horror cinema: the English actress Barbara Steele.
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Friedrich Gustav Max Schreck
At that point, he became one of the most famous horror icons in cinema history.
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Peter Lorre
He was a Hungarian-born actor naturalized as an American citizen (like his colleague Lugosi), with an extremely expressive face and a shifty, watery gaze.
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Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and make-up artist…
One of the best character actors in the history of American cinema. -
Bela Lugosi
The Hungarian-American actor, Bela Lugosi.
Remembered as the one who masterfully portrayed the most famous vampire in history: Count Dracula, born from the imagination of Bram Stoker. -
Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell is a British actor who gained international fame thanks to his role as the cynical and ruthless Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick’s film A Clockwork Orange.
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Clara Calamai
Clara Calamai debuted in 1938 with the epic film directed by Aldo Vergano, Pietro Micca, and quickly became highly popular, starring in several films from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Her full-frontal nude appearance in Alessandro Blasetti’s La cena delle beffe was the first “nature” scene in a sound film, causing a huge public scandal and leading to the movie being banned for viewers under 16 years old.
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Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte an aging woman lives alone in the mansion she inherited from her father…
Her only company is an elderly housekeeper and the weight of nightmares brought on by the memory of John, her lover, whom the public believes Charlotte herself brutally murdered…
