“dark lady,” an icon of horror cinema: the English actress Barbara Steele.
Friedrich Gustav Max Schreck
At that point, he became one of the most famous horror icons in cinema history.
By 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.
By 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.
By 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.
By 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.
By Rebecca
In Monte Carlo, a shy English girl prevents Max De Winter, a recent widower, from committing suicide. The two begin spending time together, fall in love, and soon Max proposes marriage.
By 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.
By 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…
By What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
In 1917, Jane Hudson is a child star whose beauty and singing talent lead her to perform in many U.S. theaters, accompanied by her father as a pianist and manager. Her success is enormous, with a porcelain doll even created in her likeness, Baby Jane Hudson.
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