Dancer, singer, MGM contractee and major pothead
The second screen Gidget
The series on actors who never quite hit the top level examines the fabulous Paula Prentiss The career of Paula Prentiss is an odd one for this series, because we
As discussed in our previous piece in this series, the cinematic output of the Rank Organisation declined in the 1960s. However, in 1964 it was decided that the increasing profits
The head of MGM Europe who greenlit Get Carter
Connie Francis died on 17 July 2025. Here's a look at a brief period when she was kind of a movie star.
The head of MGM-British in the early 1960s
The “two Bobs” who ran MGM in the 1960s – Robert Weitman and Robert O’Brien. Few movie studios had better-known executives than Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) – the tyrannical, sobbing, brutal Canadian
The recent passing of Alain Delon has prompted much deserved coverage of his incredible filmography and colourful private life. Delon was one of the giants of European cinema and an
On its own, it could be serviceable for those with more of a taste for such things, but as a potential precursor for the new management’s direction, it’s not exactly