18-Year-Old Gene Tierney Lost Role To 12-Year-Old Elizabeth Taylor. MGM’s 5-Year Mistake. 1939, a young actress on Broadway receives a phone call that could change her life forever. MGM Studios wants to meet with Jean Tierney about starring in their upcoming adaptation of National Velvet. At 18 years old, Jean Tierney is exactly the right…
Gregory Peck : Atticus Finch Actor Had to Kill His Own Child in His Most DISTURBING Role Ever October 15th, 1975. Sheperton Studios, London. Soundstage 7. Gregory Peek stood in a mockup cathedral holding a gleaming dagger above a sleeping child. At 59, Hollywood’s moral conscience was about to do something unthinkable. He was about…
Director Was Jewish, Audrey Christian Scientist.The Nun’s Story Religious Lie That Fooled The World. June 18th, 1959, Radio City Music Hall, New York. The premiere of The Nun Story. The red carpet is filled with Catholic dignitaries, religious leaders, and devout Hollywood celebrities. Everyone is celebrating what critics are calling the most authentic portrayal of…
Funny Face Based On Real Fashion Photographer Richard Avedon.He Secretly Controlled Everything 1957 movie theaters across America. The opening credits of Funny Face begin [music] rolling. Audiences see the Paramount logo. Then something extraordinary happens. A stark, overexposed photograph fills the screen. A woman’s face, but not quite a face. Just the essential elements. Eyes,…
Sinatra Interrupted Louis Armstrong Being Mocked — What Frank Did Silenced the Entire Room February 1959, the Sans Hotel, Las Vegas. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Louisie Armstrong were in the same room. A private salon, host show, 50 plus people, invitation only. A man stood up at the center of the…
Sinatra couldn’t get a ticket to the Fight of the Century – What he did instead SHOCKED everyone March 8th, 1971, Madison Square Garden, New York City. Frank Soninatra arrived at the most sought-after sporting event in a generation and was told simply that there was no seat for him. He stood there a moment,…
Clive Davis Heard 1000 Singers That Year — Then THIS Girl Made Him Stop Everything The 19th floor of the Arista Records building on West 57th Street was where dreams came to die. Every single day, dozens of hopeful singers, musicians, and artists arrived with demo tapes clutched in sweaty hands, convinced they were about…
Whitney Houston Gave Money to a Stranger on the Street — His Identity SHOCKED Her Whitney Houston was driving through the streets where she learned to sing. Where gospel voices had first taught her that music could heal, where wooden pews and Sunday morning light had shaped the voice that now dominated pop radio worldwide….
Street Thug Robbed Lucky Luciano — 24 Hours Later This Happens (write how lucky saved him) The new stand on the corner of Malberry Street and Grand in Little Italy had been there since 1904. Old Sal Romano ran it, sold newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, kept his head down, minded his own business. He had seen…
Assassin Came For Frank Costello — What Happened Next Changed The Mafia The doorman at the Majestic Apartments on Central Park West tipped his hat as Frank Costello walked through the lobby at 10:55 p.m. on May 2nd, 1957. It was a Thursday night. Frank had just finished dinner at an Italian restaurant in Midtown…
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