Judy Garland was put on a diet while filming The Wizard of Oz. That diet consisted of chicken soup, coffee, and... 80 cigarettes a day. She was 16 years old.
Poor Judy was treated her whole life that way....sad.
Sessue Hayakawa was a Japanese-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in the early silent film period of the 1910s. He was noted for his status as a sex symbol, with "his most rabid fan base [being] white women."
I had never heard of this man and only knew him from his bad guy role on Bridge on the River Kwai. He was quite the stud.
As early as 1915, an African-American film industry ran parallel to the Hollywood mainstream, catering to the community's segregated filmgoers. "Race movies" had their own Black-owned studios, directors, and popular stars - though the majority of these early film reels are lost or damaged today.
Another sad postscript to the early era of cinema. I couldn't even find acceptable pictures to use for pioneering African American movie makers. Therefore, I will use this section to bid a fond farewell to Chadwick Boseman - terrific actor but gone at 43. Too soon.
On a side note, I stumbled across Robert Taylor in Camille with Greta Garbo. What a hottie! Last night watched him in A Yank at Oxford and he was even better looking. Will definitely be viewing more of his movies. And yes, as you can see he was married to Barbara Stanwyck for a number of years (if you've never seen her in Stella Dallas, watch it today!)
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