Author: Wagner Laura Wagner

No delicate ingenues, these. In the middle of the twentieth century, the Mary Pickfords of the movie world were replaced by a different sort of woman–drop-dead gorgeous, witty, not afraid to speak t …

In the era of Hollywood now considered its Golden Age, there was no shortage of hard-luck stories–movie stars succumbed to mental illness, addiction, accidents, suicide, early death and more. This b …

This first-ever biography of American actress Anne Francis will enlighten her casual fans and earn a nod of agreement from her diehard admirers. The star of such 1950s cinematic classics as Bad Day a …