Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on June 8, 2015

Hollywood Wedding Rings at the altarBorrowed, Fumbled, MisunderstoodProxy engagements, weddings Prince Rainier takes ring for bride, Grace Kelly When Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier the press and public misinterpreted some things that were done by tradition and/or protocol. It's common to re   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on May 20, 2015

Old Hollywood Stars, Lost Wedding Rings: Dawgone I forgot the ring! Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge Whether it's the best man's pretending to have forgotten the ring or the groom who's really left the ring behind, the show must go on. Though traditionally part of the best man duties to...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on May 17, 2015

On Screen Cover-Ups: Stars covering wedding rings in films Harry Houdini & Nita NaldiThe Man From Beyond 1921 What if married movie stars don't want to remove their wedding rings and their playing a character who's single? What does an actor do? Are you superstitious? A romantic at heart?   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on April 25, 2015

Humanizing villainous characters "'Men don't go about being bad just for the sake of being bad. Unless they are Lon Chaney, Priscilla Dean The Wicked Darling mentally deranged. There must be a reason for their badness, some human failing. Otherwise they merely are fictional characters having   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on April 21, 2015

Fans React to Meeting Actors who play Frightening Characters on Screen Q: Who are these 1920s-30s baddies? "If for instance you play a bad woman on the screen most of your public take it Doreen Lang as 'Mother who is hysterical with fear' The Birds for granted that you're a...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on April 16, 2015

AFI 50 Greatest Film VillainsHow would your list compare? Characteristics of a Villain: Al Pacino Signed Godfather w/ Marlon Brando Do you think of Michael Corleone #11 as a villain? Wickedness of mind Selfishness of character Will to power sometimes masked by beauty and nobility May rage u   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on April 15, 2015

Vampires 1910s-1920s She-Villains on the prowl I glory in being heartless and wicked. I want people to whisper when they see me, 'The worst woman of all.' I want to steal husbands and see the deserted wives weep and clutch their children to their breaking hearts. I want to lure...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on April 14, 2015

Villain Nationalities in Early American FilmsHow did some of the movie stereotypes start? Will H. Hays became President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Foolish Wives 1922 ad Erich Von Stroheim of America (MPPDA) in 1922. "If here and there a nation found a detail in a film offe   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on April 10, 2015

April is the Lucky Movie Month Mary PickfordThe Little Princess "Is it any wonder that the same sign of the Zodiac should produce Mary Pickford the screen's best known star and Charlie Chaplin, the screen's greatest artist? "Is it to be wondered that Harold Lloyd and Lon Chaney and Thomas...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on April 4, 2015

Happy Easter Here are some silent film stars who are breaking out of their shells to celebrate Easter and welcome springtime. A short more recent video is in the middle. Bessie Love is carried away by Easter Bunnies 1929 May Allison 1919Blonde blue-eyed screen star half of famous Hollywood ro   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on March 23, 2015

The past two articles presented a Movie History quiz. Here are the answers. How well did you do? 1) Director David Wark Griffith invented the close-up, first used 1911. Rudolph Valentino & Alla Nazimova in Camille 2) An iris-in is a photographic trick by which when a scene is shown...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on March 20, 2015

Golden Age Movie Quiz Questions part two of two It was the roaring twenties. Movies were silent and still pretty much of a Louise Brooks Gallery Wrapped Canvas novelty. Twenties Hollywood had its share of gossip and scandal as well as glitz and glamor. Here are more questions from the...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on March 19, 2015

Test your film history knowledgeHollywood Movie Questions 1920s - 1930s All questions are from quizzes and tests that appeared in 1920s-30s movie magazines. How well do you know old movies, legendary screen actors and actresses, directors, history? While there may be more than one answer to some o   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on March 16, 2015

Valentino's Impact Could he be such big a star today? Valentino was the first Sex Symbol "George Washington may be the father of this country, Mary Pickford may be its sweetheart. But Valentino is its lover. ... Valentino has an almost perfect physical physique - a physique combining both be   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on March 13, 2015

Monkey Around with Dietrich and Grant: Are you going ape? Blonde Venus is a 1932 pre-code drama which starred Marlene Dietrich and Herbert Marshall. It was one of the first big roles for the young Cary Grant. At one point we see her on stage in a gorilla suit. She...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on March 5, 2015

Hollywood Walk of Fame Animals Godzilla, The Muppets, Big Bird & Kermit Animals on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Featured on this page are Godzilla, Kermit the Frog, Big Bird and the Muppets as a group. They're sometimes live-action and not exclusively animated. This is the second half of a...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on March 4, 2015

Animals on Hollywood's Walk of FameFamous Dogs, Character Costumes : Muppets, Godzilla Walk of Fame Animals: Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Strongheart, The Muppets, Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, Godzilla The only actual animals with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are three dogs: Strongheart, Rin Tin Tin   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on March 3, 2015

The Bride, The Movie Star: Grace Kelly Costume Mattel Barbie Doll : May 1955, Grace Kelly was working on the Alfred Hitchcock movie To Catch a Thief with her costar, Cary Grant. She visited Prince Rainier at his palace in Monaco. Mattel Grace Kelly The Romance Silkstone Barbie Gift Set   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on March 2, 2015

List of Famous people who have or had Alzheimers Disease Rita Hayworth 1940s Stunning color photo poster This list will reinforce the fact that all of us are susceptible to the disease and more of us are caring for family members and other loved ones living with Alzheimer's and other...   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on February 27, 2015

What you are about to read is true 1950s Dragnet Comic Strip "Realizing the lack of a completely authentic comic strip story of a metropolitan Dragnet newspaper comic strip began October 1953 police force in action, the producers of the famous Dragnet program including creator Jack Webb, ha   read more