“Gloria Swanson and Her Circle in the Twenties” was originally published in the July 1950 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here. In her ...

No one is going to ever confuse West Virginia with Hollywood. But the Mountain State has had its share of memorable movies shot here, thanks in no small part to our dramatic landscapes and unique ...

Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the ...

It was January 1950, and a new motion picture had just finished its first preview screening for a select Hollywood audience. The movie wouldn’t open to the public until Aug. 10, but 300 of the ...

Logan Kelly is a professional author, screenwriter, and proud cinemaphile. He studied screenwriting and film history while attending Valencia College, before moving to the New York Metro Area. Gloria ...

Shearer (Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr) succeeds brilliantly in not missing a moment of 1920s Hollywood starlet Gloria Swanson's gilded, imperfect life. Celebrated as "the movie star of all movie ...

Sunset Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder, came out on Aug. 10, 1950, starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson and Erich von Stroheim David M. Lubin's new book, Ready for My Close-Up: The ...