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The actor turned director is a new voice in queer indie film, having broken out with God's Own Country, which earned the world cinema directing award at Sundance in 2017. Lee's sophomore film, period lesbian love story Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan, is due out late 2020 from Neon. Bing Crosby is one of the most successful recording artists of all time and like Frank Sinatra he too made an equally successful and respected career as both a singer and an actor. From 1944-1948, Crosby was Old Hollywood’s top box-office star. Throughout his acting career Bing Crosby starred, co-starred, narrated or had a cameo appearance in a total of 104 films. His career spans for nearly five decades and he was one of the first multi-media stars in Hollywood.

Natalie Wood started acting from the young age of five and successfully made it into the film industry as an adult, a transition not many child actors succeed in. Her breakout role as a child actor was Miracle on 34th Street and her role in Rebel Without a Cause showed her talents as a teenage actress, even earning an Academy Award nomination for her role as Judy. Not only did Wood act but she also sang and performed in musicals’ West Side Story and Gypsy. Wood tragically died in 1981 when she supposedly drowned while vacationing on her yacht, although the events around her death have never been fully solved. THE TOP OF MY QUARANTINE BINGE LIST" Feel Good. My good friend Ally Pankiw directed it. And my fellow Canadian Mae Martin wrote and stars in it. Lesbian female director directing a lesbian hero in a story is the perfect remedy to a down day in quarantine." THE PERSON I THINK DOESN'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THEIR ACTIVISM"[Activist] Sir Lady Java. Her self-advocacy in the 1960s, years before the Stonewall uprising, set a blueprint for us to fight for our right to show up in spaces unapologetic and proud." Deborah Kerr was a British actress who was known for her roles in some of Old Hollywood’s most iconic movies. After a successful start to her acting career in British cinema , Kerr decided to make the move to America’s MGM at the age of 26. Deborah was cast-typed as proper English lady in her roles until she took a risk and took on the role of an adulteress in An Affair to Remember, which was a huge success. In the film, From Here to Eternity, Kerr and Burt Lancaster’s famous beach scene kiss became one of the most iconic scenes in Old Hollywood history. Books : “Bogart: In Search of My Father” by Stephen Humphrey Bogart, “Bogart” by Ann M. Sperber & Eric Lax Cary Grant

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While her banner has been marred by financial woes, Ellison remains one of the most prominent producers of director-driven features. Notoriously press-shy, she is not an outspoken member of the LGBTQ community, but she has boosted films led by queer characters, including such recent features as Olivia Wilde's Booksmartand Miranda July's Kajillionaire, and hired other queer women among a diverse staff.

Although not many of us grew up in this era, it is a time in history that is still honoured today. The legends of Old Hollywood will live on forever with their names on the Hollywood walk of fame, their faces on our screens and their memories embedded in our minds. The Old Hollywood sign was originally Hollywoodland History of Old Hollywood The writer made history with Pose, which features the largest number of trans actors ever on scripted TV. His and Ryan Murphy's FX drama, renewed for a third season, is widely praised as the bellwether of boosted trans and person-of-color representation on and behind the camera.Lauren Bacall was an American actress who began her career as a model and became an overnight sensation after her debut film To Have And Have Not. It was while filming this movie, Lauren met her husband Humphrey Bogart. The pair had a very loving marriage however their romance was put to an end when Bogart sadly passed away 11 years into their marriage. Bacalls talent was recognised with Academy Award nominations and Tony award victories. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN"Killer Films has a history of pissing off the LGBTQ community by making content that doesn't always reinforce so-called 'positive images.' I'll feel good when we can see LGBTQ characters that are just as evil as their straight counterparts." Movies : Houseboat, It Started in Naples, The Pride and the Passion, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Laurence Olivier was an English actor and director who was and still is highly regarded as one of the most significant stars of Old Hollywood. Olivier’s contributions to the film and theatre industry have been recognised in many ways. The Society of West End Theatre Awards were renamed as the Laurence Olivier Awards. These prestigious awards are given out in recognition of excellence in professional theatre in London. Throughout his long career he was nominated for 12 Academy Awards in three different categories, actor, producer, and director. He won two Academy Awards in total, one for Best Actor in Hamlet. The Italian director has been making critically adored movies since the late '90s, but it was 2017's Call Me by Your Namethat catapulted Guadagnino onto the world stage. While there are talks about a sequel that would reunite stars Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, Guadagnino, who was recently tapped to helm Universal's Scarfaceremake, will next release HBO queer-friendly coming-of-age miniseries We Are Who We Are.