15 September 1921: Silent film star Fatty Arbuckle indicted. In Tinseltown’s first scandal, Roscoe Arbuckle is accused of killing actress Virginia Rappe.
8 June 1937: The sudden death of film star Jean Harlow, the first of Hollywood’s platinum blondes.
4 June 1943: Leslie Howard obituary: he was the star of classic films such as Gone with the Wind, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Pygmalion.
23 August 1950: Child film actors – licensing proposed: no longer will leading child actors be ‘smuggled’ into studios to film in secret.
16 October 1959: Hollywood mourns swashbuckling actor Errol Flynn.
30 May 1960: Sophia Loren’s jewels stolen. Miss Loren was once a very poor girl and for her the jewels symbolised her struggle for success.
19 February 1964: The vital and intelligent Uta Hagen, method actor and improvisation coach.
23 January 1965: David Niven, the suave, cheerful English actor talks about the studio system, fellow starts and the golden days of Hollywood. Niven, the ‘durable star who looked on bright side’ died in July 1983.
4 July 1972: Woody Woodpecker shoots to the top of the cartoon tree.
11 March 1972: The blossoming career of Christopher Lee - once you’ve been Count Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and a few other highly profitable heavies, doors open to you.
20 October 1976: Helen Morse, Picnic at Hanging Rock star, promotes the film in London. Picnic has been regarded as an artistic success and it has made money.
17 September 1981: From Suzie Wong sex kitten to theatre pro: Tsai Chin has remade herself into a mature, knowledgeable, exciting and excited human being.
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