"Music has gone just as bananas as the movies.” –Jane Russell hometownstohollywood.com/minnesota/ja...

Read about the life and hometown of Clinton Sundberg here: hometownstohollywood.com/minnesota/cl...

“You flatter me–and I love to be flattered.” –Beverly Bayne hometownstohollywood.com/minnesota/be...

“Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” –Danny Thomas hometownstohollywood.com/michigan/dan...

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Remembering Paul Muni on his birthday. Read about his life and hometown here: hometownstohollywood.com/internationa... #botd

“I’m an incurable optimist and a go-getter – it’s in my nature to focus much more on what makes me happy than what makes me nervous.” –Colleen Moore hometownstohollywood.com/michigan/col...

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“I worked out of desperation. I used to hit fast and run in hopes that people wouldn’t realize that I really couldn’t do anything.” -Betty Hutton hometownstohollywood.com/michigan/bet...

“I became a dancer in self-defense. I was doing a comedy monologue and didn’t know how else to get off, so I danced off. I’ve been dancing ever since, but I’m still a comedian.” –Ray Bolger hometownstohollywood.com/massachusett...

“The business of being a star is serious, anyway, and that would consume most of my time, for I would want to perfect myself to the nth degree. I love working, so long hours and constant study wouldn’t alarm me in the least.” –Mary Carlisle hometownstohollywood.com/massachusett...

Remembering Frances Farmer on her birthday. Read about her life and hometown here: hometownstohollywood.com/washington/f... #botd

In honor of Ben Turpin's birthday, here's my article on His New Job (1915): hometownstohollywood.com/film-reflect... #botd

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“You know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe; I mean, shipwrecked among eight million people. And then, one day, I saw a footprint in the sand, and there you were.” –Jack Lemmon, The Apartment hometownstohollywood.com/massachusett...

In honor of Eddie Anderson's birthday, here's my article about "Benny and Rochester: Breaking Racial Barriers": hometownstohollywood.com/editorials/r... #botd

In honor of Greta Garbo's birthday, here's my article on Grand Hotel (1932): hometownstohollywood.com/film-reflect... #botd

Remembering Greta Garbo on her birthday. Read about her life and hometown here: hometownstohollywood.com/internationa... #botd

“My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” –Bette Davis hometownstohollywood.com/massachusett...

Wishing a Happy Birthday to the wonderful George Chakiris! #botd

“And I’m grateful, too, to have been in a business in which you can work as long as you can walk.” –Una Merkel hometownstohollywood.com/kentucky/wha...

Remembering Penny Singleton on her birthday. Read about the Blondie series here: hometownstohollywood.com/editorials/b... #botd #blondie #dagwood

Remembering Jackie Cooper on his birthday. Read about his life and hometown here: hometownstohollywood.com/california/j... #botd

“I think acting is the most thankless profession in the world.” –Rosemary Clooney hometownstohollywood.com/kentucky/ros...

“I may be a dumb blonde, but I’m not that blonde.” -Patrica Neal hometownstohollywood.com/kentucky/pat...

In honor of Mel Torme's centennial, here's my article on Good News (1947) hometownstohollywood.com/film-reflect... #botd

Remembering Mel Torme, born in this date in 1925. Read about his life and hometown here: hometownstohollywood.com/illinois/mel... #botd

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“No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivaled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the riverboats with my father.” –Irene Dunne hometownstohollywood.com/kentucky/ire...

Remembering Claudette Colbert on her birthday. Read about her life and hometown here: hometownstohollywood.com/internationa... #botd

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William “Billy” Gilbert Barron was the son of entertainers. His parents were singers with the Metropolitan Opera. hometownstohollywood.com/kentucky/bil...

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Marcy McGuire was an actress and singer who was already working in the entertainment industry by her teenage years. She was born on February 22, 1926, in Kansas City, Kansas, as Marilyn Jeanne McGuire. hometownstohollywood.com/kansas/marcy...

“Silence is of the gods; only monkeys chatter.” –Buster Keaton hometownstohollywood.com/kansas/buste...

“To be pretty and to stay pretty are two different things. You can’t take anything for granted, and it’s foolish to think you can. You have to think ahead of how to build health and happiness.” –Sue Lyon hometownstohollywood.com/iowa/sue-lyo...

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“It’s my personality that wins for me. I’m no singer. Heaps of people can beat me dancing. Precious few of them, though, get the salary I do. Why? Because I’m me!” –Valeska Suratt hometownstohollywood.com/indiana/vale...

In honor of Peter Lawford's birthday, here's my article about the Good News (from stage play to film): hometownstohollywood.com/film-reflect... #botd

“I’m out of the Midwest. It was a good place to come from. It gives you a sense of right or wrong and fairness, which is lacking in our society.” –Steve McQueen hometownstohollywood.com/indiana/stev...

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Remembering Bob Newhart on his birthday. #botd

“I left home because I was hungry.” -Red Skelton hometownstohollywood.com/indiana/red-...