Grace Kingsley's Hollywood

In 1926 Zimina took out a full-page ad in the Standard Casting Directory.

Rudolph Vanlentino Jean Acker One hundred years ago this month, Grace Kingsley was writing about the usual assortment of casting news and Hollywood party-going, and she debunked some gossip about Rudolph Valentino.

The view from 3rd Street looking north on Broadway, June 14, 1916.

Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, 1920 One hundred years ago this month, Mary Pickford sent Grace Kingsley a letter from Montecantini, Italy all about her travels with her husband, Douglas Fairbanks: You would be most happy to see the delightful recept…

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One hundred years ago this month, Grace Kingsley noticed a new trend: “In all your life put together you probably have never seen so many circuses as you are seeing and are going to see in the movies these days.”

One hundred and ten years ago this month, Grace Kingsley mentioned a film that addressed the war in Europe while also having box-office success: Capacity houses all day yesterday marked the beginning of the second week of the big Ince production, Civiliza…

Carolynne Snowden One hundred years ago this month, Grace Kingsley reported, using language that was acceptable at the time, that there might be a new movie star on the horizon: Perhaps the first colored person to star in pictures will be Carolynne Snowde…

One hundred and ten years ago this month, Grace Kingsley alerted the public to a new comedy with an unusual feature: Those who have followed the startling developments in the art of trick photography are said to have further sensations awaiting them when…

Exhibitors Herald, 1925 One hundred years ago this month, Grace Kingsley mentioned that a group of professionals thought that that grown women shouldn’t be called babies: The Wampi have been duly kidded out of calling their elected feminine stars by the i…