Monday
May132019
Showbiz History: Valentino's Wedding, Shirley's Discovery, Frasier's Ending
Monday, May 13, 2019 at 9:16AM Six random things to celebrate on this day (May 13th) in showbiz history...
1919 It's the centennial today of the silent film Broken Blossoms starring Lillian Gish (which you can watch in full on YouTube), an interracial weepie romance with Richard Barthelmess in "yellow face" as a Chinese Man that Gish falls for. Some critics consider it D.W. Griffith's best film.
Valentino and Rambova
1922 Silent film superstar Rudoph Valentino, who made millions swoon all over the world, weds costume and set designer Natacha Rambova at the age of 27. Valentino would then be arrested for bigamy since he'd been divorced for less than a year at the time (which was legally a no-go back then in California)...