CASE HCF-004 / 0:45
SHORTS
Shorts
One Old Hollywood story in under a minute, and what the record shows. Where a Short comes from a published case, its card links to the full case file and source notes.
SHORT / 0:55
Lucille Ball Said "It Wasn't My Mother." Her Daughter Said It Was
CASE HCF-006 / 0:47
Did Look Magazine Crop Dean Martin Out of a Jerry Lewis Photo? What We Could Check
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CASE HCF-007 / 0:55
Frank Sinatra Handed Eva Marie Saint Her Oscar? She Was in New York
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CASE HCF-007 / 0:58
Eva Marie Saint, Brando and the Dropped Glove: She Told It Differently
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CASE HCF-006 / 0:47
Dean Martin Never Explained the Split? He Told the AP, Louella Parsons and the Post
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SHORT / 1:02
Gregory Peck's Moustache Cost Fox a Million Dollars? The Gunfighter Story
SHORT / 1:00
John Wayne Lost a Classic Over $10,000? Even Wayne Told It Differently
CASE HCF-003 / 0:44
Marilyn Monroe's Pink Dress Came With a Top She Never Wore
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CASE HCF-006 / 0:48
Dean Martin's “Six Words” to Jerry Lewis? Lewis's Own Memoir Words It Differently
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Paramount Said No to Laurence Olivier? The Casting Story Behind Seconds
SHORT / 0:59
Kirk Douglas Turned Down a Classic? He Owned It
CASE HCF-002 / 0:49
A $30,000 Deal Fell Through. Then Joan Crawford's Film Was Pulled.
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SHORT / 1:03
Marilyn Monroe's Father Isn't the Name on Her Birth Record. The Sweeney Link Depends on Him
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Is Sydney Sweeney Really Marilyn Monroe's Cousin? We Checked the Family Tree
CASE HCF-001 / 0:39
Warner Bros. Couldn't Make Olivia de Havilland Act. Here's What It Could Do.
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CASE HCF-005 / 0:54
That Famous Frances Farmer Lobotomy Photo: Who Said It Was Her?
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CASE HCF-003 / 0:43
Marilyn Monroe's Pink Dress Wasn't That Pink
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CASE HCF-005 / 0:59
Did Frances Farmer Have a Lobotomy? What the 1983 Ruling Actually Says
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CASE HCF-004 / 0:56
Clara Bow's Secretary on Trial: 35 Counts, One Conviction
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CASE HCF-004 / 0:54
John Wayne and the Clara Bow Rumor: He Was Added in 1975
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CASE HCF-004 / 0:52
Clara Bow and the USC Football Story: From a 1927 Tea to a 1965 Paperback
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CASE HCF-003 / 0:55
Inside Marilyn Monroe’s Pink Gown: Sweat Stains and Strained Seams
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CASE HCF-003 / 0:42
Marilyn Monroe’s Pink Gown: A Reported $12 Sale and a $310,000 Bid
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CASE HCF-002 / 0:47
A surviving film is not an authorized release.
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CASE HCF-002 / 0:38
The novel MGM bought. The play it did not.
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CASE HCF-001 / 0:56
The Three Words at the Heart of Olivia de Havilland’s Case
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CASE HCF-001 / 0:38