In the 20s of the last century, the Hollywood film factory appeared in the American city of Los Angeles. It was a real conglomerate of numerous agencies, studios, film sets and pavilions. America's population needed spiritual development, and Hollywood began producing movies on an industrial scale. Filmmaking was put on stream. The production center acted according to a well-established scheme: a script, casting, shooting, editing, replication and, finally, movie rental.
Actors Search
The first time in Hollywood was not enough performers. Scripts were written smoothly, but there was no one to play. Hollywood actors - men, whose list was very modest, could not cope with the tasks. Then Hollywood agents traveled across the country in search of beautiful, talented people. The results were not long in coming: soon enough Hollywood actors (men and then women) appeared in sufficient numbers. The production of famous films has begun.
Carey Grant
Carey Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach), a superstar in American cinema, was born in 1904. The demand for the actor knew no bounds, he physically did not have time to act in the films offered to him. Famous Hollywood actors, men, and sometimes women, suffered from their instant popularity. However, they wanted to play as many roles as possible.
Using his unprecedented demand, Grant signed a contract at the Paramount Pictures film studio on conditions that gave him the right to act in films from competing studios. It was unheard of, there was no such practice even in world cinema. Typically, Hollywood actors (men) did not expose their conditions, only women did it. Nevertheless, the management of Paramount agreed. But Cary Grant from his venture did not so much win as he suffered, because all his Oscar nominations were wasted, he never received a single coveted prize. None of the film companies of those where the actor worked did not dare to support his nomination.
Cary starred mostly in comedies, and sometimes it was outright farce. In 1940, Grant played Dexter Haven in the movie George Cukor's Philadelphia Story, and two years later starred in the film "Only a Lonely Heart." In the mid-40s, Carey Grant met with Alfred Hitchcock and played roles in several films based on his scripts. First of all, it was the picture "The Glory" of director David Selznik, where Grant played the role of Devlin, an FBI agent. Carey then starred in Catch the Thief, directed by Hitchcock himself. And finally, in the movie North to Northwest, Cary Grant played the role of Roger Thornhill. This picture preceded a series of "Bond". The best actors in Hollywood wanted to take part in films about agent 007. Men just dreamed about it.
Carey Grant's personal life deserves a separate discussion. He was married five times, and with age, his activity only increased. However, the actor has only one daughter, Jennifer.
George Clooney
Popular Hollywood actor George Timothy Clooney was born May 6, 1961 in the city of Lexington. He became widely known thanks to the TV series "Ambulance", in which Dr. Doug Ross played. And the first work of Clooney in the movie was the film "From Dusk Till Dawn" directed by Robert Rodriguez, in which George played the criminal Seth Gekko. The filmography of the actor is impressive, there are more than 60 paintings in it. And the number of George Clooney awards is approaching twenty. During his career, he received two Oscars, three Golden Globes, one MTV Movie Awards, four awards from the National Council of Critics of the USA, also four awards received by George Clooney at the Venice Film Festival and, finally, from the European Film Awards he was awarded two premiums. Hollywood's most popular actors, men and women, congratulated Clooney on the success of his presentations.
George’s personal life is the life of an inveterate bachelor. He had several lovers, including Kelly Preston and Julia Roberts, Renee Zellweger and Cindy Crawford. Actress Nicole Kidman predicted Clooney's marriage to his fortieth birthday, she even made a bet with him on this occasion, offering 15 thousand dollars per stake. And when Clooney turned 40 years old and still woke up on this day a bachelor, Kidman sent him a check for the lost amount. However, George did not accept the money, sending the check back with the note "I will not take money from the ladies." Hollywood actors - men, unlike women, are in no hurry to tie the knot.
Gregory Peck
The most popular actor, a star of the first magnitude, Eldred Gregory Peck, was born on April 5, 1916 in the California town of La Jolla. In the 40s and 60s of the last century he was one of the most sought-after actors. He is the owner of prestigious awards, including the Oscar and several Golden Globes. Career in Hollywood began for Gregory Peck with the film "Keys of the Kingdom", filmed in 1944 and brought the actor star status. However, becoming popular, he did not get star disease . Until the very end of his life, he talked with ordinary people, traveled around the country with his own program, "Conversations with Gregory Peck." The actor has acted in films for 50 years, and his filmography contains about 60 paintings.
The personal life of Hollywood superstar Gregory Peck is quite organic, his first wife was Greta Kukkonen, a Finnish by birth. From this marriage he has three sons. After thirteen years of marriage, the couple divorced. A week after the divorce from Greta, Gregory Peck married Veronica Passani, a journalist for a French newspaper. From the second marriage, the actor had two more children, a son and a daughter. Veronica was with her husband until his last day.
Tony curtis
Hollywood movie star of the 50s and 60s Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) was born on June 3, 1925 in New York. Curtis's first starring role was the historical film The Vikings, directed by Richard Fleisher, where he played the bastard son of the Queen of England, Eric. And the second most important film is the Spartak movie by Stanley Kubrick, in which Tony Curtis played the role of Anthony. The picture received four Oscars, but Curtis did not touch the nomination. The actor gained truly worldwide popularity thanks to the comedy "In Jazz Only Girls" directed by Billy Wilder, filmed in 1959. Hollywood actors, men, usually avoided transformations into a female image, but Curtis's role was a success. After this film, he starred in various roles until the beginning of the 70s, however, there was no previous popularity, there were fewer invitations and in the end the actor began to participate in television projects.
The personal life of Tony Curtis is an example of integrity, despite the fact that he has six marriages. After all the divorce, Tony maintained friendly relations with all his wives, helped them in every possible way, and was ready to help at the first call. Curtis from his first marriage has a daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, a popular actress.
Marlon Brando
One of the greatest movie actors was born in Los Angeles on July 1, 1924. He became famous for his intellectual approach to creativity, in his work he used the method of Stanislavsky. He began his career on the stage, the debut took place in 1944 in the dramatic play "I Remember Mom." Brando gained worldwide recognition for his role as Stanley Kowalski in the movie Desire Tram, directed by director Elia Kazan based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. In the 1950s, Marlon Brando was considered an unsurpassed sex symbol, and his roles served as a model for acting. Hollywood actors - men, including Omar Sharif, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino - tried to imitate Brando.The films "Last Tango in Paris", "Superman" and "Apocalypse Today" are the best works of the actor. For the paintings "In the Port" and godfather Brando's father were awarded two Oscars and a Golden Globe.
Marlon’s personal life began with a short romance with Marilyn Monroe. And two years later he married actress Anna Kashfi, the marriage broke up in 1959. After that, Brando had two more spouses. From three wives, the actor had five children: Christian, Miko, Rebecca, Simon and Tarita. In addition to their own children, Marlon had three more adoptive daughters.
Robert Redford
Hollywood actor, director and producer Robert Redford was born on August 18, 1936 in the California city of Santa Monica. Differs in dedication in the profession, on the set he worked without stuntmen. Regardless of the conditions: mud, rain, falling from a mountain or dragging heavy stones in the hands - in all episodes, the actor starred in person. Known for the films “The entire presidential army”, “Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid”, “Scam”, “Three days of Condor”, “Ordinary people”. In extreme situations, Robert was helped by good athletic training. Athletic Radford easily coped with complex stunts on the set. Radford admired the most beautiful actors in Hollywood. Men respected him, and women were simply crazy about the handsome.
The personal life of Robert Redford was not much different from the stories of most Hollywood actors. In 1958, he married the Mormon Lola Gene Wagenen of Salt Lake City. At that time, Robert was fond of painting and as a true artist often applied to the bottle. The young wife struggled with this, and in the end she managed to wean her husband from addiction. Lola gave birth to four children, three sons and one daughter. Robert Radford currently has five grandchildren. He divorced Lola in 1985 and married his long-time girlfriend Sybil Stsagarrs.
Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt, a successful Hollywood actor and producer, was born December 18, 1963 in the American city of Shawnee, Oklahoma. Trying to realize his youthful dreams, Brad in 1987 went to Hollywood. Attractive appearance helped him get several episodic roles, and since he attended acting classes in his hometown for a long time, he played quite professionally. Pitt was spotted, and the following year he was offered the lead role in the film "The Dark Side of the Sun", where he played Rick Clayton. Then in the career of Brad there were many main roles, in all in his filmography there are more than 60 paintings. The actor is the winner of the Oscar, which he received as a producer this year for the film "12 Years of Slavery" in the nomination "Best Film". He also has a Golden Globe Award for participating in the 12 Monkeys.
The personal life of Brad Pitt was quite calm. He met actress Gwyneth Paltrow on the set of the movie "Seven", this happened in 1995. An affair began, a year later the lovers announced their engagement. But in 1997, the alliance unexpectedly broke up under mysterious circumstances. In 2000, Brad Pitt married actress Jennifer Aniston, whose marriage lasted five years, in 2005 they divorced. Long before the divorce, Brad began dating Angelina Jolie, who later became his wife.
Hollywood today
The American "dream factory" is currently booming. The US film industry has survived the years of the Great Depression, withstood several world wars, the number of films in the thousands. Hollywood is the main reference point for all movie studios in the world, this is a real Mecca of cinema.