the silent era revolutionized entertainment, produced several masterpieces, many of which are now lost, and launched the ...

One newspaper called her “the siren of the silent screen.” In 1915, the New York Tribune’s drama critic Heywood Broun wrote: “No good ever came from such eyes.” Her line, “Kiss me ...

silent screen star Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, a part she re-created on Broadway to equal success. Buckley also earned a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella in Cats and a Tony ...