“Gloria Swanson and Her Circle in the Twenties” was originally published in the July 1950 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here. In her ...

In a 1957 interview with reporter Mike Wallace, Hollywood legend Gloria Swanson, 58, sits in an elegant dress topped with an elaborate off-the-shoulder bow, her white-gloved hands twirling a flower in ...

Gloria Swanson might have been a pioneer within the film industry, as the star of the film Sunset Boulevard (which inspired the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical) among many other credits, but it wasn’t her ...

It was January 1950, and a new motion picture had just finished its first preview screening for a select Hollywood audience. The movie wouldn’t open to the public until Aug. 10, but 300 of the ...

Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the ...

The Venice Film Festival has set as its pre-opening event the launch of a freshly restored — and re-imagined — version of Erich von Stroheim’s controversial 1929 silent movie “Queen Kelly.” The ...

No one is going to ever confuse West Virginia with Hollywood. But the Mountain State has had its share of memorable movies shot here, thanks in no small part to our dramatic landscapes and unique ...

David M. Lubin's new book, 'Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream,' shares how the 1950 hit came to be Nearly 75 years ago, in 1950, Hollywood ...

Inspired by the bracelets worn by the Hollywood star Gloria Swanson, this intricate and reversible accessory can transform from a bangle into a timepiece. By Lindsay Talbot Cartier’s 18-karat rose ...