Dead in Hollywood is a true-crime web series of strange and tragic Hollywood deaths.
I always find it so hard to say goodbye when I finish an issue of Dead in Hollywood. I canβt think of a better time to put the finishing touches on Dorothy Dandridgeβs story then on the eve of the Academy Awards. I plan on doing a slideshow on Dandridgeβs life in the near future. Stay tuned and turned on.
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Always Dorothy Dandridge.
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As Dandridge's career rises, she appears on numerous magazine covers. As popular as she was becoming, overtly racist comments and actions follow her the rest of her career. She tells People Today in 1953 that, βTo be a siren of song, one needs more than talent, looks, and voice. One needs understanding of people. At first, I was afraid they wouldnβt like me. Then I realized the first step in that direction was to like them and to assume they would like me.β The magazine refers to her as a βbronze bombshellβ and featured her on the back cover. Soon she'll be making history as the first African-American woman to grace the cover of Life Magazine.
Calling all Sal Mineo fans! What does Sal mean to you? Dead in Hollywood will be accepting submissions for the upcoming zine "Sal Mineo: The First Gay Teenager." The issue will focus on Sal's performance as one of the first gay teenagers in a major motion picture (Rebel Without a Cause) as well as Sal's groundbreaking 1972 interview where he comes out as bisexual. DM me for more details and feel free to forward this to any fellow Sal fans. Feel free to e-mail Dead in Hollywood at thehellfirepress@gmail.com for more info!
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Putting the finishing touches on the zine Dead in Hollywood: Dorothy Dandridge. This has to be my favorite issue yet! I canβt wait for everyone to see it and to remind people of the fascinating life and death of a Hollywood queen.
Hereβs an edit I did of Kim Novak - best known for her work in Alfred Hitchcockβs Vertigo.
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βIβd like to go on a stump and say: βYou kids just listen to me. This is what happened to my son.ββ -Isabelle Driscoll, Bobby Driscoll's mother
Dead in Hollywood: Bobby Driscoll (Coming Soon)
Hereβs a photo my mom and I at Marilyn Monroeβs grave in 2000. My died of breast cancer four years later. Today wouldβve been her 60th birthday. (I told her we needed to look serious for the photo)
Today wouldβve been my momβs 60th birthday. Itβs hard to believe sheβs been gone almost 15 years now. Happy Birthday, Mom.
