Old Hollywood

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Bing Crosby was famous for singing “White Christmas”—but he left behind a complicated and unsettling family history.

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Like countless dreamers who’d follow in his footsteps, Troy Donahue arrived in Hollywood chasing immortality on the silver screen.

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Rosemary Clooney’s timeless holiday music stands in stark contrast to the chaos she survived offstage.

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Shirley Temple may have seemed like one of those rare child stars that survived Hollywood unscathed, but nothing could be further from the truth.

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Child star Deanna Durbin was the highest paid female actress of her time, but she left it all behind when Hollywood refused to let her grow up.

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Sharon Tate’s bright future was violently stolen when the Manson family unleashed one of Hollywood’s darkest nightmares.



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