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Hollywood7 quotes
There's no business like show business. — Irving Berlin · 1946Not even the Church is so powerfully equipped to serve the public psychologically as is the motion-picture company. — William Moulton Marston · 1929There are only three ages for women in Hollywood - Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy. — Elise Elliot Atchison · 1996South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, "kiss-kiss" and "bang-bang." — Hortense Powdermaker · 1950A trip through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat. — Wilson Mizner · 1953For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno and the hide of a rhinoceros. — Ethel Barrymore · 1953All 7 quotes →
Patriarchy2 quotes
There are only three ages for women in Hollywood - Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy. — Elise Elliot Atchison · 1996For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno and the hide of a rhinoceros. — Ethel Barrymore · 1953
South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, "kiss-kiss" and "bang-bang." — Hortense Powdermaker · 1950
Not even the Church is so powerfully equipped to serve the public psychologically as is the motion-picture company. — William Moulton Marston · 1929
Not even the Church is so powerfully equipped to serve the public psychologically as is the motion-picture company. — William Moulton Marston · 1929
Movies1 quote
Television. That's where movies go when they die. — Bob Hope · 1953
There's no business like show business. — Irving Berlin · 1946
TV1 quote
Television. That's where movies go when they die. — Bob Hope · 1953
Television. That's where movies go when they die. — Bob Hope · 1953
The Church1 quote
Not even the Church is so powerfully equipped to serve the public psychologically as is the motion-picture company. — William Moulton Marston · 1929
Women1 quote
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno and the hide of a rhinoceros. — Ethel Barrymore · 1953