For nearly six decades, the Kennedys, thought of as American royalty, owned a mansion on Palm Beach. Joseph and Rose Kennedy in 1933 spent $120,000 on the more than 15,000-square-foot home with 176 ...

Gloria Crest, surprisingly named for the location and not Gloria Swanson, was built in 1926 by Count Stefan Poniatowski, heir to the Polish throne. The Count had made millions in the silk industry ...

The Vietnam War lasted for almost 20 years, between 1955 and 1975—one of America's longest military conflicts. With its origins in post-World War II, Vietnam, and the anti-communist United States, ...

She was the preferred starlet of famed director Cecil B. DeMille, and as such Gloria Swanson was the undeniable Queen of the Silent film Era. Yet for all of the glamorous star’s striking looks ...

How many Broadway shows has Gloria Swanson been in? Gloria Swanson has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows. How many West End shows has Gloria Swanson been in? Gloria Swanson has not appeared in the ...

According to an oft-misquoted line from author F. Scott Fitzgerald, “There are no second acts in American lives.” Literary scholars have argued time and again Fitzgerald never intended the ...

The most significant is usually hand gestures. Gloria Swanson who played the role of Norma Desmond in the classic Hollywood film, Sunset Boulevard, used over exaggerated and almost spider like ...

The thermometer dropped to 44 degrees, which was the coldest recorded temperature since the island had been settled.

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