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Volume 6, Number 4, May 15, 2008
Volume 6, Number 3, March 15, 2008
Volume 6, Number 2, February 15, 2008
Volume 6, Number 1, January 15, 2008
Volume 5, Number 12, December 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 11, November 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 10, October 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 9, September 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 8, August 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 7, July 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 6, June 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 5, May 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 4, April 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 3, March 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 2, February 15, 2007
Volume 5, Number 1, January 15, 2007
Volume 4, Number 12 December 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 11 November 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 10 October 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 9 September 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 8 August 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 7 July 15, 2006

Volume 4, Number 6 June 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 5 May 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 4 April 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 3 March 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 2 February 15, 2006
Volume 4, Number 1 January 15, 2006
Supplement: December 21, 2005
Supplement: October 28, 2005
Supplement: September 15, 2005

Volume 3, Number 14 August 31, 2005
Volume 3, Number 13 July 31, 2005
Volume 3, Number 12 June 30, 2005
Volume 3, Number 11 May 31, 2005
Volume 3, Number 10 April 30, 2005
Volume 3, Number 9 March 31, 2005
Volume 3, Number 8 March 15, 2005
Volume 3, Number 7 February 28, 2005
Volume 3, Number 6 February 15, 2005
Volume 3, Number 5 January 31, 2005

Volume 3, Number 4 January 15, 2005
Volume 3, Number 3 December 15, 2004
Volume 3, Number 2 November 30, 2004
Volume 3, Number 1 November 15, 2004

Volume 2, Number 17 October 31, 2004
Volume 2, Number 16 October 15, 2004
Volume 2, Number 15 September 15, 2004

Volume 2, Number 14 August 15, 2004
Volume 2, Number 13 July 15, 2004
Volume 2, Number 12 June 15, 2004

Volume 2, Number 11 May 15, 2004
Volume 2, Number 10 April 30, 2004

Volume 2, Number 9 April 15, 2004
Volume 2, Number 8 March 15, 2004
Volume 2, Number 7 February 29, 2004
Volume 2, Number 6 February 15, 2004

Volume 2, Number 5 January 31, 2004
Volume 2, Number 4 January 15, 2004
Volume 2, Number 3 December 15-31, 2003 (Special Double Issue)
Volume 2, Number 2 November 30, 2003
Volume 2, Number 1 November 15, 2003
Volume 1, Number 18 October 25, 2003
Volume 1, Number 17 September 3, 2003
Volume 1, Number 16 August 4, 2003
Volume 1, Number 15 July 5, 2003
Volume 1, Number 14 May 31, 2003
Volume 1, Number 13 May 15, 2003
Volume 1, Number 12 April 30, 2003
Volume 1, Number 11 April 15, 2003
Volume 1, Number 10 March 31, 2003
Volume 1, Number 9 March 15, 2003
Volume 1, Number 8 February 28, 2003
Volume 1, Number 7 February 15, 2003
Volume 1, Number 6 January 31, 2003

Volume 1, Number 5 January 15, 2003

Volume 1, Number 4 December 31, 2002
Volume 1, Number 3 December 15, 2002
Volume 1, Number 2 November 30, 2002
Volume 1, Number 1 November 15, 2002

Calling for the Following:
Please note, I've only begun accepting outside submissions again as of January 2006.  In its current incarnation the newsletter only includes one profile per issue and I do have regular writers whose work I use often.  I only mention this because it may be a few issues before an accepted piece is published. 
Movie Star Profiles/Bios.  Pre-1950 stars only please, though stars that started long before then and continued long after are certainly welcome (ie: Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn).   Be creative, but factual.  Please give proper credit if you chose to use direct quotations in your text.  800-1,000 words please.  Pay is now $10.00 upon publication for first electronic rights (see details below). 

Movie Star Profiles/Bios Accepted to Date:
It's a good idea to avoid these stars, though all high quality work is considered.

May Allison
Ralph Bellamy
Jeanette MacDonald
Katharine Hepburn
Joan Crawford
James Cagney
Myrna Loy
Lionel Barrymore
Janet Gaynor
Estelle Taylor
Warren William
Jane Novak
J.P. McGowan
Lon Chaney Sr.
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
Gary Cooper
Norma Talmadge
Viola Dana
Spencer Tracy
Marlene Dietrich
Lillian Gish
Jean Harlow
John Barrymore
Clara Bow

Theda Bara
Irene Dunne
Wallace Reid
Carole Lombard
Fay Wray

Laurel & Hardy
Thelma Todd
Rudolph Valentino
J. Warren Kerrigan
Joan Blondell
John Gilbert
Ruth Roland
Robert Montgomery
Billie Burke
John Wayne
Norma Shearer
Gloria Swanson
James Stewart
William Powell
Harry Carey
Nita Naldi

Claudette Colbert
Ginger Rogers
Harry Langdon
Francis X. Bushman
Mae Murray
Tennessee Williams & the Movies
Clara Kimball Young

Leslie Howard
Pearl White

Mae West
Henry B. Walthall

Johnny Weissmueller
Barbara La Marr
Gene Tierney

Mabel Normand
Eleanor Boardman
Fay Wray (2)
The Merry Widow
Olivia de Havilland
Frances Farmer
The Marx Brothers
Alan Ladd
Sidney Toler
Warner Oland
Margaret Rutherford
Mae Marsh
Doulgas Fairbanks Sr.
Marilyn Monroe
Cary Grant
Mary Pickford
Olive Thomas
Gertrude McCoy
Anna Q. Nilsson
Jane Russell
William Holden
Ann Harding

Adolphe Menjou
Louise Brooks
Marion Davies

Madge Bellamy
Charlie Chaplin
Basil Rathbone
Jean Arthur
Buster Keaton

Virginia Lee Corbin
Gene Kelly
Johnny Weissmueller (2)
Tyrone Power

Blanche Sweet
Bette Davis
Harold Lloyd
Anita Page
Gene Autry
Colleen Moore

Dolores Costello
Alice Faye

Lillian Walker
John J. (Jack) Clark
Anita Stewart
Richard Barthelmess
Henry Fonda
Robert Taylor
Corinne Griffith
Greta Garbo
Mary Miles Minter
Boris Karloff
Baby Peggy Montgomery

George Raft
Constance Talmadge
Our Gang/Little Rascals
Errol Flynn
Fatty Arbuckle
Florence Turner
Lucille Ball
Charlie Chase
May McAvoy
Danny Kaye
Humphrey Bogart
Billie Dove
Donald O'Connor
Anna May Wong
Ronald Reagan
Conrad Veidt
William S. Hart
Buddy Ebsen
Veronica Lake
Ray Milland
Tom Mix
Kirk Douglas
Lloyd Nolan

Payment
Now $10.00 upon publication for first electronic rights
Your profile will be included in the e-mailed version of the newsletter and also be archived on this site at the time of publication.  The page on this site will include images of movie collectibles and links to other relevant articles around this site.  At the top of the page are links to eBay auctions, Amazon items for sale and the star's page on the IMDb.  Ads from Google may also appear on the page.

Submissions
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What Next?
Send your Profile into the above e-mail address and I'll get back to you ASAP.  I usually take about 2-3 weeks to respond.  If something happens and we get overloaded with submissions what we'll do is just immediately reply to let you know we're full and not accepting anything at this time.  Have fun with it, get creative, and thank you!

 


 

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