This guide offers a history of child film star Shirley Temple's career. Includes audio and video. Requires Quicktime.

Appearing in over sixty movies throughout her career, Anna May Wong was the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood.

Along with information about Directors, this site evaluates the Nature of Work, Working Conditions, Employment, Training, Other Qualifications, Job Outlook, Earnings, Related Occupations, and Additional Information for Actors and Producers.

Interesting resource for finding information on the life of Preston Sturges, comedy writer, and film director in early Hollywood.

This site from the University of Washington discusses films produced in Hollywood before, during, and after the Red Scare.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Oscar Micheaux, a prolific African American producer and director who made films independently of the Hollywood film industry from the silent era until 1948.

This article is about the life and career of Mary Pickford, a Canadian-born actress who gained fame as a silent film star in Hollywood.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Carlton Moss, a filmmaker who inspired later African American filmmakers with the industrial, training, and educational films that he made in the era when segregation and discrimination...

Learn about the life and career of Bill Robinson, an American dancer of Broadway and Hollywood, best known for his dancing roles with Shirley Temple in films of the 1930s.