LOS ANGELES – Property from the estate of “Golden Girl” Estelle Getty will be on offer at Bonhams & Butterfields in their June entertainment memorabilia auction on June 14, 2009, in Los Angeles.

Vrykolakas. Strigoi. Nukekubi. Penanggalan. Nosferatu. Call them what you will, the concept of vampires – undead beings who roam the night in search of human blood – is virtually as old as humanity itself.

The big ape is back on the big screen thanks to Peter Jackson’s remake of the classic 1933 movie, but did he really ever go away?

Former President Jimmy Carter once said, “Mickey Mouse is the symbol of goodwill, surpassing all languages and cultures. When one sees Mickey Mouse, they see happiness.”

A common movie trivia game question is “Was Lassie played by a male or a female?”

Memorabilia from some of the greatest acts in rock ‘n’ roll history – the Beatles, Buddy Holly, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix and others – will be sold at an auction slated for Sunday, March 1, by Philip Weiss Auctions.

A trio of exceedingly rare classic movie posters will headline the March 20–22 Heritage Auction Galleries Signature Vintage Movie Poster Auction.

There will be no rest for the weary at Philip Weiss Auctions, which concluded a banner year in 2008 and looks forward to continued success through the first half of 2009 and beyond.

In the 1920s and 1930s animal actors were often big stars featured in lengthy movie fan magazine articles. They “sent” photographs of themselves (signed, of course, by their owners or their press secretaries) to their fans who wrote in to request them.

Air combat in World War II was ruthless. You didn’t see the enemy’s face nor the targets you bombed on the ground.