Could it have been that Lillian Hellman, grande bitch, brilliant playwright, political agitator, sexy fashion icon (according to Walter Matthau, “she kind of saw herself as the Catherine Deneuve of ...

Dashiell Hammett, author of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Glass Key," is known for his rugged, rebellious individuality and hard-boiled writing style, so it's an amusing surprise that many of his ...

An immediate force to be reckoned with upon the premiere of her first play, The Children's Hour, Lillian Hellman went on to a multi-decades career that encompassed everything from a tumultuous love ...