Stars can be found in the unlikeliest of places. Marilyn Monroe was noticed at a munitions factory and Haley Joel Osment was scouted in Ikea, but the 20th century’s most prolific actor was discovered on a cactus.
In the mid-1930s, ex-cowboy Henry Wagstaff Twiford was walking across the red rust of the Mojave desert when he stumbled upon a baby raven in an abandoned nest. He took him home, named him Jimmy, and reared him on boiled eggs, eggshells, and milk. Over the course of the next two decades, Jimmy became a star that needed no surname, billed alongside Bette Davis and Judy Garland during Hollywood’s Golden Age. Before he died, the raven was said to have appeared in more than 1,000 films.
That is the extent of what most people know about Jimmy — if they’ve heard of him at all. Despite his vast back catalogue, no...
In the mid-1930s, ex-cowboy Henry Wagstaff Twiford was walking across the red rust of the Mojave desert when he stumbled upon a baby raven in an abandoned nest. He took him home, named him Jimmy, and reared him on boiled eggs, eggshells, and milk. Over the course of the next two decades, Jimmy became a star that needed no surname, billed alongside Bette Davis and Judy Garland during Hollywood’s Golden Age. Before he died, the raven was said to have appeared in more than 1,000 films.
That is the extent of what most people know about Jimmy — if they’ve heard of him at all. Despite his vast back catalogue, no...
- 3/12/2024
- by Amelia Tait
- Empire - Movies
It’s the :a[end of an era for DC]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/the-end-of-the-dceu/' } as the epic saga’s final adventure, Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom, prepares to make a splash in cinemas this December. And, to mark the occasion, in :a[this month’s issue of Empire]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-world-exclusive-aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-covers-revealed/' } we head back under the water with director James Wan for a world-exclusive deep-dive into the return of the Atlantean King, in the hotly-anticipated :a[Aquaman]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/aquaman-review/' } sequel.
The latest issue of Empire hits newsstands on 26 October, and you can :a[pre-order a copy online here]{href='https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-december-2023?utm_source=dynamic&utm_medium=bws&utm_campaign=empire_singles&utm_content=empiredecember2023' }. In the meantime, read on for a sneak peek at what you can look forward to within our pages this month…
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom
2018’s billion dollar grossing...
The latest issue of Empire hits newsstands on 26 October, and you can :a[pre-order a copy online here]{href='https://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-december-2023?utm_source=dynamic&utm_medium=bws&utm_campaign=empire_singles&utm_content=empiredecember2023' }. In the meantime, read on for a sneak peek at what you can look forward to within our pages this month…
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom
2018’s billion dollar grossing...
- 10/25/2023
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
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