By Jim Alkon, Booktrib; July 15th, 2020
Names like Chaplin, Garbo, Keaton and Stanwyck among countless others come to mind when one thinks of the early days of Hollywood.
But another “star” for many of those films, an essential “role player” without legions of fans cramming for autographs, was a vehicle that got actors to their locations and often served as backdrops or even on-screen “performers” minus a speaking part: the streetcar.