William Haines

Was approached, along with fellow silent-screen veterans Buster Keaton and Anna Q. Nilsson, to play one of Gloria Swanson's bridge partners in Sunset Boulevard (1950). Swanson herself reportedly asked him to do it. Haines declined and fellow screen veteran H.B. Warner took the part.

He created an interior decoration at the 1939-40 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, which boasted a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe.

In 1938 he decorated the homes of Joan Bennett and Constance Bennett. Both houses were designed in the French Provincial style by James Dolena.

Redecorated the home of Jack L. Warner and his second wife Ann Boyar in 1937. The house was later bought by David Geffen, who completely renovated the property.

Decorated the home of Claudette Colbert in 1934, probably on the recommendation of mutual friend Carole Lombard.

Under pressure to marry, he proposed to friend and frequent co-star Anita Page during the making of Are You Listening? (1932). She turned him down, and the two remained friends for a long time after.

In 1930 he was the top box-office male star and Joan Crawford the top female.

Met his partner Jimmie Shields in New York in 1926 during a promotional tour. They lived together until Haines' death.

Won the "New Faces of 1922" contest sponsored by the Samuel Goldwyn Co. and was awarded a contract, which shifted to MGM upon the company merger. The other winner of the contest was Eleanor Boardman.