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83Hollywood's Leading Men -1930's and 1940's - The Golden Age of Movies
During the Golden Age a sign over the MGM studios boasted they had "more stars than there are in heaven". Photography of the stars began to change as it moved towards the candid shot which portrayed the personality traits of the stars.
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74William Wyler, Movie Craftsman
William Wyler was one of the top names in movie direction. He was renowned for his tireless perfectionism and was responsible for some of Hollywood's finest movies.
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71Louis B Mayer of MGM, The Father of Hollywood
Louis B Mayer became the highest paid executive in the U.S.and was the first executive to earn a million-dollar salary. He was the most famous of the all-powerful studio moguls of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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71Aesop's Bulls, Irish Bulls and Other Bulls
Ferdinand the Bull I started writing about bulls, to give an introduction to a children's poem of mine, but my research took me far and wide and I landed up with what you might call 'literary bulls', i.e. bulls in literature, and oddities that are called 'bulls'.
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70The Best Years of Our Lives, Hollywood With Heart
The Best Years of Our Lives was made just after the Second World War in 1946 and portrays the adjustment problems facing returning servicemen and their families, including unemployment, adultery, alcoholism, and ostracism. The film is poignant and moving and realistically and intimately recreates the setting where three servicemen return from their honored wartime roles to their previous, now-altered middle-American lives.
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70Wuthering Heights, The 1939 Movie Masterpiece
The novel was monumental in its scope and the 1939 film version is generally regarded as the 'classic' and one of the greatest romantic films ever made.
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70June Lockhart Lost in Space
Born with true acting genes, June Lockhart, the daughter of actors Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, had a huge interest in following the footsteps of her parents. Born on 25th June over eighty years ago, the hall of fame actress, born in New York City...
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67Before We Forget 7 (Lillian Hellman)
"I can not, and will not, cut my conscience to fit this years fashions." Lillian Hellman was a major American playwright who wrote a series of powerful, realistic plays. She explored very controversial...
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67"The 6th Day" Movie Review
If you're looking for right-wing Christian rhetoric, then you've come to the right place! The only coherent arguments against cloning which The 6th Day is able to make are:1. Cloning makes Jesus cry2. Cloning...
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66Conviction - Film Review
Conviction is based on the true story of how Betty Anne Waters cleared her brother Kenny Waters of a wrongful murder conviction. Directed by Tony Goldwyn, Conviction has a great cast and an extraordinary story but doesn’t quite manage to reach...
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