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22 June 2015

The best that came out of it was getting to know you

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The Spirit of St. Louis  (1957) is one of Billy Wilder's lesser known films. Based on the 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Charl...
15 June 2015

I'm praying that you'll buy On the road

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When Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road  was published in 1957, it was an immediate success. Presumably that same year,  Kerouac --want...
8 June 2015

Dear L.B.

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After working for Columbia Pictures for twelve years, director Frank Capra's contract with the studio ended in 1939 following the rel...
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3 June 2015

I think we can make a profit on her

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Seeing great potential in Hattie McDaniel after her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind  (1939), producer David O. Selznick signed...
31 May 2015

Gene Kelly's & Katharine Hepburn's appeal for clemency

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On 30 October 1947, screenwriter Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr.  appeared before the House on Un-American Activitie...
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27 May 2015

Dear Pappy

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One of the most legendary actor-director collaborations in Hollywood history is the collaboration between John Wayne and John Ford. T...
24 May 2015

Do you still miss me?

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Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford made five movies together:  The Lady in Question  (1940),  Gilda  (1946) ,  The Loves of Carmen  (1948),...
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20 May 2015

Do take care of yourself

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The day after filming had ended  on The Misfits  (1961) , Clark Gable suffered a massive heart attack. He died ten days later on 16 Nov...