All posts tagged "Academy Awards"
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5.7KArts and LeisureRachel Field, Rediscovered on a Maine Island
Rachel Field today is remembered through her children’s book, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, but she also wrote several bestsellers for adults,...
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13.9K5Arts and LeisureEight Great Zingers by Bette Davis, Yankee Gal
The legendary movie actress Bette Davis called herself the “Yankee-est gal who ever came down the pike.” She was born and educated...
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10.0K9Arts and LeisureKatharine Hepburn, Connecticut Actress, Saved by The Philadelphia Story
In June of 1938, Katharine Hepburn was 31 years old and obsessed with her failure. Hepburn was box office poison. She had...
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6.1K4Arts and LeisureMainer John Ford Makes Westerns (and The Quiet Man)
John Ford earned acclaim for movies filmed in landscapes that were vast, severe and rugged, like his personality. He also directed films...
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