All posts tagged "movies"
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4.2KBusiness and LaborHow Narragansett Beer Survived Prohibition (But Still Couldn’t Escape the Government)
Narragansett beer survived Prohibition, but it couldn’t escape the government. Not because government agents tried to shut down the brewery during Prohibition,...
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9.1K2Arts and LeisureThe Real People Behind Little Women
A century and a half after Little Women first reached the bookstore shelves, the story of four sisters and their mother still...
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18.3K12Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a Boston Accent (Not for the Faint of Haht)
The Boston accent has brought many an actor to grief, especially these days as films about the city just keep coming. George...
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5.5K5Arts 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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7.0K4Politics and MilitaryThe Civilian Conservation Corps, a Young Man’s Adventure
During the depths of the Great Depression, a 17-year-old boy from Warren, R.I., enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He did it...
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9.8K3Arts and LeisureMaxine Elliott: The Maine Starlet and Winston Churchill
In all the movies, books and histories that explored the life of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, only a short excerpt from...
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7.6KNew England PlacesSix Historic Love Nests
In honor of Valentines Day, the New England Historical Society chose to highlight six love nests. Love nests can be lavish mansions...
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42.5K8Massachusetts15 Facts About the 1978 Blizzard
In Connecticut they called it ‘Storm Larry.’ But to anyone old enough to remember, the words ‘1978 blizzard’ conjure up some very...
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9.6K10New England PlacesSix Historic Movie Sets in New England
So many New England places have served as historic movie sets that we found it hard to choose one for each state....
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18.6K2Massachusetts11 Famous People Committed to McLean Mental Hospital
Sylvia Plath called McLean mental hospital the best mental hospital in the United States. U.S. News & World Report did too. Though...
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