All posts tagged "movies"
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46.1K12Crime and ScandalThe Great Brinks Robbery of 1950: Not Quite the Perfect Crime
The Great Brinks Robbery was the biggest armed robbery in U.S. history at the time. Thieves vanished after stealing $2.7 million, leaving few...
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38.3K18Arts and LeisureThe Mysterious Death of Newport Movie Mogul Thomas Ince
The death of Thomas Ince just after his 42nd birthday party was as legendary as some of the movies he produced. As...
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21.7K12Business and LaborBabson’s Boulders: A Millionaire’s Odd Dogtown Legacy
Eccentric millionaire Roger Babson had an unusual hobby that mortified his family: During the Great Depression, he hired unemployed stonecutters to carve...
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14.5K2Business and LaborHow the Polaroid Camera Was Born at a Connecticut Boys Camp
The Polaroid Corporation, which once employed 21,000 people, got started in a Lebanon, Conn., boys camp in 1922. It happened when a...
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29.8K34Arts and LeisureClassic Movies Shot in New England, 13 Award-Winners
Hundreds of filmmakers have come to New England since the turn of the last century and some have shot classic movies here....
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31.8K19Arts and LeisureRockport Motif No. 1, The World’s Most Celebrated Fishing Shack
A red fishing shack at the end of a granite wharf in Rockport, Mass., is an unlikely celebrity. The picturesque old building,...
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