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Nov 1, 20243 min read
Shirley Temple
In the 1930s, two of the most powerful antidotes to the Great Depression were a race horse named Seabiscuit and a little girl named...
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Sep 14, 20243 min read
Fred Zinnemann
I once got an email from an 88-year-old man named George, praising an essay I’d written for The Washington Post . Coincidentally, I had...
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Oct 15, 20232 min read
The "Perfect" Couple
They called her “The Perfect Wife.” Best known for playing William Powell’s partner in crime-busting in the classic Thin Man movies,...
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Mar 15, 20233 min read
Noir Star Dana Andrews
“Always understated and all too underrated.” That’s how writer David Stenn describes Dana Andrews. Film historian Jeanine Basinger...
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Jul 30, 20223 min read
Films of 1952: High Noon
They say High Noon is popular with presidents: Reportedly, it was the favorite movie of Ronald Reagan, G.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, who...
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