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Micky Moore dies at 98; director and early Hollywood actor
Micky Moore and Hollywood grew up together. He was a toddler in 1916 when he began his career as a child actor in silent films and sat on the laps of such leading ladies as Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. As a 5-year-old he worked with legendary...
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Raiders of the Lost Ark (movie), Cinema Industry, Abraham Lincoln, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (movie)
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Letters: Framing the gun debate
Re "The NRA's loose cannon," Editorial, Jan. 24 National Rifle Assn. Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre's defense of "absolutism" on gun rights requires a strong rebuttal. The framers knew that change is a fact of life, and they wrote the...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Entertainment, Vice (movie), Wayne LaPierre, Politics
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Patrick Stewart: ‘Next Generation,’ ‘X-Men’ and Hollywood history
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comJust before the USS Enterprise embarked on a new mission with “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 1987, an article ...... -
Classic Hollywood: Western film pioneers have silent-era roots
In a world that's constantly changing, it's good to know that some things basically stay the same — for example, the movie western. It's a genre that hasn't changed much in the last century of cinematic history: There are good guys and there are bad...Tags: Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Entertainment, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice
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Edith Fellows dies at 88; child actress
Child actress Edith Fellows had made about 30 films by the age of 13 when she starred in a heart-wrenching, high-profile 1936 custody case, which was driven, she later said, by "my money — past, present and future."
Abandoned as an infant by her...Tags: Entertainment, Broadway Theater, Human Interest, Bing Crosby, David Lander
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Out West, in Utah's Butch Cassidy country
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Most of what follows is true." That's the opening of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," the 1969 movie about two bandits born as the sun was setting over the mesas and buttes of the old Wild West. Morally ambiguous, the movie struck a chord with...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, St. George, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Entertainment, Burt Bacharach
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Local history: Author's life filled with exciting adventures
The Akron Beacon JournalA single arrowhead pointed James A. Braden toward a literary path. He was a little boy when he discovered the chipped-stone relic on his family's farm in Trumbull County's Greene Township. The artifact piqued his curiosity about the natives who had...Tags: Literature, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Authors, Book
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Voice: Fires cannot destroy writer's memories
BrawleyBecause of the misguided and senseless actions of child arsonists, our city has suffered tragic destruction in recent weeks. Most of the destroyed buildings have been standing for decades. They are Brawley landmarks which will take much time and effort to...Tags: Hoot Gibson
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Framers' intent was pure ornamentation
Q Picture frames were very elaborate during Victorian times. The rectangular frame for an oil painting could be 3 or 4 inches deep with several different types of carving on the borders, and the frame often was covered with gold leaf. Small frames...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Animal Crackers, Coca-Cola Co.
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Holiday season was time for social calls in 1911
100 Years Ago Paying a call From the Times' social column: "Miss Marie Wylie of Fairview has returned home after visiting Mrs. Estelle Bach of Walbrook. Mrs. Ella Tillman of Baltimore, visited her mother Mrs. Samuel Longfelter last week. Mr. and...Tags: Buck Jones, Shirley Temple, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Holidays
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"Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce" by Lois Lowry
Special to the Tribune"Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce" By Lois Lowry Scholastic, $12.99, ages 9-12 The newest versions of the "Dear America" books, a series of fictional diaries, offer a personal way into important American moments. The focus here is...Tags: Influenza Pandemic (1918), Human Interest, Health, Epidemics and Plagues
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