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Biography of Humphrey Bogart, best known for his roles in Casablanca, The River Queen, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 — January 14, 1957) was an Academy Award-winning American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of...
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Audrey Meadows (February 8, 1922 – February 3, 1996) Early life Audrey Meadows Cotter, better known by her stage name of Audrey Meadows, was the daughter of Chinese Missionaries. Her father was Francis Meadows Cotter, an Episcopal missionary. Her mother’s name was Ida Miller Taylor. She was born...
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A list of the films with the talented Ann Miller – a great dancer, who was able to act well in both comedy and drama roles.
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Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer, whose entertainment career has spanned seven decades.
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Houdini (1998) starring Johnathon Schaech, Stacy Edwards, Mark Ruffalo Recently, I watched the 1998 Houdini TV biography; I was interested to see how it stood up to other Houdini biographies I’ve seen, such as 1950’s Houdini biography with Tony Curtis, or the more recent Houdini with Adrien Brody. In my opinion,...
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Houdini – History Channel biography of Harry Houdini, starring Adrien Brody Once, many years ago in the Bloom County comic strip, Opus the penguin was writing a movie review, which read in part: “This bad film just oozed rottenness from every bad scene –simply bad beyond beyond all...
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Biography of Harry Houdini (1874-1926) Houdini means “escape artist or other ingenious person,” according to the dictionary. Harry Houdini epitomizes that, of course, as the man who created the field of escape artistry, as well as becoming the most famous magician of his day, and equally well known for...
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Tony Curtis gives a winning performance as the great Houdini, the struggling circus performer who emerged as the world s most captivating magician and escape artist. From his beginnings as a wild man carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an...
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The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre Editorial review of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre courtesy of Amazon.com Often typecast as a menacing figure, Peter Lorre achieved Hollywood fame first as a featured player and later as a character actor, trademarking his screen performances with...
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William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 — 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor. He was widely known for his roles in horror films, particularly for his portrayal of Frankenstein’s monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son...
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