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The Lady Eve <span class="date" >(1941)</span>
Director: Preston SturgesCast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Coburn and Eugene Pallette Sturges's observations on the romantic clash of men and women improves with age, with Fonda…telephone
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Hand telephone telephone, device for communicating sound, especially speech, usually by means of wires in an electric circuit. The telephones now in general use evolved from…Head, Edith
(Encyclopedia) Head, Edith, 1907–81, American costume designer, b. Los Angeles, Calif. She began to design costumes for the motion pictures in the early 1930s, working at Paramount for most of her…Waterloo, cities, Canada
(Encyclopedia) WaterlooWaterloowôtərl&oomacr;ˈ [key]. 1 City (1991 pop. 71,181), SE Ont., Canada. It adjoins Kitchener. Several large insurance companies have their main offices there, and the…Grant, Cary
(Encyclopedia) Grant, Cary, 1904–86, British movie actor, b. Bristol as Archibald Alexander Leach. He began on stage in 1923 and made his first film in 1932. An almost immediate hit, Grant was a…Strand, Mark
(Encyclopedia) Strand, Mark, 1934–2014, American poet, b. Prince Edward Island, Canada, grad. Antioch College (B.A., 1957), Yale (B.F.A., 1959), Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.A., 1962). Meditative and…Hardcover
Here are the best-selling children's books of all time (through the end of 2000), with author and year of initial publication, compiled by Publishers Weekly. OP means the book is no longer in print…Gasquet, Francis Aidan
(Encyclopedia) Gasquet, Francis AidanGasquet, Francis Aidangăsˈkĭt [key], 1846–1929, English prelate and scholar, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, a Benedictine. In historical studies of…Arany, János
(Encyclopedia) Arany, JánosArany, Jánosyäˈnôsh ŏˈrŏnyə [key], 1817–82, Hungarian poet. Arany is considered one of the founders of modern Hungarian poetry. He was an actor, notary, editor, and…Last Supper
(Encyclopedia) Last Supper, in the New Testament, meal taken by Jesus and his disciples on the eve of the passion. Jesus broke bread and passed a cup of wine among the disciples, identifying himself…Trending
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