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Intolerance <span class="date" >(1916)</span>

Director: D.W. GriffithCast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh and Constance Talmadge Griffith responded to the outcry over The Birth of a Nation with Intolerance, and in the process created one of the…

The Devil's Dictionary: Replica

by Ambrose Bierce REPENTANCEREPORTERREPLICA -n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by…

Salt Lake City Olympic Firsts

Alpine skier Janica Kostelic of Croatia and cross country skiers Andrus Veerpalu and Jaak Mae of Estonia won the first Winter Games medals for their home countries.Short-track speed skaters…

Rosie Lee Tompkins 2006 Deaths

Rosie Lee TompkinsAge: 70Effie Mae Howard reclusive African-American quiltmaker who gained unwanted acclaim for her unconventional creations, which fused vibrant colors and geometric forms in…

R. L. Burnside

Mr. WizardFat Possum/Epitaph Junior Kimbrough's labelmate on Fat Possum, R. L. Burnside is another Mississippi hill country-bluesman rescued from obscurity in the early '90s. His seminal Fat…

Clash by Night <span class="date" >(1952)</span>

Turner; $19.98; NRDirector: Fritz LangCast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, Keith Andes and J. Carrol Naish Stanwyck portrays tough gal Mae Doyle, a wayward woman…

Ike Turner Biography

musicianDied: Dec. 12, 2007 (San Marcos, California) Best Known as: musician, songwriter, producer, and ex-husband of Tina Turner Turner was an R…

Faye Dancer 2002 Deaths

Faye DancerAge: 77 free-spirited outfielder in the women's professional baseball league of the 1940s, and the inspiration for "All the Way Mae" Mordabito, the character played by Madonna in…