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Wrote Tony-winner 'Kismet'
Tribune NewspapersLuther Davis, a writer for stage, film and television who won a Tony award for "Kismet," the Broadway musical and whose screen credits include, "Lady in a Cage," a thriller that starred Olivia de Havilland, has died. He was 91. Mr. Davis died July 29...Tags: Broadway, Movies, Music Theater, James Caan, Jose Ferrer
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Oscar Winner Paul Scofield Dies at 86
Paul Scofield, one of the giants of the British stage who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film "A Man for All Seasons," has died. He was 86. Scofield, who had been suffering from leukemia, died Wednesday in a...Tags: Cancer, John Gielgud, Robert Bolt, Movies, Television
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What are your siblings doing?
It's remarkable enough that brothers Eli and Peyton Manning are both starting NFL quarterbacks. But now Eli nears pigskin's pinnacle (Super Bowl) one year after his older (and taller) brother was there -- beating the Bears, as you might recall. There are...Tags: Baseball, Colleges and Universities, Movies, Casey Affleck, Football
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DVD set spotlights Myrna Loy and William Powell
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThere were many memorable screen teams during Hollywood's dream factory era -- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. But none made as many features...Tags: Katharine Hepburn, Movies, Errol Flynn, Mickey Rooney, Clark Gable
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Actress treasures her role in movie history
Sentinel Movie CriticActress Ann Rutherford is "just tickled" that Gone With the Wind, the 1939 movie epic she was in, is celebrated now as a document of Civil War history and a piece of American history itself. But she understands why some black Americans don't celebrate the...Tags: Jimmy Stewart, Red Skelton, Movies, Margaret Mitchell, Mickey Rooney
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'Piazza's' dramatic light grows sharper
Times Staff WriterRomantics beware: "The Light in the Piazza" may seem like a picture postcard of amour with its lovely American ingénue and handsome Italian bachelor falling head over heels amid the sensual backdrop of Florence. But all is not as it appears in Adam...Tags: New York, Fiction, Los Angeles, Family, Henry James
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'Ben-Hur' Chosen Film of the Year
From The Times: April 5, 1960
"Ben-Hur" last night proved as big an Academy Award winner as it has been on the big screen. Sweeping all before it, its horses, light and dark, its chariots and its filmic makers triumphed in 11 categories for an all-time...Tags: Eddie Fisher, Paul Muni, William Wyler, Movies, Buena Vista (Buena Vista, Virginia)
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'Gone With the Wind' Maker Gets Star
Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES - Even though he produced "Gone with the Wind" and other movie classics, David O. Selznick never had his own star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. That oversight was corrected Tuesday when the Producers Guild sponsored the late producer's star on...Tags: Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, Movies, Jennifer Jones
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Her return engagement
Special to The TimesOlivia de Hallivand, the last remaining great Hollywood star of both the golden '30s and '40s, is an irresistible woman. When the subject of birthdays comes up in the middle of an interview, she looks the writer straight in the eye and declares, "I'm...Tags: Charles Boyer, Religious Festivals, William Wyler, Movies, Errol Flynn
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Here's the rub: Is a more expensive spa better, or just different?
Those elegant new spas being built at hotels and resorts often come with heart-stopping price tags. We wondered: Does the pampering feel progressively better the more you pay -- or just different? Here are three spa experiences: at a high-end resort in...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Dylan McDermott, Bodies of Water, Furniture
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'Mostly Martha'
Times Staff WriterOne of the most persistent and endearingly silly subcategories of the woman's picture is the Symbolic Hair Story, those cautionary tales of uptight ladies with upswept tresses in which a woman's journey directly corresponds with the downward trajectory of...Tags: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Movies, Neil LaBute, Beverly Hills
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'Gods and Generals'
Times Staff WriterJust as the Civil War revealed a nation divided, Ronald F. Maxwell's "Gods and Generals," a prequel to his 1993 "Gettysburg," is a film divided. With an awesome sense of authenticity and scope, he has staged three major battles leading up to the...Tags: New York, Virginia, Movies, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Jeff Daniels
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