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- Cary Grant in Penny Serenade (1941)
- Dead Hollywood: Actors Who Died Young (documentary-video)
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- Selling Cars in America: Documentary
- Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (documentary)
- The Painted Desert – 1931 With Clark Gable
- Saturday Showtime: Shirley Booth & Burt Lancaster in ‘Come Back, Little Sheba
- Monday Movie: Shirley Booth as Hazel
- SentiMental Sunday: 1940’s Progressive Education Program
- Saturday Showtime: HOUDINI – starring Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh
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- SentiMental Sunday: It’s Houdini Week!
- Monday Movie: Harry Houdini in ‘The Master Mystery’, 1920
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Tag Archives: Hollywood Biographies
The Marilyn Monroe A&E Biography
In this A & E Biography, you will learn of Marilyns’ illegitimate origins as Norma Jean Baker, her early teenage marriage to a neighbor’s son, and her beginnings as a magazine cover model. Her film history includes a long list of playing the … Continue reading
Wednesday Biography: The Famous Rat Pack
Welcome to Wednesday Biography. Here is everything you wanted to know about the famous Rat Pack; Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr., and Joey Bishop. All 4 parts of the documentary appear below, for your viewing pleasure. … Continue reading