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Interesting Facts About Shirley Temple

Shirley Jane Temple was born on April 23, 1929, in Santa Monica, California. She thought her real birth year to be 1928, until she was 13 years old. Her mother was Gertrude Amelia Krieger and her father George Francis Temple was a businessman and banker. Her parents are now both deceased, her mother in 1977, ...

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Bringing Up Baby, Starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn

Cate Blanchett won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress of the 2004 season for her portrayal of Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator. Blanchett captured much of Hepburn’s mannerisms and style in her performance. For those of you who have never watched a Katherine Hepburn movie or have not seen one in a while, why ...

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Great Movie Remakes: His Girl Friday

A Hollywood movie remake is usually an invitation to a disaster. The movie is probably being remade because it did well at the box office the first time around. The movie remake typically strips out certain aspects of the original like a good script, engaging acting, and competent directing. The audience is left with a ...

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10 Great Cary Grant Movies

Cary Grant was a prolific actor in a four decade career. As such I can’t say that I seen all of his movies and can’t term this article “10 Best” but rather “10 Great”, with the author determining that they are great. Without dragging out an already too long winded introduction here are the movies ...

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Top Ten Classic Cary Grant Movies

When you think of Cary Grant you probably think of huge classical movie hearthrob Cary Grant, who starred in many romantic classic films. Cary Grant certainly stole many women’s hearts in some of his movies, where his charm was in need of no explanation. However, do you know all of his best movies? Have you ...

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24th Anniversary of Cary Grant’s Death

Monday, November 29, 2010 marks the 24th anniversary of acting great Cary Grant’s death. At 11: 22 p.m. on November 29, 1986, Grant passed away at St. Luke’s Hospital in Iowa. He had suffered a stroke and was in a coma before he got to the hospital. He was 82 years old at the time ...

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Cary Grant – Not a One Note Actor: The Versatility of Cary Grant

I took part in a discussion about actors and acting. Someone mentioned that they didn’t like Cary Grant, because he always played the same role. This suprised me, because one of the reasons I consider Cary Grant the greatest actor ever is because of his versatility. One of the reasons I think people see Cary ...