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Why John Wayne Still Ranks Among Today's Most Popular Stars

John Farr | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

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John Farr

Wayne's persona -- its bigness, roughness, but also its decency -- literally came to define our heritage. And to a surprising degree, it still does.

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On His Birthday, The Best Cary Grant Movies By Farr

John Farr | Posted 02.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Mason, Stanley Donen, Rita Hayworth, Screwball Comedy, Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, Classic Comedy, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Jean Arthur, Irene Dunne, Classic Movies, Movie Stars, Howard Hawks, Entertainment News
John Farr

The evidence of Cary Grant's prodigious talent is always here, right in front of us, if we choose to look.

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Obama and "The Chicago Way"

Martin Nolan | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

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Martin Nolan

How does Barack Obama fit into political Chicago? I found out at another convention, Boston's in 2004.

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On Kon Ichikawa

Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Burmese Harp, The Makioka Sisters, Arthur Waley, An Actor’s Revenge, Japanese Cinema, Murasaki Shikibu, Roberto Rossellini, King Vidor, Elliott Stein, Tu Fu, The Tale of Genji, Li Po, The Rise of Louis XIV, Howard Hawks, Poetry, Entertainment News
Norman MacAfee

I saw The Burmese Harp in the mid-1960s, during the Vietnam war, and one specific image stayed with me, so much so that I have used it several times in poems.

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