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...Department had called on director Frank Capra to amass a film unit, mainly for documentaries that would instruct soldiers and citizens on the government's enemies, aims and ideals. (From this unit came the "Why We Fight" series and many other powerful non-fiction films.) Geisel, who had sold bug spray and motor oil through humor, and honed his satirical skills on the isolationists for PM, was the prefect recruit for this task. At the end of the war this son of German-Americans wrote a training film called "Your Job in Germany," which said that the German people would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Seuss on First | 3/2/2004 | See Source »

Sarah Duant will be discussing her novel Birth of Venus. This historical fiction combines sacrifice and betrayal during Florence’s captivity under Savonarola to create a fascinating and intriguing story. Amanda Foreman has described Birth of Venus as “a tour de force”. 7 p.m. Wordsworth Books, Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 2/27/2004 | See Source »

Richard Dreyfuss (Mr. Holland’s Opus) and Eric Stoltz (Pulp Fiction) star in this new production of Arthur Penn’s 1976 Broadway hit entitled Sly Fox. Foxwell J. Sly (Dreyfuss) is a con man operating at the emergence of the Gold Rush in San Francisco. The mad zeal for glittering nuggets proves to be a perfect opportunity for Sly and his assistant to make a tidy sum. The screenplay, written by Larry Gelbart, is a reimagining of Ben Jonson’s darkly comedic Volpone. The production will also feature Bronson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 2/27/2004 | See Source »

Hardcover Non-fiction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Top Books | 2/27/2004 | See Source »

Hardcover Fiction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Top Books | 2/27/2004 | See Source »

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