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Jan
20

SIMILITUDE

Hear how the wind begins to whisper See how the leaves go streaming by Smell how the velvet rain is
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Jan
15

THE DARK GATSBY

"You're meeting somebody who is unholy. He was a beckoning into a world that didn't
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Jan
15

CHURCHILL'S PERFUME

I don't often write about perfume (in fact I never have) but a recent introduction to a certain
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Jan
14

HOW WOULD LUBITSCH DO IT?

In Billy Wilder's office in Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles once hung the beautifully calligraphed sign inscribed with the
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Jan
13

MOON & BIRDBOOT

We had the two loudest voices in the school. No doubt we'd have made the worst spies, blowing
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Jan
12

PAINTING BOX

My dear dad would have been 82 years old today. Thinking about him this morning on his birthday, I'
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Jan
07

A SHOT OF JACK

For years I was certain I knew what the single greatest scene in the entire work of actor Jack Nicholson&
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Jan
04

SEND OUT THE CLOWNS

My first introduction to a suffragette as a young boy was watching Glynis Johns as Mrs Banks in Walt Disney&
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Jan
01

COLDFINGER

Bond had avoided seeing anyone over Christmas and was enjoying his solitude at Inverlair Lodge which had once housed enemy
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Jan
01

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

"Everything in the world is a jest. Man is born a jester. In his mind, his reason Is wavering
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