Anne Baxter
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Granddaughter of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Anne Baxter, born in Michigan City, IN, (May 7, 1923 - December 12, 1985) was a star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award and a Golden Globe in 1947 for The Razor's Edge, was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar in 1951 for All About Eve, and received an Emmy nomination in 1969. The following is from an interview in 1985....
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In search of a better life, a German girl named Willie (Anne Baxter) joins an American carnival that is passing through Munich. While traveling, she is torn between two suitors: cruel carnival barker Joe (Steve Cochran) and kindhearted high-dive artist Frank (Lyle Bettger). Frank gets the upper hand when he asks Willie to join his act. But tragedy is only a slip away.
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Current bibliographies in medicine volume no. 97-5
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1997.
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English
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This bibliography is only a partial representation of the journal literature on malaria for the last five years. The focus of this work is on the treatment and prevention and control of malaria in Africa. Criteria for inclusion were citations focusing on drug therapy, antimalarials, vaccines, and other therapies for the treatment of malaria. Citations relating to the drug effects, pathogenicity, and immunology of the Plasmodium organisms were included....
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Current bibliographies in medicine volume 2000-6
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[2000]
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English
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This search was limited to human subjects research involving treatment, diagnostic testing, and other studies involving adjuvant therapy of breast cancer.
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English
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Set in the world of theater, with its temperamental and insecure personalities and actors who don't know when to stop acting, this is a story of pretense and fantasy. Breathless fan Eve Harrington worms her way into the confidence of Broadway star Margo Channing. Eve becomes first her secretary, then her understudy, then her rival. Only one person sees through Eve's act: Birdie, Margo's wardrobe woman. Survivors of Eve's savage climb to the top...
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To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out...
12) All about Eve
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Criterion collection volume 1003
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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One night, Margo Channing entertains a surprise dressing-room visitor: her most adoring fan, the shy, wide-eyed Eve Harrington. But as Eve becomes a fixture in Margo's life, the Broadway legend soon realizes that her supposed admirer intends to use her and everyone in her circle, including George Sanders's acid-tongued critic, as stepping-stones to stardom. The multiple-Oscar-winning film is the most deliciously entertaining film ever made about the...
14) East of Eden
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Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin...
15) All about Eve
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Davis stars as a fading Broadway actress who is menaced by an overreaching younger actress played by Baxter.
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Criterion collection volume 952
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[2018]
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English
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A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
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[2011]
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English
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Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this version tells the story of the life of Moses. Once favored in the Pharaoh's bousehold, Moses turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom. Now celebrating its 55th anniversary, this film has been fully restored.
19) All about Eve
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Criterion collection volume 1003
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Aspiring actress Eve Harrington preys on the life and career of her idol, Broadway doyenne Margo Channing.