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All the Faith in the World: Holiday

by Kerrie Mills

[13.Apr.09] :. Holiday is the sort of movie that gives those who do know it the satisfyingly superior glow of being in on something really good.

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Column: From the Cheap Seats

Lou Gehrig: The Pride of the Yankees

by Tobias Peterson

[8.Apr.09] :. Americans cheer in their athletes what they demand of their citizens: humility, simplicity, and purity of spirit. It's a myth that's perfectly suited for the make-believe workings of Hollywood.

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The Pride of the Yankees: Collector’s Edition

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[28.Mar.08] :. In time for baseball season comes a trio of worthy releases: Bull Durham, Eight Men Out and The Pride of the Yankees

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Essential Classics - Romances

by Erik Hinton

[28.Jun.07] :. This set highlights the existential crisis about the validity and permanence of love, in a time when Americans were reminded of the absolute ephemeral nature of life and stripped of ideals by the War.

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Holiday (1938)

by Emma Simmonds

[23.Mar.07] :. Boasting a script packed full of acerbic gems, Holiday also has a tremendous visual energy.

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The Marrying Kind (1952)

by David Sanjek

[1.Dec.03] :. Hollywood did not allow Holliday to display the full range of her talent and intelligence; most of her roles were variants of the 'dumb blonde'.

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