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Woody Allen Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store has won Oscars® for "Annie Hall" [1977] {Best Picture & Best Original Screenplay}, and for "Hannah and Her Sisters" [1986] {Best Original Screenplay} — out of 21 Oscar nominations [1978-2006] |
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| Preston Sturges [1898-1959] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar® for "The Great McGinty" [1940] and has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
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