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British author Jane Austen [1775-1817]
British author J.M. Barrie [1860-1937],
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Scottish mystery author M.C. Beaton
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British author Charles Dickens [1812-70]
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British author Ian L. Fleming [1908-64],
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British mystery author Dick Francis [1920-2010]
British physicist/author Stephen W. Hawking [1942-2018]
'The Inklings' Literary Society [1933-63] of Britain Page
British mystery author H.R.F. Keating [1926-2011]
British author Rudyard Kipling [1865-1936],
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British author C.S. Lewis [1898-1963]
British author Andrew Martin
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British author A.A. Milne [1882-1956], creator of "Winnie The Pooh"
Canadian author L.M. {Lucy Maud} Montgomery [1874-1942],
creator of the "Anne of Green Gables" Novels & Stories
British author George Orwell [1903-50],
creator of the novels "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
Scottish mystery author Ian Rankin
British author Sax Rohmer [1883-1959],
creator of evil Dr. Fu Manchu]
British author J.K. Rowling,
creator of "Harry Potter"
British philosopher Bertrand Russell [1872-1970]
British mystery author Dorothy L. Sayers [1893-1957]
Scottish author Sir Walter Scott [1771-1832], author of
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British philosopher-economist Adam Smith [1723-90]
Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-1894]
British author & critic Julian Symons [1912-94]
British author J.R.R. Tolkien [1892-1973],
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Irish-American author Leonard Wibberley [1915-83],
creator of "The Mouse That Roared"
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existentialist author Albert Camus [1913-60]
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aviator & author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [1900-44],
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French author Alexandre Dumas [1802-70]
French author Victor Hugo [1902-85]
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French author Georges Simenon [1903-89],
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French science fiction pioneer Jules Verne [1828-1905]
French author Émile Zola [1840-1902]
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![]() | "American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film" [2005] by Trevor McCrisken & Andrew Pepper Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2005] for $21.55 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2005] for $62.00 |
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![]() | "American History On The Screen: Film and Video Resources" [for grades 6-12; orig 1993, rev 2002] by Wendy S. Wilson & Gerald H. Herman looks at 14 films in detail, including "The Patriot" [2000], "Dances With Wolves" [1990], "The Grapes of Wrath" [1940], "American Graffiti" [1973], "Glory" [1989], and "Dr. Strangelove" [1964]; also worksheets & other teaching materials Walch Education 10¾x8¼ 2nd edition pb [10/2002] for $22.99 |
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"Film Nation: Hollywood Looks At U.S. History" [1997] by Robert Burgoyne Univ MN Press 9x6 pb [8/97] for $22.50 Univ MN Press 9½x6½ hardcover [8/97] out of print/used |
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Woody Allen Pages 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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Robert Altman [1925-2006] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store won an Honorary Oscar® in 2006 and was nominated 7 times (1971-2002) |
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writer-director-actor Mel Brooks Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store won an Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay for "The Producers" [1968] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Frank Capra [1897-1991] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store won an Oscar® for "It Happened One Night" [1934] {Best Director}, an Oscar® for "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" [1936] {Best Director}, and two Oscars® for "You Can't Take It With You" [1938] {Best Picture & Best Director} — out of 11 Oscar® nominations |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Charlie Chaplin [1889-1977] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store won an Honorary Oscar® for "The Circus" [1928], an Honorary Oscar® in 1972, and a Best Original Score Oscar® in 1973 for the re-release of "Limelight" [1952] — plus 3 Oscar® nominations (1941 & 1948) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Coen  Brothers:  Joel  &  Ethan Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store they won an Oscar® for "Fargo" [1996] {Best Original Screenplay}, and three Oscars® for "No Country for Old Men" [2007] {Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script Adaptation} — out of 8 Oscar® nominations [1997-2008] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Francis Ford Coppola Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store received 14 Oscar nominations [1971-1991]; won in 1971, 1973 & 1975 (three) |
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![]() | Walt Disney [1901-66] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store Walt received a record 64 Oscar® nominations [1932-1969], and won 22 Academy Awards and 4 Honorary Oscars® |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | John Ford [1894-1973] Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore John Ford won four Oscars® for Best Director: for "The Informer" [1935], for "The Grapes of Wrath" [1940], for "How Green Was My Valley" [1941], and for "The Quiet Man" [1952] — plus two nominations (1939 & 1952) |
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D.W. Griffith [1875-1948] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store D.W. Griffith won an Honorary Oscar® in 1936 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() | Buster Keaton [1895-1966] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store Buster Keaton won an Honorary Oscar® in 1960 and has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
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Harold Lloyd [1893-1971] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store Harold Lloyd won an Honorary Oscar® in 1953 |
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![]() | Martin Scorsese Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store won a Best Director Oscar® for "The Departed" [2006] — out of 8 Oscar nominations [1981-2007] |
![]() ![]() | 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 |
![]() ![]() | Dalton Trumbo [1905-1976] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store blacklisted screenwriter; secretly won Oscar for Best Story for "Roman Holiday" [1953], credit restored in 1993; secretly won Oscar for Best Story for "The Brave One" [1957], received statuette in 1975 |
![]() ![]() | King Vidor [1894-1982] Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store won Honorary Oscar in 1979 and has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
Raoul Walsh [1887-1980]
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![]() ![]() | Orson Welles [1915-85]
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