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  • The Christian Front arrests in 1940...
    Item #724966
    NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Jan. 15, 1940

    * Christian Front (United States) arrests
    * Plot to overthrow the U.S. government


    The front page has a one column heading: "17 Arrested As They Got Bombs Ready" with subhead. (see images) More on page 2 with banner heading, a few related photos and the names of the plotters.
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  • 1939 USS Squalus disaster and rescue...
    Item #724932
    ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, May 24, 1939

    * USS Squalus (Sailfish) submarine disaster
    * Diving bell rescue (1st report)


    The top of the front page has a five column headline: "DIVER REACHES THE SQUALUS, MAKES CONTACT WITH CREW; RESCUERS FEAR 26 ARE DEAD" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More inside.
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  • Naval base of Diego Suarez falls in 1942...
    Item #724931
    NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, May 7, 1942

    * World War II "Operation Ironclad"
    * Naval base of Diego Suarez captured
    * Battle of Madagascar - Southeast Africa


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "MADAGASCAR BASE FALLS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
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  • 1932 "The Mummy" opening day advertisement for Detroit....
    Item #724930
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 23, 1932

    * "The Mummy" movie - opening day
    * Pre-Code supernatural horror film 
    * Chicago advertisement - Boris Karloff

    Page 18 has a 4 x 4 inch advertisement for the premiere of the pre-code film "The Mummy" in Chicago with nice, early graphics. (see images) 
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  • Attack on Dick Button & others in Central Park...
    Item #724928
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 17, 1978

    * Dick Button & others attacked by thugs
    * "The Ramble" section of Central Park
    * Anti-gay LGBTQ violence 

    The front page has a heading: "Hunting Gays in Central Park" with lead-in: "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE VICTIMS",... Read full description  
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  • 1971 veterans march on Washington D.C...
    Item #724927
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 29, 1971

    * Vietnam Veterans Against the War
    * "Operation Dewey Canyon III"
    * March on Washington D.C. w/ photos

    * Alice Cooper rock singer and songwriter
    * "Love It to Death" album tour - I'm Eighteen
    * Manhattan concert advertisement


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  • 1974 David Bowie & The Allman Brothers concert advertisements...
    Item #724926
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 27, 1974

    * David Bowie - English singer songwriter musician
    * Diamond Dogs Tour - rock-opera style show format
    * Madison Square Garden concert advertisement

    * The Allman Brothers Band - Dickey Betts
    * American rock band concert advertisement
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  • 1979 "THE WHO" MSG concert advertisement...
    Item #724925
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 11, 1979

    * "THE WHO" American rock band - Roger Daltrey
    * Madison Square Garden concert advertisement
    * "Who Are You" album tour minus Keith Moon


    Page 69 has a nice full page advertisement for "THE WHO" rock concert at Madison Square Garden. (see... Read full description  
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  • Lyle Alzado & John Riggins quit NFL football in 1986...
    Item #724922
    USA TODAY, March 20, 1986

    * Lyle Alzado - Oakland Raiders "Bod Boy" "Outlaw"
    * John Riggins - Washington Redskins power back 
    * Both announce retirement from NFL football 


    Near the bottom of the front page of the sport's section has a two column heading: "Alzado packs it in; Riggins sent... Read full description  
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  • Historic newspaper item #724921
    Item #724921
    FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Feb. 1, 1950

    * Thermonuclear Fusion enters the playing field 
    * Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
    * Cold War with Russia enters a new phase


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "U.S. Goes Ahead On Development Of Super Bomb" with subhead.... Read full description  
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  • 1950 Llandow airplane disaster... Wales...
    Item #724920
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 13, 1950

    * Llandow air disaster w/ photos
    * Avro Tudor V aircraft - airplane
    * World's deadliest aviation accident at the time 


    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "80 KILLED IN WORLD'S WORST AIR CRASH AS PLANE DIVES NEAR A WALES AIRPORT; ONLY 3 ON FOOTBALL FANS' TRIP... Read full description  
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  • 1938 "Dick Tracy" color comic strip...
    Item #724919
    COMICS SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune (weekly on Sundays), May 1, 1938

    * "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould (color comic strip)
    * American police detective w/ Yellow trench coat


    This section is loaded with nice, colored comic strips with a full front page strip titled: "DICK TRACY" by Chester Gould (see images)
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  • SS Egypt gold & silver ship found in 1931....
    Item #724918
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 2, 1931

    * SS Egypt ocean liner found
    * Gold & silver salvage fame
    * English Channel deep diving 


    Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Divers Find Liner's $5,000,000 Bullion Intact; Reach Egypt's Cargo After Three-year Effort" (see)
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  • 1939 Texas A&M football champions...
    Item #724917
    SPORTING GREEN section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 1939 

    * Texas A&M Aggies college football 
    * Undefeated season - National champions
     

    The front page of this section has a one column heading: "Undefeated Texas Aggies Win by 20-0" with season results. (see images) More on page 3 with lineups.... Read full description  
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  • 1963 "The Flintstones"w/ Pebbles color comic strip...
    Item #724916
    COLOR COMIC STRIPS section only of The Detroit Free Press, April 14, 1963

    * First appearance of baby "Pebbles"
    * "The Flintstones" color comic strip
    * "Stone age" animated comedy series


    This section has several color comic strips which includes a page 7 "THE FLINTSTONES" strip with the... Read full description  
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  • Germany's last line of defense fails... Iwo Jima....
    Item #724888
    NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1945

    * Beginning of the end of Nazi Germany
    * Germans last line of defense (Rhine) breached
    * Battle of Iwo Jima near the beginning 

    The front page has a nice banner headline: "9TH ARMY AT THE RHINE, FOE FLEES IN ROUT; FIRST ADVANCES, BRITISH DRIVE REPORTED; RUSSIANS CLOSING TRAP; NEW GAINS ON IWO" with various... Read full description  
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  • Historic newspaper item #724887
    Item #724887
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 7, 1945

    * Capture of Cologne, Germany
    * 1st major German city to surrender
    * Finals weeks of the Third Reich 


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "SHATTERED COLOGNE FALLS TO 1ST ARMY; 3D SWEEPS WITHIN 20 MILES OF COBLENZ; SOVIET GAIN NEAR STETTIN... Read full description  
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  • Harry Ford Sinclair goes to jail in 1929...
    Item #724884
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 29, 1929

    * Sinclair Oil Corporation founder freed
    * Teapot Dome Scandal - bribery


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "SINCLAIR, OIL BARON, FREE" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Related photo on the back page. 
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  • Historic newspaper item #724883
    Item #724883
    PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, Jan. 19, 1976

    * Pittsburgh Steelers - NFL football 
    * Back-to-back Super Bowl champions
    * vs. Dallas Cowboys - Super Bowl X
    * Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris & Lynn Swann


    The front page has a nice banner headline in the iconic team colors: "STEELERS STILL... Read full description  
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  • Soviet atom bomb spy Klaus Fuchs arrested...
    Item #724878
    FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Feb. 4, 1950 

    * Klaus Fuchs arrested
    * German atomic bomb scientist
    * Russian - Soviet Union spy
    * re. Manhattan Project


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Data On H-Bomb Seen Accessible To Spy Suspect" with subhead. (see images)
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  • "The Beauty Queen Killer" killed in 1984...
    Item #724876
    USA TODAY, April 16, 1984 

    * Christopher Wilder "The Beauty Queen Killer" 
    * Colebrook, New Hampshire capture and suicide 

    The front page has a three column illustration headed: "Wilder's survivors not talking" Also a two column heading: "1 can't talk, other trying to sell story" with... Read full description  
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  • Historic newspaper item #724875
    Item #724875
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1951

    * Joe DiMaggio "The Yankee Clipper"
    * New York Yankees MLB baseball
    * Announces his last year as a player


    The front page of the sport's section (near the back) has a two column heading: "DiMaggio Plan to Quit After '51 Stuns Yankees... Read full description  
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  • Yankee Stadium's final game....
    Item #724792
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 22, 2008  

    * 'Old' Yankee Stadium's final game played
    * The House 'Babe' Ruth Built - New York Yankees

    The front page features a color photo captioned: "When It's Over, It's Over..." showing Yogi Berra saluting to the fans during a ceremony before the final game at the 85 year-old Yankee Stadium.
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  • The Midwest Mafia merges...
    Item #724790
    CHICAGO TRIBUNE (Sunday Edition), March 30, 1980 (sections I-V) The front page has considerable detail regarding the merging of the Midwest Mafia - including involvement of Anthony Spilotro ("Tony the Ant") and Nick and Carl Cilvella.
    Included are sections I through V. Minimal margin wear and toning, good condition.

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  • Wayne Gretzky retires...
    Item #724788
     NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1999  The front page has a four column photo  titled: "With a Few Tears and a Final Assist, Gretzky Says Goodbye".
    The front page of the sports section has a much larger photo of Gretzky waving to the crowd, headed: "THE GREAT GOODBYE" with more, and additional reports within.
    The complete issue with all 4 sections,... Read full description  

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  • Sputnik 9 Russian spacecraft...   Blackie...
    Item #724786
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 10, 1961

    * Sputnik 9 Russian spacecraft
    * "Space Race" heats up for eventual human flight
    * Chernushka - Blackie - Russia dog (historic)
    * 1st animal returned from space successfully (alive)


    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Soviet Orbits and Returns 5-Ton Satellite With Dog" ... Read full description  
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  • 1908 Woman serial killer Belle Gunness...
    Item #724785
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 6, 1908

    * "Lonely Hearts" Woman killer Belle Gunness
    * La Porte, Indiana murder farm discovery


    The top of the front page has a 3 1/2 column headline: "GHASTLY Evidence Found Of Wholesale MURDER" with subhead. (see images). Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the... Read full description  
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  • Jehovah's Witnesses and distribution of literature in the 1930's...
    Item #724784
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1932

    Bergenfield, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
    * Distribution of literature on public streets

    * Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
    * Jehovah's Witnesses movement arrests
    * Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students 

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  • Nazis announce sterilization plan in 1934...
    Item #724782
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 5, 1934

    * Third Reich - Nazis announce sterilization plan
    * Prelude to the Jewish Holocaust - exterminations ?


    Page 10 has a one column heading: "Reich Sterilization Of Children Planned" with subhead. (see images) See below for details. 
    Complete with all 42 pages, light toning, generally in very... Read full description  
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  • Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott & MLK...
    Item #724781
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1956

    * re. Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
    * 27 year old Martin Luther King Jr.
    * 1960's Civil Rights movement in it's infancy


    The front page has a one column heading: "FIRST NEGRO TRIED IN BUS BOYCOTTING" with subhead. (see images)
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  • Lou Holtz named Notre Dame's head coach in 1985...
    Item #724760
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 28, 1985

    * Head Coach Lou Holtz announcement 
    * Notre Dame Fighting Irish football 


    The top of the fornt page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "Irish Give the Ball to Holtz" (see images) 
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  • Notre Dame wins 1989 college football title...
    Item #724745
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 3, 1989

    * Lou Holtz's 1st and only title
    * Notre Dame Fighting Irish
    * Wins Fiesta Bowl vs. West Virginia
    * College football national champions


    The front page of the sport's section has a heading: "#1: There's No Stopping Notre Dame" with subhead and related photo. (see) First report... Read full description  
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  • Boxing Retrospective -  Jack Johnson vs. James Jeffries...
    Item #724714
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 8, 1990  The front page of the Sports Section has: "80 Years Ago, the Truth Hurt", with subhead: "Johnson's Victory Over Jeffries Taught Lesson to White America", followed by an extensive retrospective on their infamous boxing match which took place on July 4, 1910. The article continues on page C12... Read full description  

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  • Corregidor Surrenders in 1942....
    Item #724713
    MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, May 7, 1942

    * United States surrender Corregidor
    * Manila Bay, Philippines
    * Prelude to the Bataan death march
    * General Jonathan M. Wainwright
    * World War II - WWII


    The front page has a four column heading: "JAPS HUNT FOR GUERRILLA BANDS ON THE PHILIPPINES" with subhead. (see images)
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  • Pursuing the St. Valentine's Day Massacre killers...   A re-enactment...
    Item #724712
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 17, 1929 

    * St. Valentine's Day Massacre investigation 
    * George 'Bugs' Moran & Al 'Scarface' Capone
    * Best title to be had - very rare as such


    The front page has a one column heading: "SCHOOLS CHIEF GIVES CLEW TO GANG MASSACRE" with subhead.... Read full description  
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  • The United States enters the space race...
    Item #724709
    THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, February 1, 1958 

    * 1st satellite put into space by the United States
    * EXPLORER 1 (1ST REPORT)


    The top of the front page has a five column headline announcing America's successful entry in the space race with: "Space Secrets 'Beep' Back to U.S. As Explorer Rockets Over Earth... Read full description  
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  • Wright Brothers flight 25th anniversary....
    Item #724706
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 16, 1928

    * Wright Brothers - Orville & Wilbur
    * Kitty Hawk, North Carolina airplane flight
    * 25th anniversary celebrations across the World


    Page 20 has three related reports regarding the 25th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight with one column heading. (see images)
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  • St. Patrick's Day Parade...
    Item #724705
    MID-WEEK PICTORIAL, New York, March 25, 1920  Fine pictorial published by the New York Times, this issue has the reporting the "German Revolt"; St. Patrick's Day Parade"; "Fashion's Changes" "Asquith's Return" and other photos with text throughout this 24 page issue. In good condition.

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  • Review & premiere of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #724701
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 1, 1989

    * Best "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" advertisement
    * Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
    * American Christmas comedy film - Chevy Chase


    A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "National Lampoon's Christmas... Read full description  
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  • The 1920 "Reichstag Bloodbath"...
    Item #724700
    THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, Jan. 14, 1920

    * The 1920 Reichstag Bloodbath
    * Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police)
    * Radicalism vs. Weimar Republic


    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "EVERY PART OF GERMANY NOW UNDER MARTIAL LAW" with subhead. (see images) 
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  • Superman color comic strip (#29) from the first year of publication...
    Item #724699
    COMIC SECTION only of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 19, 1940

    * "The Panic at the Circus"
    * Superman (color comic strip) - #29
    * 1st year of publication
    * Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster


    This is a first year printing of the "Superman" color comic strip (by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster), which... Read full description  
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  • Jewish persecution expands in Germany....
    Item #724664
    FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, June 20, 1938  The front page has one column heads of great significance but which received little attention at the time: thr growing persecution of the Jews in Germany and elsewhere, and the formative events of the Holocaust.
    "Anti-Semitism Wave Greatest Under Nazi Rule" "Jews Forbidden To... Read full description  

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  • The United States enters the space race...
    Item #724662
    THE EVENING BULLETIN, Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1958  The front page has a banner headline announcing America's successful entry in the space race with: "First American Satellite Circling the Earth" " 'Explorer' Fired by Army Whirls Far Above Sputnik" with related subheads.
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  • Great Mark Twain cover...
    Item #724660
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 15, 1900  See the photos for the great two-color cover portrait of "Mark Twain" as drawn by William Nicholson. The inside cover shows a photo of:  "The Aldine Club Dinner to Mark Twain" and the double page centerfold is a great illustration captioned: "A Surprise Party to Mark Twain by his... Read full description  

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  • Death of Israel's first president in 1952...
    Item #724658
    THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Nov. 10, 1952

    * Chaim Weizmann death 
    * State of Israel 1st president 
    * Israeli Zionist statesman - leader 
    * Jewish - Jews - Judaica 


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ISRAEL'S FIRST PRESIDENT DIES" with subhead. (see images) 
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  • V-E Day is proclaimed...
    Item #724656
    DAILY NEWS, New York City, May 8, 1945   The entire front page is taken up with a huge photo of a large, gleeful crowd in New York City with the words: " IT'S OVER IN EUROPE ! " dropped out of the photo.
    Also on the front page is: "Proclamation Due At 9.A.M." There are related articles on pages 2 & 3, and the doublepage... Read full description  

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  • Military newspaper from a tiny atoll (island) in the Pacific...
    Item #724654
    APAMAMA NUT I BEBA, Feb. 18, 1944  This island is a postage stamp size chunk of coral and trees in the Pacific Ocean, one of the Gilbert Islands, not far from the Equator. In the masthead is: "Apamama's On The Map - With One Objective - Blast The Jap!"
    This is a crudely produced "camp" newspaper... Read full description  

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  • Military newspaper from a tiny atoll (island) in the Pacific...
    Item #724653
    APAMAMA NUT I BEBA, Feb. 6, 1944  This island is a postage stamp size chunk of coral and trees in the Pacific Ocean, one of the Gilbert Islands, not far from the Equator. In the masthead is: "Apamama's On The Map - With One Objective - Blast The Jap!"
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  • Ben Hogan wins his very 1st golf tourney in 1940...
    Item #724652
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 22, 1940

    * Ben Hogan - professional golfer wins 
    * Very first PGA tour victory (historic)
    * North and South Open championship
    * Pinehurst No. 2 course - North Carolina


    The top of page 28 has a one column heading: "HOGAN'S RECORD 277 CAPTURES NORTH AND SOUTH" with subhead and leader... Read full description  
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  • 1940 Carole Landis magazine cover photo...
    Item #724648
    PICTURE SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Aug. 11, 1940

    * Austrian-American actress Elissa Landi
    * 1940 magazine color cover photo 
    * Hollywood's "Golden Age" films - movies 


    The front page of this section has a nice color photo of Hollywood actress Elissa Landi. (see images) Nice for display.
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