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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlingsâ tender, beautiful coming-of-age story
The Yearling was brought to gloriously Techicolored life by Clarence Brown in his 1946 MGM feature, as moving and as engrossing a family saga as has ever been committed to film. With Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman scoring career highs as the parents and Claude Jarman, Jr. an unforgettable Jody,
The Yearling is everything one could wish from a screen adaptation of a prize-winning book.
In the hardscrabble marshlands of 1878 Florida, Penny Baxter (Gregory Peck) ekes out a poor living raising corn, beans, and potatoes with his hardened wife Orry (Jane Wyman) and his eleven-year old son Jody (Claude Jarman, Jr.), the only one of their four children to survive the brutal life of the era. The family must contend with natural disasters like hurricanes and wild animals who invade the farm at the worst possible moments, but they manage to make do with help from feisty neighbors the Forresters. Af
Camden: Mondale, others visited Spokane By Jim Camden
Share: Jim Camden is a columnist with the Spokesman-Review in Spokane. Email: jimc@spokesman.com. Photo
The passing of former Vice President Walter Mondale last week turned the final page on a time when Spokane seemed to be a must-stop on the presidential campaign trail. He was the last of the seven top-tier candidates or their surrogates to come through town before the 1984 election, and was the last surviving visitor from that busy campaign.
Washington’s 10 Electoral College votes seemed up for grabs. Western Washington had enough Republican votes and Eastern Washington enough Democratic votes that both presidential campaigns had a reason to draw a circle around the state.
Children of a Lesser God, the deafness drama loved by the Oscars – and hated by the deaf
Before Sound of Metal, the film that won Marlee Matlin a Best Actress Oscar was seen as a triumph for the deaf community. But was it?
William Hurt and Marlee Matlin in Children of a Lesser God
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The six Oscar nominations this year for Sound of Metal make it the most broadly acclaimed film on the subject of deafness in 35 years. While gladly welcomed by most critics, Darius Marder’s rehab drama hasn’t reached these heights without complaints from some members of the deaf community – especially for the use of hearing actors, Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci, in both its nominated roles.
Hollywoodâs most Oscar-worthy treatment of rape
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Hollywoodâs most Oscar-worthy treatment of rape
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In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S. Oscars statuettes are on display backstage during the 92nd annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 09, 2020, in Hollywood, California. | Matt Petit-handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Image