Mission to Moscow
1943
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2 days ago · Jarrett will be honored for his third book, a comprehensive biography, titled Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird, published by Princeton University Press and selected as one of The New Yorker’s best books of 2022. In the book, Jarrett tells the story of Dunbar, known to many as the “poet laureate of his race ...
2 days ago · Gene Jarrett, dean of the faculty at Princeton University and the William S. Tod Professor of English, has been selected to receive the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin for his biography, “Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird.”. The $30,000 prize is administered by the ...
1 day ago · Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was a Jewish American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.
4 days ago · Biographical films explore the fascinating lives of historical figures and cultural icons. The best biography movies offer viewers a detailed look into the lives of these people, skillfully recreating stories that have shaped history and left a lasting impact on the world.
4 days ago · A list of American films released in 1942. Bob Hope hosted the 15th Academy Awards ceremony at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The winner of the Outstanding Motion Picture (later: Best Picture) category was MGM's Mrs. Miniver.
4 days ago · Heinz Kohut (1913-1981) was a leading post-Freudian psychoanalyst and the creator of the first authentically American psychoanalytic movement that he called “psychoanalytic self psychology.” It took an emigre to be so distinctly American.
5 days ago · Actors: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack; Released: 1940; Directed by: Howard Hawks
