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  Stuntwomen - The Untold...

  Mollie Gregory

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  “Gives voice to the women who have risked their lives for a few (perilous) moments on the big screen. A fascinating look at a risky profession.” —The Washington Post 
   
  They’ve traded punches in knockdown brawls, crashed biplanes through barns, and raced to the rescue in fast cars. They add suspense and drama to the story, portraying the swimmer stalked by the menacing shark, the heroine dangling twenty feet below a soaring hot air balloon, or the woman leaping nine feet over a wall to escape a dog attack. Only an expert can make such feats of daring look easy, and stuntwomen with the skills to perform—and survive—great moments of action in movies have been hitting their mark in Hollywood since the beginning of film. 
   
  Here, Mollie Gregory presents the first history of stuntwomen in the film industry from the silent era to the twenty-first century. In the early years of motion pictures, women were highly involved in all aspects of film production, but they were marginalized as movies became popular, and more important, profitable. Capable stuntwomen were replaced by men in wigs, and very few worked between the 1930s and 1960s. As late as the 1990s, men wore wigs and women’s clothes to double as actresses, and were even “painted down” for some performances, while men and women of color were regularly denied stunt work. 
   
  For decades, stuntwomen have faced institutional discrimination, unequal pay, and sexual harassment even as they jumped from speeding trains and raced horse-drawn carriages away from burning buildings. Featuring sixty-five interviews, Stuntwomen showcases the absorbing stories and uncommon courage of women who make their living planning and performing action-packed sequences that keep viewers’ hearts racing.

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  Fort Laramie Collection 1

  Black Eye Entertainment

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  Fort Laramie  is an adult-oriented Western radio series that aired Sunday afternoons on the CBS radio network from January 22 to October 28, 1956.  Produced and directed by Gunsmoke's  Norman Macdonnell, this realistic Western drama depicted life at Fort Laramie, an important stop on the Oregon, California and Mormon trails as well as a staging point for various military excursions during the 19th Century. In 1849 the Fort was taken over by the United States Army to protect the many wagon trains of migrant travelers on the trail. The Fort was located across the North Platte River from the town of Laramie, at the mouth of the Laramie River.  The series starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, captain of the cavalry.  Regulars included: Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell, Jack Moyles, Howard McNear, Sam Edwards, John Dehner, John McIntire, Virginia Gregg, James Nusser, Parley Baer and Barney Phillips.  Amerigo Marino supplied the music. The scripts were mostly written by John Meston, Kathleen Hite, Les Crutchfield and John Dunkel.  
   
  5/20/56 “Gold” 5/27/56 “Sergeant Gorce’s Baby” 7/1/56 “Trooper’s Widow” 7/8/56 “The Talented Recruits” 7/15/56 “The Old Enemy” 7/22/56 “Spotted Tail’s Return” 7/29/56 “Nature Boy” 8/5/56 “The Massacre” 8/12/56 “Assembly Line” 8/19/56 “Goodbye Willa” 8/26/56 “Chaplain” 9/2/56 “The Return of Hattie Pelfrey”

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  Gunsmoke - Volume 3 - Carmen &...

  John Meston

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  Director, Actor, Genius. Orson Welles was all these things and more.  But talent can sometimes make people afraid., And Hollywood was very afraid of Orson Welles. 
   
  So Welles went Indie, making his own works on the proceeds of various jobs that required a big name and that very distinguished voice; perfect for radio.  Here, in the Black Museum he sets the scene as true life crime is retold.  Mr Welles we’re ready……

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  Hokusai

  Edmond de Goncourt

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  Without a doubt, Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous Japanese artist since the middle of the nineteenth century whose art is known to the Western world. Reflecting the artistic expression of an isolated civilisation, the works of Hokusai - one of the first Japanese artists to emerge in Europe - greatly influenced 
  the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters, such as Vincent van Gogh. Considered during his life as a living Ukiyo-e master, Hokusai fascinates us with the variety and the significance of his work, which spanned almost ninety years and is presented here in all its breadth and diversity.

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  Top Secret - The Battle for the...

  Geoffrey Cowan, Leroy Aarons

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  The original version of LATW’s groundbreaking docudrama about the Pentagon Papers, the infamous classified documents about US involvement in the Vietnam War, and how The Washington Post fought the government to publish them.  
  Includes a 1991 panel discussion with journalists Ben Bradlee,  Peter Braestrup, Robert Maynard, Carla Robbins, Robert Scheer, and George Wilson 
  Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in March, 1991. 
  Directed by Tom Moore 
  Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg 
  Philip Abbot as Chal Roberts 
  Irene Arranga as Bailiff/Clerk 
  Edward Asner as Ben Bradlee 
  Ed Begley, Jr. as George Wilson 
  Jack Coleman as Eugene Patterson/Carl Coogan 
  Richard Dysart as Narrator 
  Hector Elizondo as Fritz Beebee 
  Bo Foxworth as The Soldier 
  Robert Foxworth as Ben Bagdikian 
  Robin Gammell as Murray Marder 
  Gerrit Graham as Robert Mardian 
  Howard Hesseman as Brian SullivanStacy Keach as John MitchellDarrell Larson as Darryl Cox 
  Nan Martin as Meg GreenfieldMarsha Mason as Katherine Graham 
  Richard Riehle as Lamont VanderhallHarry Shearer as Richard Nixon 
  Joe Spano as Ron Ziegler 
  James Whitmore as Judge Martin Peel 
  Harris Yulin as Henry Kissinger 
  Stage Manager and Sound Effects, Barnaby Harris. Recording Engineer, Steve Barker.

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  Art of the Heart

  Mary Emmerling

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  The iconic symbol of love everlasting in charming, quirky, gorgeous collectibles. 
  As jewelry, fashion, and home décor, the stylized, iconic heart wins  us over. We wear it around our necks and on our classy cowgirl boots; it  enhances our horse gear and saddle bags; it distinguishes our style  from head to toe and lavishes our home with love and sweetness. Here are  more than 250 examples of the heart in exquisitely crafted silver and  myriad other materials, doing what it does best—capturing our hearts! 
  Mary Emmerling is the best-selling author of more than 25 books. She  was the creative director of Country Home Magazine for ten years. She  hosted HGTV’s Country At Home show, worked as the decorating editor for  House Beautiful, and was editor-in-chief of her own Mary Emmerling  Country Magazine for the New York Times. She now lives in Santa Fe. She  authored Art of the Cross and Art of Turquoise with Jim Arndt. 
  Jim Arndt is the author of How to Be a Cowboy and photographed Art of  the Cross, Art of Turquoise, and several Cowboy Boot books. He lives in  Santa Fe.

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