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Contrary to parental warnings, the lack of a high school diploma does not necessarily doom one to minimum wage drudgery. A surprising number of Silver Screen Legends forwent education and began early careers, although not necessarily in acting. Most were not plucked from obscurity, forced to abandon instruction and thrust into the limelight by their [...]
Posted by Suzy Duvall on Friday, December 30, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Education, Movies, People · Tagged Al Pacino, American film directors, Charles Chaplin, Cinema of the United States, Clark Gable, greta garbo, Henry Fonda, highschool dropouts, Humphrey Bogart, Joe DiMaggio, Julie Edwards, Lilies of the Field, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Mary Pickford, Norma Jean Baker, Shirley Temple, Sidney Poitier
At the beginning of every year, the entertainment industry, the connoisseurs of the seventh art and film lovers from all over the world turn their attention to the Oscars. The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences honors and recognizes outstanding cinema achievements since 1929. The greatest motion picture artists and professionals determine the [...]
Posted by Timeea on Monday, February 21, 2011 at 12:01 am
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